Artist
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
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
Appears on
West End Blues
1928 · OKeh
Ranked No. 1 in 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.