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May 7, 2024 · 1. Hot Fives & Sevens. Bypass Columbia’s shoddily produced (and slightly more expensive) box set for JSP’s more-than-affordable four-disc set that not only stands as the document of Armstrong’s early years, but the definitive statement of jazz as an emerging art form. With these recordings, Armstrong rapidly evolves jazz from a staccato ...
May 22, 2024 · by Matt Micucci. On November 12, 1925, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five met up at the Okeh studio in Chicago, Illinois. They were to record their first tunes for Okeh Records. The record label had wanted to put together a band of New Orleans musicians to buy into the recent success of New Orleans-style music. Having heard.
6 days ago · Armstrong formed Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five and recorded the hits "Potato Head Blues" and "Muggles". The word "muggles" was a slang term for marijuana, something Armstrong used often during his life. "Heebie Jeebies" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, 1926
6 days ago · It was Venable who wrote an upbeat number titled “Big Butter and Egg Man” as a vehicle for vocalist Mae Alix. A 1926 recording of the song by Armstrong and His Hot Five with Alix is now known as one of his most celebrated moments. Satchmo biographer James Lincoln Collier writes: “The most important aspect of this solo, and indeed of ...
May 17, 2024 · Artist Louis Armstrong Title Hot Fives and Sevens Vol. 4 Release Date 1999-10-01 Label: EMI Records Number of Discs 1.
May 26, 2024 · Joan Armatrading - Greatest Hits (1996) Louis Armstrong - Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, 1923-1934 (1994) Louis Armstrong - The Complete Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (1993) Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives and Hot Sevens - Vol.2 (1926/1988) Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (1927/1989)
May 22, 2024 · In honor of Black History Month, throughout February, the Louis Armstrong House Museum will host a new exhibition: “Hotter Than That – 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five.” The exhibition celebrates the band’s legacy and influence in jazz history as well as their 90th anniversary.
