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The Hot Five was Louis Armstrong's first jazz recording band led under his own name. It was a typical New Orleans jazz band in instrumentation, consisting of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone backed by a rhythm section. The original New Orleans jazz style leaned heavily on collective improvisation, in which the three horns together played the lead: the trumpet played the main melody, and the clarinet and trombone played improvised accompaniments to the melody. This tradition was continued in the Hot Five, but because of Armstrong's creative gifts as a trumpet player, solo passages by the trumpet alone began to appear more frequently. In these solos, Armstrong laid down the basic vocabulary of jazz improvisation and became its founding and most influential exponent. The Hot Five was organized at the suggestion of Richard M. Jones for Okeh Records. All their records were made in Okeh's recording studio in Chicago, Illinois. The same personnel recorded a session made under the pseudonym "Lil's Hot Shots" for Vocalion/Brunswick (their first electrically recorded session). While the musicians in the Hot Five played together in other contexts, as the Hot Five they were a recording studio band that performed live only for two parties organized by Okeh. There were two different groups called "Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five", the first recording from 1925 through 1927 and the second in 1928; Armstrong was the only musician in both groups. After 1925, the Hot Five maintained a recording schedule of about three sessions per year.
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20th Century Women [Music from the Motion Picture [LP] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Basin Street Blues |
20th Century Women [Music from the Motion Picture] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Basin Street Blues | 3:15 |
Live on the Small Screen [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:45 |
The Louis Armstrong Collection, Vol. 1: The First Decade 1923-32 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:54 |
Lonesome Blues | 3:02 |
Struttin' With Some Barbecue | 3:00 |
West End Blues | 3:17 |
Basin Street Blues | 3:13 |
The Box Set Series: Jazz [2014]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues |
Jazz Icons From the Golden Era: Louis Armstrong, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Weary Blues | 3:15 |
Serenades [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:57 |
The Great Gatsby: Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald in Music [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Muskrat Ramble | |
Basin Street Blues |
The Johnny Dodds Collection: 1923-29 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Lonesome Blues | 3:02 |
The Okeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings 1925-1933 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Georgia Grind | 2:40 |
Heebie Jeebies | 3:04 |
I'm Gonna Gitcha | 2:56 |
Lonesome Blues | 3:15 |
Big Butter and Egg Man | 3:11 |
Sunset Café Stomp | 2:56 |
Irish Black Bottom | 2:50 |
Weary Blues | 3:06 |
Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:13 |
The Last Time | 3:27 |
Struttin' with Some Barbecue | 3:02 |
Once in a While | 3:16 |
A Monday Date | 3:14 |
West End Blues | 3:17 |
Squeeze Me | 3:22 |
Basin Street Blues | 3:16 |
The Real... [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Put 'Em Down Blues |
Jazz Roots: The Music of the Americas [2011]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:16 |
Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology [2011]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:21 |
Satchmo: Ambassador of Jazz [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:53 |
West End Blues | 3:19 |
The Norton Jazz Recordings: Essential Listening [2011]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:18 |
The Jazz Bar, Vol. 5 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:10 |
The Norton Jazz Recordings [2009]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:17 |
Underneath the Harlem Moon [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Ain't Misbehavin' | 3:24 |
West End Blues | 3:17 |
Best of Louis Armstrong: Green Series [2008]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:18 |
King of the Blues Clarinet 1923-1940 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Lonesome Blues | 3:04 |
New Orleans: Essential Guide [2008]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:14 |
The Best of the Hot Fives and Sevens [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:17 |
Complete Louis Armstrong, Vol. 4: West End Blues 1926-1928 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Irish Black Bottom | 2:45 |
Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:15 |
The Last Time | 3:30 |
Once in a While | 3:16 |
A Monday Date | 3:13 |
Squeeze Me | 3:24 |
The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:56 |
Big Butter and Egg Man | 3:02 |
Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:17 |
Once in a While | 3:19 |
Gold [2006]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:18 |
Heebie Jeebies | 3:03 |
The Essential Collection [West End] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Weary Blues | 3:06 |
The Essential Recordings 1925-1940 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:59 |
I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man | 3:11 |
Weary Blues | 3:02 |
The Last Time | 3:26 |
Once in a While | 3:14 |
A Monday Date | 3:12 |
Squeeze Me | 3:23 |
Basin Street Blues | 3:16 |
Hot Five 1925/1926 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:55 |
I'm Gonna Gitcha | 2:49 |
Lonesome Blues | 3:05 |
Big Butter and Egg Man | 3:03 |
Sunset Cafe Stomp | 2:48 |
Irish Black Bottom | 2:43 |
It's Louis Armstrong [10 CD Set] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Put 'Em Down Blues |
King Louis [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:15 |
The Essential Louis Armstrong [Columbia\Legacy] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 3:04 |
Basin Street Blues | 3:20 |
Trios [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Squeeze Me [*] | 3:20 |
24 Chefs d'Cueuvres [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:57 |
Martini: Celestial Cocktails [2003]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:17 |
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 1 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Georgia Grind | 2:34 |
Heebie Jeebies | 2:54 |
I'm Gonna Gitcha | 2:45 |
Lonesome Blues | 3:04 |
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 2 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Big Butter and Egg Man | 3:00 |
Sunset Cafe Stomp | 2:45 |
Irish Black Bottom | 2:40 |
Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:14 |
The Last Time | 3:29 |
Once in a While | 3:16 |
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 3 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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A Monday Date | 3:14 |
Squeeze Me | 3:25 |
Basin Street Blues | 3:17 |
The Golden Years of Louis Armstrong [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:56 |
Once in a While | 3:18 |
Big Butter and Egg Man | 3:00 |
Black & Proud [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 3:04 |
Georgia on My Mind [2002]
Song | Duration |
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My Monday Date | 3:11 |
Ain't Misbehavin' | 3:23 |
Jazz 36 Chefs-D'oeuvre [2002]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:19 |
Les musiques de Matisse et Picasso [2002]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:17 |
Satch Blows the Blues [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Basin Street Blues | 3:17 |
Best of Dixieland Jazz [2001]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:19 |
Classic Jazz [Sony] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:18 |
Jazz After Hours: Best of Jazz Trumpet [2001]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:19 |
Preservation Jazz [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Muskrat Ramble | 2:40 |
Heebie Jeebies | 3:03 |
Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings [Definitive Classics] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Georgia Grind | 2:33 |
Heebie Jeebies | 2:53 |
I'm Gonna Gitcha | 2:44 |
Lonesome Blues | 3:04 |
Big Butter and Egg Man | 2:58 |
Sunset Cafe Stomp | 2:43 |
Irish Black Bottom | 2:38 |
Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:14 |
The Last Time | 3:29 |
Once in a While | 3:16 |
A Monday Date | 3:13 |
Squeeze Me | 3:23 |
Ken Burns Jazz [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:53 |
Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:53 |
The Best of Ken Burns Jazz [2000]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:19 |
Wild Man Blues [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:10 |
Jazz Hits, Vol. 1 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:21 |
Jazz Suite [1998]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:21 |
Roots of Jazz, Vol. 1 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:16 |
Jazz Anthology: 1918-34, Vol. 1 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:55 |
West End Blues | 3:15 |
25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Big Butter and Egg Man | 2:56 |
Weary Blues | 2:57 |
Once in a While | 3:15 |
Two Facets of Louis: 1920-1950 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Basin Street Blues | 3:14 |
St. James Infirmary | 3:19 |
Hot Fives & Hot Sevens [ASV] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:13 |
1925-1926 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:56 |
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five & Hot Seven: 1926-1927 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Sunset Cafe Stomp | 2:53 |
Irish Black Bottom | 2:45 |
Weary Blues | 3:03 |
Put 'Em Down Blues | 3:12 |
The Last Time | 3:27 |
Struttin' with Some Barbecue | 3:04 |
Once in a While | 3:14 |
Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Vol. 1 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:15 |
Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller [1955]
Song | Duration |
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Squeeze Me [*] |
Jazz in the Charts 1925-1926
Song | Duration |
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Muskrat Ramble | 2:35 |
Jazz in the Charts 7/100: 1928
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:12 |
Jazz in the Charts 7: 1928
Song | Duration |
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West End Blues | 3:12 |
The Intro Collection
Song | Duration |
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Once In A While | 3:17 |
Heebie Jeebies | 2:54 |
Big Butter And Egg Man | 2:59 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Heebie Jeebies | 2:53 |
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