Oh, Play That Thing!
2009. Acrylic on Canvas. 40" x 26 "
£450.00

"Dipper Mouth" was young Louis Armstrong's nickname before he became known as "Satchmo". During the first recording of "Dipper Mouth Blues"by Joe Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band in early 1923, Bill Johnson shouted "Oh play that thing!" at the end of Joe's brilliant cornet solo. Why he did it  is open to debate, but no subsequent performance of this number is complete without this cry.

The Hot Seven
2005. Acrylic on Canvas. 26" x 40"
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One of many, sublime, recording groups headed by Louis Armstrong in the mid 1920's.