Black And Blue

artist:Louis Armstrong

, writer:Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller

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Title: Black And Blue

Artist: Louis Armstrong

Writer: Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller

Song Types: Blues, Jazz

Key: C

Info: "Black and Blue" is a 1929 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller with lyrics by Harry Brooks and also by Andy Razaf. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Hot Chocolates by Edith Wilson.

Louis later performed and recorded the song several times. His rendition of it is distinct from that of Edith Wilson due to his cuts of a lot of the context of the song.

Louis Armstrong (1901�"1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of american popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz.

Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing.

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Black And Blue

artist:Louis Armstrong

, writer:Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller

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