For comparison’s sake I chose Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) as an ambassador for jazz’s early stages and Wynton Marsalis (1961-) for jazz’s later stages seeing as they both come from the same ethnic background and geographic location. To analyze the differences in jazz we must first isolate the variable by ruling out differences in the two subjects of our study. To do this we will inspect the biographies of our subjects. Following our study of our subjects we will dive into music that Armstrong has played, that Marsalis has played, and music that they have both played looking for the subtle changes that has occurred over jazz’s long history. To begin with, we’ll take a look at Louis Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong was born on August 4th 1901 (despite claims he was born on July 4th 1900) to William Armstrong and Mary Ann (or “Mayann” as she was more affectionately called) Albert in a poor New Orleans suburb known as Storyville. The only decently paying work in Storyville was prostitution and, seeing as William left shortly after Louis was born, Mayann had to work as a sex
For comparison’s sake I chose Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) as an ambassador for jazz’s early stages and Wynton Marsalis (1961-) for jazz’s later stages seeing as they both come from the same ethnic background and geographic location. To analyze the differences in jazz we must first isolate the variable by ruling out differences in the two subjects of our study. To do this we will inspect the biographies of our subjects. Following our study of our subjects we will dive into music that Armstrong has played, that Marsalis has played, and music that they have both played looking for the subtle changes that has occurred over jazz’s long history. To begin with, we’ll take a look at Louis Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong was born on August 4th 1901 (despite claims he was born on July 4th 1900) to William Armstrong and Mary Ann (or “Mayann” as she was more affectionately called) Albert in a poor New Orleans suburb known as Storyville. The only decently paying work in Storyville was prostitution and, seeing as William left shortly after Louis was born, Mayann had to work as a sex