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post #76 of 79
7/28/09 at 10:38am
Gotta go with Satchmo, I can still hear his phrasing in many rapper's flow.
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post #77 of 79
7/28/09 at 10:43am
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Originally Posted by Quinto View Post
I'm not very fond of his symphonies though, except for his 9th.., I find his use of instrumentation a bit poor somehow (can I say this ?)
not even Overture to Egmont?

I'm not entirely fond of Beethoven's symphonies, either. With Beethoven's piano sonatas is where my heart lies.
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post #78 of 79
7/28/09 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by buddhashenglong View Post
Gotta go with Satchmo, I can still hear his phrasing in many rapper's flow.
Excellent point. Armstrong's vocal brilliance is often overlooked, despite the fact that he has been such a huge influence on singers (and rappers, as you correctly point out) who followed. As I'm sure you know, he is widely thought to have invented scat singing. That alone marks him as a fundamental influence on everyone from Billie Holiday to Mel Torme and beyond.

And I hear he was a pretty good trumpet player, too...
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post #79 of 79
8/9/09 at 8:33pm
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Originally Posted by robm321 View Post
Very true - I guess we agree.

Also, I'd say:

Robert Johnson for blues and Duke Ellington for jazz.
Crap, I meant Robert Johnson and not Leadbelly. My bad. Leadbelly has credit too, but Johnson had much more influence.
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