> Riccardi took a breath. “OK. You can name a thousand great instrumentalists or you can name a thousand great vocalists, but he’s the only person you could find who changed the way people played their instruments and the way people sang. Louis does that in a four-year period in the 1920s; by 1930, if you aren’t playing or singing like him, you’re out of work.
Anyone got a pointer to something (a Youtube video, probably?) that illustrates this? Specifically, the transformation of popular playing and singing in response to Armstrong. Like a before/after thing that demonstrates what Riccardi means here.
Anyone got a pointer to something (a Youtube video, probably?) that illustrates this? Specifically, the transformation of popular playing and singing in response to Armstrong. Like a before/after thing that demonstrates what Riccardi means here.