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@jpl458 - the REAL strength of what you say - using the so-called "1,4,5" or "circle 6th" progressions to give everyone a "path" through a new composition - is a common element of Dixieland Jazz, where a particular piece will have a known melody, but the instruments of that band are not chord-oriented. Many such bands don't have a stringed or keyboard instrument, they are based on clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba or similar bass horn (sometimes sousaphone), saxophones of various sizes, drums - all monophonic instruments. Rarely they will include a banjo. A stage band might include guitar or piano, but that is NOT guaranteed. So they improvise some accompaniment and frequently improvise "around" a melody.
This pick-up group's video had a banjo. They are typical of modern Dixieland, but you can look up that style.
By the way, did you recognize the tune? I think it is variation of a theme around the traditional song "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home."
This next video is a much different - and yet similar - example with a much bigger "footprint" in that it has Louie Armstrong and the Dukes of Dixieland. That "Dukes" group was the creation of Frank Assunto, a trombonist. They were active in the 1940s through the 1970s. In the "break out" near the end you can hear the intertwining melodic contrapuntal improvisation for one verse. That counterpoint improv is a defining characteristic of Dixieland Jazz. In that moment, you have the perfect definition of what society should be like... everyone doing their own thing individually but getting along together harmoniously.
This pick-up group's video had a banjo. They are typical of modern Dixieland, but you can look up that style.
By the way, did you recognize the tune? I think it is variation of a theme around the traditional song "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home."
This next video is a much different - and yet similar - example with a much bigger "footprint" in that it has Louie Armstrong and the Dukes of Dixieland. That "Dukes" group was the creation of Frank Assunto, a trombonist. They were active in the 1940s through the 1970s. In the "break out" near the end you can hear the intertwining melodic contrapuntal improvisation for one verse. That counterpoint improv is a defining characteristic of Dixieland Jazz. In that moment, you have the perfect definition of what society should be like... everyone doing their own thing individually but getting along together harmoniously.