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"Rag of Rags"
example (from "Raggin' the Boogie" by Derek New) that combines boogie and ragtime (Example 33).
How different Boogie can sound in "Fats" Waller's slower and more plaintive boogie version of "Black and Blue" (Example 34).
For an example of the "fatter", more boisterous style which we generally associate with the genial Waller, here is an excerpt from "Ain't Never Heard of Such Stuff" (Example 35).
Note the powerful, driving left hand with its thick split tenths.
An early example of Duke Ellington (from "Sloppy Joe" published 1929) shows the beginnings of the Duke's individual style in composition and his fondness for sliding chromatic harmonies (Ex. 36).
Lastly, here are two examples of recent published |
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