What happens when youre in a hole? What happens when that holes inside you? What do you do you fill it with to make yourself feel whole?Last year; 3 teenagers emailed the 20 Stories High Theatre Company to ask them if they could make a play about their friend Holly. This is how it unravelledhellip;3 teenagers: hellip;So thatrsquo;s our story and we really want to tell it... and we want to act in it as well; and play ourselveshellip; cos actors wouldnrsquo;t really be as convincing as ushellip;20 Stories High: Itrsquo;s a very moving storyhellip; but wersquo;re really busy at the moment and also; to be honest; yoursquo;re not really actors.3 teenagers: But we really want to tell our storyhellip; it says on your website that ldquo;Everybody has a story to tellhellip; and their own way of telling ithellip;rdquo;20 Stories High: hellip;well; come back in a year; when wersquo;re less busy; and letrsquo;s talkhellip;One Year Laterhellip; We made the play with themhellip; WHOLE
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Buy this gookBy SchilkeS42Books about Jazz often fall in the panegyric category: ldquo;every Jazz musician is a geniusrdquo; (see the encomiums penned by French critic Hugues Panassieacute;) replete with fanciful anecdotes (a trumpet player blowing so hard that he blows the mute out!!); or the straight; well documented biography. These books rarely offer an accessible mix of solid historical and musical analysis.Thomas Brothers ldquo;Louis Armstrong; Master of Modernismrdquo; is one of the best books written about Armstrong; covering the decade starting in 1921 which is generally considered the most creative of his career. For another fascinating look at Armstrongrsquo;s All Star period in the late 40s and 50s; ldquo;Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrongrdquo; by Terry Teachout is a must.Prof Brothers masterly describe the sociological (i.e racial; not to put too fine a point on it); musical and music industry background of the period. Joe Oliver; Lil Harding; Fletcher Henderson and other are fleshed out. I found his explanation of the copyrighting of written out tunes very revealing. His analyses of early masterpieces like ldquo;Weather Birdrdquo; or ldquo;Tight Like Thisrdquo; very clear to anyone without knowledge of advance musical theory; although knowing basic solfeggio will enhance your pleasure. As a side note; the famous cadenza from ldquo;West End Bluesrdquo; is convincingly explained as inspired by arpeggios exercises Armstrong was practicing (see samples of classical cadenzas in Arbanrsquo;s method)Finally; Prof Brothers include throughout the book references to recordings; giving the time in seconds where the examples he mentions are played.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Joe Oliver Is Still King but Louis Is Still Emperor of the Kingdom of JazzBy David C. GreerIn volume two of his biography of Louis we are treated to a day-by-day walk through and evaluation of the career of the greatest musical genius of the 20th century starting at the moment he was summoned from New Orleans to Chicago by King Oliver. Lots of detailed information that every jazz lover should know.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Provides Great ContextBy ImprovizIt started a little slowly; but the book picked up steam as it began to put out a great amount of information about characters apart from Armstrong who were important in their own right and also as context for the rise of Armstrong. Depending on how widely and or deeply youve read; this will be a source that can fill in a lot of gaps in your knowledge.