# Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five — Every Record We Rank

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five appears once in our Jazz list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Jazz
- **Year:** 1928
- **Highest placing:** No. 1 in Jazz
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/louis-armstrong-and-his-hot-five/

## Appears on

### [West End Blues](https://waxonia.com/track/louis-armstrong-and-his-hot-five--west-end-blues/)

*1928 · OKeh · No. 1 in [Jazz](https://waxonia.com/genre/jazz/)*

The opening cadenza is twelve unaccompanied seconds that reorganised the music around the individual soloist. Everything about jazz as a personal statement starts in that phrase.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Louis%20Armstrong%20and%20His%20Hot%20Five%20West%20End%20Blues) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxhgmk_ofk)

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