Writings about Music

Economy of Fecund Notes

Chuck, Keith and Louis

Chuck Berry and Keith Richards

Chuck Berry's innovative guitar style perhaps influenced Keith Richards more so than any other subsequent guitar great, their economy of fecund notes echoing the aesthetic and expressive depth found in jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong's trumpet improvisations.

 

 

- Michael Robinson, September 2020, Los Angeles

 

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Michael Robinson is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer (musicologist).