Louis Armstrong & The Hot Five "West End Blues"

One more blog entry for today.  On June 28, 1928, Louis Armstrong and The Hot Five, made a significant jazz recording, with their tune "West End Blues" composed by Armstrong's mentor Joe "King" Oliver, who he'd played with for a few years.  The two parted ways, but Armstrong still recorded Oliver's song.  Oliver recorded it.  But Armstrong's version is very well known, after being recorded in Chicago at Okeh Studios.  Jazz fans loved it, and, it introduced the world to scat singing, something that Armstrong sort of pioneered.

There was a later version recorded in 1955.  But, this is the original.  The genuine article.