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New Orleans Diaspora – Louis Armstrong (1926 - 1929)

By Russell Perry | Jazz at 100
December 27, 2018
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In the past two hours, we've heard the music of the newly conceived jazz orchestras of New York and the Harlem-style or "Stride" pianists. We touched on Louis Armstrong's contributions to the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra and the invention of the big band soloist. In this hour, we return with Louis Armstrong to Chicago and listen to his seminal small group recordings.

We are joined in this hour by John D'Earth—trumpet player, composer, educator, member of the music performance faculty at the University of Virginia and the jazz faculty quintet, the Free Bridge Quintet.

Playlist

Host Intro 0:00
Louis Armstrong Hot Five "Heebie Jeebies" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 3:24
Louis Armstrong Hot Five "Cornet Chop Suey" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 6:21
Louis Armstrong Hot Five "King of the Zulus" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 9:27
Louis Armstrong Hot Five "Big Butter and Egg Man" from The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (Smithsonian) 12:40
Host speaks 15:31
Louis Armstrong Hot Seven "Wild Man Blues." from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 18:05
Louis Armstrong Hot Seven "Potato Head Blues" from The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (Smithsonian) 21:21
Host speaks 24:14
Louis Armstrong Hot Five "Hotter Than That" from The Norton Jazz Recordings (Norton) 26:13
Host speaks 29:13
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five "West End Blues" from The Norton Jazz Recordings (Norton) 30:47
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five "Squeeze Me" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 34:06
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five "Basin Street Blues" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 37:27
Host speaks 40:43
Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines "Weather Bird" from The Norton Jazz Recordings (Norton) 44:18
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five "Beau Koo Jack" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 46:58
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five "Muggles" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 50:00
Host speaks
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" from The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia) 54:21
Host speaks 57:52

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