Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five

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West End Blues 03:22 Tools
Heebie Jeebies 02:52 Tools
Struttin' with Some Barbecue (78 rpm Version) 03:03 Tools
Struttin' With Some Barbecue 03:00 Tools
Ory's Creole Trombone 03:04 Tools
Savoy Blues 03:30 Tools
Hotter Than That 03:04 Tools
Tight Like This 03:17 Tools
Muskrat Ramble 02:32 Tools
Basin Street Blues 03:17 Tools
Big Butter and Egg Man from the West 02:59 Tools
My Heart 02:32 Tools
Come Back, Sweet Papa 02:36 Tools
Gut Bucket Blues 02:51 Tools
Jazz Lips 03:08 Tools
Don't Forget to Mess Around 03:17 Tools
You Made Me Love You 02:57 Tools
Yes! I'm In The Barrel 03:17 Tools
Lonesome Blues 03:03 Tools
Georgia Grind 02:41 Tools
I'm Gonna Gitcha 02:57 Tools
Cornet Chop Suey 03:07 Tools
Skid-Dat-De-Dat 03:11 Tools
You're Next 03:26 Tools
Oriental Strut 03:01 Tools
Sweet Little Papa 02:52 Tools
Fireworks 03:05 Tools
Irish Black Bottom 02:50 Tools
Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa 03:09 Tools
Struttin' With Some Barbecue - 78 rpm Version 03:04 Tools
A Monday Date 03:10 Tools
Skip the Gutter 03:10 Tools
The King Of The Zulus 03:20 Tools
Sunset Cafe Stomp 02:56 Tools
Dropping Shucks 02:56 Tools
My Heart (Will Always Lead Me Back To You) (78 RPM Version) 01:38 Tools
Two Deuces 02:55 Tools
Don't Jive Me 02:49 Tools
Who' Sit 02:48 Tools
Big Butter And Egg Man 03:09 Tools
Once in a While 03:09 Tools
I'm Not Rough 02:58 Tools
Put 'Em Down Blues 03:10 Tools
King of The Zulus 03:04 Tools
THE LAST TIME 03:25 Tools
Squeeze Me 03:22 Tools
Comet Chop Suey 03:09 Tools
Got No Blues 03:22 Tools
Sugar Foot Strut 03:19 Tools
Knee Drops 03:23 Tools
Droppin' Shucks 03:06 Tools
Sunset Café Stomp 03:22 Tools
Potato Head Blues 03:02 Tools
Muggles 02:47 Tools
He Likes It Slow 02:43 Tools
Who'sit 02:46 Tools
Come Back Sweet Papa 02:36 Tools
Whosit 02:58 Tools
Beau Koo Jack 03:01 Tools
(I Want a) Big Butter and Egg Man (from the West) 03:12 Tools
Willie the Weeper 03:12 Tools
No One Else but You 03:23 Tools
Struttin' With Some Barbeque 03:05 Tools
West End Blues [1928] 03:19 Tools
Basin Street Blues - rec. 1928 03:17 Tools
Heebie Jeebies [1926] 02:53 Tools
Gully Low Blues 03:05 Tools
The King of the Zulus (At A Chit'lin' Rag) 02:53 Tools
Alligator Crawl 03:18 Tools
My Heart (Will Always Lead Me Back To You) - 78 RPM Version 01:38 Tools
West End Blues - Single Version 03:18 Tools
YES! I'M IN THE BARRELL 02:39 Tools
Cornet Shop Suey 03:10 Tools
Who's It 02:58 Tools
My Heart (Will Always Lead Me back to You) 01:38 Tools
Save It, Pretty Mama 03:10 Tools
Wild Man Blues 03:16 Tools
No-One Else But You 02:58 Tools
Heah Me Talkin To Ya 02:58 Tools
St. James Infirmary 03:14 Tools
Don't Forget to Mess Around (When You're Doing the Charleston) 03:05 Tools
No (No, Papa, No) 03:03 Tools
King Of The Zulas 03:03 Tools
St James Infirmary 03:21 Tools
C'est Si Bon 03:16 Tools
Melancholy Blues 03:04 Tools
West End Blues (Oliver) - Digitally Re-Mastered 03:16 Tools
Keyhole Blues 03:37 Tools
Struttin With Some Barbecue 03:37 Tools
Twelfth Street Rag 03:37 Tools
S.O.L. Blues 02:56 Tools
Weary Blues 03:05 Tools
HOTTER THAN HOT 03:02 Tools
I'm Gonny Gitcha 02:58 Tools
Drop That Sack 02:49 Tools
THE KING OF THE ZULUS (At a Chit'lin Rag) 02:49 Tools
West End Blues (feat. Earl Hines) 02:45 Tools
Dont Jive Me 02:58 Tools
Dont forget to mess around 03:16 Tools
Yes I'm in de barrell 02:46 Tools
Dropin' Shucks 03:08 Tools
I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man From The West 03:12 Tools
Knockin' a Jug 03:12 Tools
Gut Bucket Blues - Digitally Re-Mastered 03:03 Tools
Fireworks Album Version 03:07 Tools
Im Not Rough Album Version 03:02 Tools
Yes, I'm in the Barrel 02:45 Tools
Potatoe Head Blues - Digitally Re-Mastered 03:00 Tools
Once In A While Album Version 03:16 Tools
Tight Like This (Album Version) 03:28 Tools
King Oliver: West End Blues 02:46 Tools
Got No Blues Album Version 03:24 Tools
Cornet Chop Suey (In Eb) 03:24 Tools
Basin Street Blues (Album Version) 03:28 Tools
Orys Creole Trombone Album Version 03:03 Tools
I Used To Love You 00:00 Tools
Basin Street Blues Album Version 03:15 Tools
Skip The Gutter Album Version 03:07 Tools
Dont Jive Me Album Version 02:47 Tools
The Last Time Album Version 03:28 Tools
No (Papa, No) 03:28 Tools
That's When I'll Come Back To You 02:58 Tools
Struttin with Some Barbeque 02:58 Tools
Stomp Off, Let's Go 02:58 Tools
No (Papa No) 02:58 Tools
Who's it ? 02:58 Tools
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The Hot Five was Louis Armstrong's first jazz recording band led under his own name. It was a typical New Orleans jazz band in instrumentation, consisting of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone backed by a rhythm section. The original New Orleans jazz style leaned heavily on collective improvisation, where the three horns together played the lead: the trumpet played the main melody, and the clarinet and trombone played improvised accompaniments to the melody. This tradition was continued in the Hot Five, but because of Armstrong's creative gifts as a trumpet player, solo passages where the trumpet played alone began to appear more frequently. In these brilliant solos, Armstrong laid down the basic vocabulary of jazz improvising, and became its founding and most influential exponent. The Hot Five was a recording group organized at the suggestion of Richard M. Jones for Okeh Records. All their records were made in Okeh's Chicago, Illinois recording studio. The exact same personnel recorded a session made under the pseudonym "Lil's Hotshots" for Vocalion/Brunswick. While the musicians in the Hot 5 played together in other contexts, as the Hot 5 they were a recording studio band that performed live only for two parties organized by Okeh Records. There were two different groups called "Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five", the first recording from 1925 through 1927 and the second in 1928; Armstrong was the only musician in both groups. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.