Compare the original version of the song  with Armstrong’s rendition. This will involve both considering the alterations Armstrong made to the form and text, as well as its removal from the original dramatic situation.

PROJECT FORMAT:
3-5 pages, typed, double spaced, and submitted in Canvas by uploading your work as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf document.

CITATIONS:

1. All papers must include a bibliography. (The syllabus gives full bibliographic information for the textbook (as does the book itself), and scans placed in Canvas or in Marriott eReserve have the relevant details on their first pages.) You may use Chicago, MLA, or APA style.

2. If you refer to any readings—including your textbook—or web pages, you need to cite your sources, even if your references do not involve direct quotation. Please include either footnotes or parenthetical citations  immediately after any quotation or other reference. Again, Chicago, MLA, and APA styles all provide acceptable formats for citations.

PROJECT TOPIC:
Louis Armstrong’s 1929 recording of “(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue”

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT CONTENTS:
1. Begin your essay by describing how Armstrong’s 1929 interpretation of the”(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue” illustrates the characteristics of Jazz in the 1920s.

2. Compare the original version of the song  with Armstrong’s rendition. This will involve both considering the alterations Armstrong made to the form and text, as well as its removal from the original dramatic situation.

3. Place Armstrong’s 1929 recording within the larger framework of his position on racism in the US . In your opinion, was/is Armstrong an effective advocate for racial tolerance and equality? Why or why not?

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