West End Blues / Fireworks

by Louis Armstrong

West End Blues / Fireworks cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: August 1928
  • Label: Okeh
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Opening with an utterly breathtaking, unaccompanied trumpet cadenza, this landmark recording effectively revolutionized the concept of the jazz soloist. The technical brilliance and deep emotional expression permanently elevated the art form far beyond mere ensemble dance music.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, melodic, technical, improvisation, acoustic, nonlexical-vocables

Tracklist

  1. Fireworks
  2. West End Blues

Credits

  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - primary artist

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