Weather Bird
"Weather Bird" is a musical composition by Joe Oliver.[2]
| "Weather Bird" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Louis Armstrong | |
| B-side | "Dear Old Southland" |
| Released | late 1928 or early 1929 |
| Format | 78 rpm shellac |
| Recorded | December 5, 1928 |
| Genre | jazz |
| Label | Okeh 41454[1] |
On December 5, 1928, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines recorded it as a duet between trumpet and piano.[2][3][4][5] That recording is regarded as the "most famous duet in jazz history".[6] (In fact, it was issued by Okeh Records as Louis Armstrong's "trumpet solo with piano accompaniment by Earl Hines"[1] and is sometimes considered a solo.[3] Armstrong had also performed the composition before, as second cornet with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in 1923.[2])
Awards
The recording by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.[7]
References
- "Louis Armstrong - Weather Bird / Dear Old Southland (1929, Shellac)". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- Ilse Storb (1999). Louis Armstrong: the definitive biography. Peter Lang.
- Hugues Panassie (1979). Louis Armstrong. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-79611-1.
- Rick Kennedy (8 February 2013). Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the Rise of America's Musical Grassroots. Indiana University Press. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-0-253-00769-8.
- Edward Brooks (1 July 2002). The young Louis Armstrong on records: a critical survey of the early recordings, 1923-1928. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4073-7.
- Neil Powell (2000). The Language of Jazz. Taylor & Francis. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-57958-277-7.
- "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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