4 October

Start of class: "Blues en mineur" by Django Reinhardt (1942) "Simply So" by Nils Petter Molvaer from NP3 (2002) Louis Armstrong study: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928) Louis Armstrong study: "Hotter than That" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1927) Early Bix Beiderbecke example: "Tiger Rag" recorded by the Wolverines (1924) Expanding improvisation example: "Singin' the Blues" by Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer (1927)