Louis Armstrong's Potato Head Blues

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The masterful, classic composition “Potato Head Blues” by legendary musician Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven band is widely regarded today as one of Armstrong’s finest recordings. This song is a quick-paced jazz melody with the trumpet along with the piano providing what I believe is to be a 4 beat per measure rhythm. “Potato Head Blues” also sounds different from that of Joplin Rags since I counted 2 beats per measure. The song also does not seem to have much variation with a constant piano theme throughout unlike if you are comparing it to Louis Armstrong’s “Potato Head Blues” with numerous instruments including the use of the piano and trumpet which blend nicely together to create a enlightening sound. In regards to the tuba vs. double

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