Louis Armstrong - West End Blues, 1928 (purchase)
Wikipedia: “The “West End” of the title refers to a place on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is best known for its seafood restaurants, it used to be a thriving weekend summer resort where live music was often played. In its heyday, West End had dance pavilions and lake bathing as well. The name comes from the fact that West End is at the westernmost point of the lakefront in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, bordering Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
By far the most well known recording of “West End Blues” is the 3-minute-plus, 78 RPM record recording made by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five in 1928, considered one of the masterpieces of early jazz… In an eight-bar trumpet solo near the end of the record, Armstrong played a solo considered among the finest recordings in jazz history.”
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