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In Gunther Schuller’s excerpt, Schuller talks about the artistry of the legendary jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. Within Schuller’s point of view, he made Armstrong out to be an artist that was way ahead of his time. He made it clear that Armstrong was doing things most artists at the time were not doing, was very compelling in the music industry, and most of all Armstrong bringing the genre Jazz to a whole new pedestal. I personally agree with Schuller about the impact Louis Armstrong had on Jazz and the music industry at the time because you can hear Armstrong’s influences in music after the West End Blues. The idea of having an “influencer” is such a big part of today’s popular music. You hear main current artists like Drake, Rihanna, Beyonce talk about their influencers and you can hear / feel their influencers vibe within their music. For example, many artists today credit artists like Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill as a influence to who they are today, but those artist also had their own influencers. Whitney Houston looked up to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin and that's where she got her sound and style, but was able to make it her own. Practically, Louis Armstrong was influential in the popular jazz scene in the late 1920s, 1930s and many years later. What made Louis Armstrong unique to most artists that were out in his time was his vocal abilities. Schuller made it clear that his vocals were so unique and has so much potential, again many artists were not doing what he was doing. Moving on, In Schuller’s excerpt on West End Blues, this excerpt he talks about the impact that Louis Armstrong had on music and how he gained a sense of musical identity with the influences he had on Jazz music. Per say, Jazz would not be the same without Louis Armstrong. Within his career he joined the Fletcher Henderson band in New York City and with him being in the band, he was able to exercise his creative and instrumental abilities. Armstrong always liked to learn and better himself as a musician so he always seeked out to improve and humble himself. As a result, Louis Armstrong in Schuller’s eyes is an ionic legendary jazz artist.
Based off of this article I read here: https://yestercenturypop.com/tag/gunther-schuller/