Composer: Louis Armstrong / Year: 1928 / Country: United States / Genre: Jazz / Form: Instrumental ensemble
Recorded in 1928 by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five. The long unaccompanied trumpet opening and the wordless scat singing are regarded as a turning point toward improvisation-centered jazz.
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Louis Armstrong (1928, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five / Okeh): Louis Armstrong's recording that changed the history of solo improvisation, famous for its unaccompanied trumpet cadenza that opens the piece.