West End Blues - Louis Armstrong

[MrJimmienoone]

clarinet: Ed Hall

[Exzadara615]

Amazing song, Louis Armstrong brought us a lot of what we have in jazz today.

[Exzadara615]

@reallyreallygoodpie I have Polish roots, hooray for us :).

[gorgaphliaz]

Satchmo rules

[Irimsifuentes]

@JacksonFive500 You can get it on a cd called Jazz Roots it's an awesome compilation album. You'll find other tracks you'll like, I'm sure.

[anneshuck]

Ohhhhhhhhh. Y-E-A-H baby...

[reallyreallygoodpie]

Wow... I just can't seem to find the words to describe how awesome I feel when i'm hearing this type of music! Wonderful! Just wonderful!

Greetings from Poland!

[LouisDTA]

Thumbs up if you're listening to this for jazz class.

[midnightredphoenix]

Wow, I wish I could play that well O.o :D

[JacksonFive500]

Does anyone know what cd/album I could find this particular recording of West End Blues on? I can't seem to find it. Thank you

[anneshuck]

@JacksonFive500 This album cover looks awfully familiar. My Dad had about everything Satchmo ever did. I'd say this album is way early, before 1950. Hope this helps.

[beast21lopez]

this song makes me remeber how beautiful jazz is.. :)

[boogxian]

who wants to get this to a million views? C:

[rajinirulez]

why is it tat ppl love jazz so much wen there r no words?..wouldnt it be nicer wit lyrics?

[viviaaaaanx]

@rajinirulez The beauty of jazz is you don't need words for it to be incredibly beautiful.

[loganbesaw]

@rajinirulez words bring music down



[mkal80]

I am the 1900 liker:)

[saxplayer57]

1885 people likes, 29 people need to wash their ears.

[madhoneydew]

those aren't the right notes

[43291745]

@madhoneydew i think the music transposed for trumpet. that might be why

[Kmcnair1000]

i'm still learning this song. i have the intro down pack and the first part of the melody

[MrJimmienoone]

uuuuuuuhhh...Beautiful!!

[Tolbok]

I rarely listen to music, but when i do, I make SURE its Louis Armstrong.

[Mrbiggerthanlife]

Does anyone else think it sounds like a phone is ringing in the background during the trombone solo?

[loggeorge]

@Mrbiggerthanlife close maybe.....

[jagquon77]

@Mrbiggerthanlife I thought the very same thing.

[DrDebrah]

I'm an ex-pat, living abroad, and hearing this makes me yearn to return to my beloved home New Orleans where I can hear this type of music almost any day of the week in any number of my favorite clubs. God bless New Orleans.

[rabiavolta]

Gracias por compartir esto

[thinkskater195]

4:20, i like it hahaha



[cassielizaola]

r these really the music notes?

[darkblood4625]

@cassielizaola Pretty damn sure. 

[ahhhhhDE]

@cassielizaola yea. Not all though. Just the start.

[ahhhhhDE]

@ahhhhhDE actually i realised it's the full song.

[cassielizaola]

@ahhhhhDE k good im gonna get em tatted

[1010aleee]

pero que buen tema dios!!gracias!

[rehaabmabrouk]

Belíssimo!!!



[atadsatirical]

does anybody know the tune that armstrong plays in ken burns jazz where the bearded fellow is talking about like single notes 'and then...freedom.' and its on the second disc as well, just thought id add that thanks

[ohanajulia]

Arguably, thats sexy.

[jckracing2]

ha, that's my birthday

[Microglia1]

These music remind me of a time when black people gained consciousness, and it was that consciousness that ultimately set us free!!!

[NikonGuy123]

this songs older than ab lincolns boots

[773SleepyHollow]

@NikonGuy123 Ab Lincoln? That's Ms. Abbey Lincoln to you!

[stanleydadaille]

This song is older than my granpa. It was in 1927.

[jckracing2]

Ha, hey thats my birthday, well i'll be its 46 years before it but close enough right.

[lilsprockits]

the views just made 800,000 when I watched......I feel special :)

[Hishumblemajesty]

I have always felt that this song is the sound of the soul, screaming orgasmic glee for the beautiful sadness of life.

I LOVE YOU, SATCHMO!!!

"Dats solid, Jack!!"

[liagiba96]

does anyone know what the ending chord is called? i don't play piano/guitar but i need to know for school work!

[netheadplurk]

music like they don't make anymore

[travisprb44]

the key is Eb.

[lomax343]

You omitted to mention Clarinet: Edmund Hall; Bass: Arvell Shaw

[whothisbeguy2006]

Trummy is such a beast! Love it.

[Monkeyspankerelite]

Listening to this, smokin` grass in an old Chevy `38 and you`re almost in heaven xD

[jazzouttathefridge]

is the transcription in concert pitch?

[CEMuSiC1]

@jazzouttathefridge it's in Bb.

[brodefk]

@CEMuSiC1 I think it's in Eb

[JanezHrast]

@brodefk The sheet in the video says it's in F

[brodefk]

@JanezHrast The sheet says F because it's music for Bb trumpet, so it's a step up from the concert pitch

[56conn6h]

some only have ears so they can wear glasses.

This is great thanks for sharing! Trummy smokes!

[STONESBOY74]

if ya dont like this song then listen with your ears ....

[151045o147]

Who is playing the clarinet?

[MsRedwaller]

26 people live on the east end.

[mmizzie]

man i love this song. great melody. burn one to this y'all

[shamoney1026]

Louis is your Armstrong lmaooooooooooo

[vailgrant]

His phrasing has the inscousient mastery required, almost never parralleled it seems.

[Dharok95025]

Man this piece is fun to play.

[ArchuletaObsessed]

i may be only 15 but this kind of old, jazzy, blues-y music will always be my favorite kind<3

[ravenwba]

22 people do not understand true old fashioned talent!

[leconcurrent1]

This is great. The sheet music actually makes the video fun to watch and of course Louis makes it fun to listen to.

[danirox1979]

best. Thank you Louis!!!

[zoothefly]

awesome



[Monkeyspankerelite]

20 people are going to hell...

[officialhopsof]

what album is this from?

[reyhaasan]

20 retards who disliked it watched this!!!

Thumbs up is you agree

[steebbi]

goodshit

[Batman7170]

I'm not a trumpet player, but I tried this on my clarinet, and it didn't sound too bad but you could still tell there was something wrong with it.

[16JohnBonham]

louis armstrong is amazing! hes my favorite jazz trumpet player of all time. Love the video! i play trumpet so this has helped a lot cant wait til i master it although its gonna be a while

[Ky0rganisme]

20 people don't deserve ears.

[yarringyak]

@Ky0rganisme 26*

[kixmet]

@Ky0rganisme i second that.

[grahmcrackers]

@Ky0rganisme and you dont deserve an opinion. Be considerate.

[olbrimiolihen]

@Ky0rganisme now 27. strange people.

[kimsuu7]

@Ky0rganisme well maybe 20 people dont have ears .

[cachalot57]

Satchmo yeah!!!

Without him there would be nothing!

[keltyk]

just about the most beautiful thing I ever heard--- and so emotional it knocks me down

[DeathToTehFurries]

Satchmo's breathin' deep in my soul

Lemme sing it to ya: HALLELUJAH

[9inch8]

Can there or will there ever be another...I think not. Thank Heaven for recordings.....

[Mrbiggerthanlife]

Man I can't wait to play this on my trumpet!

[buknar456]

this is a good example of how he turned jazz into a sololist's game

[ajg822]

Hey, he's singing...or pooping....

[BobE1945]

Just wonderful!

[BobE1945]

JUst wonderful

[Monkeyspankerelite]

Beautiful song!

Was played at my mum´s funeral as one of her last wishes.

RIP Mum and Satchmo....

[ivanaseev]

Happy new year of own.

[redpistonhead]

HOLY

[ako456]

Shimabashi: I guess on Jack Teegarden.

[Shimabashi]

Who is the trombone player?

[jeanhartely]

Gorgeous!!!! Thank you.

[slownoman]

In the eighty or so years since Louis first recorded this, I don't know of anyone who's phrased and defined what blues means better than West End Blues. Immortal.

[stomponsmurf]

What language is Louis singing in during the middle of the song? 8 O

[mc14halo]

@stomponsmurf SCATtish

[WordHou]

@stomponsmurf Straight up sound.

[Teddyb1939]

This is beautiful,everyone on top form,powerful stuff indeed

[pooperscoopr69]

INCOMPARABLE musicianship + artistry.

Swing Doom at its finest incarnation.

[pooperscoopr69]

INCOMPARABLE musicianship + artisty.

Swing Doom at its finest incarnation.

[TheGrifone4ever]

impressionaNTE ...!!!!!!! by italy

[azam987654321]

it was composed by joe oliver and clarence williams give credit to them aswell

[skamatt23]

Trummy rocks the trombone daaaaaamn!

[Ghanima62]

Some people ask what has America ever given the world. This man and his music are high on that list if you ask me.

[helluvagun]

@Ghanima62

Truly - this is blues if ever!

[lincoln3000]

@Ghanima62 I totally agree!

[1994manik]

@Ghanima62 Oh man, this man was not given to world by America. He was given by God.

[dinizthemxking]

@1994manik totally agreed fella

[lpvp1]

the best to to to bing bing bing

[GVSUDEIBELMUSIC]

What a great recording. Transcription needs to be redone, however.

[pooperscoopr69]

Neil might have walked on the moon...but it was Louis who romanced and ultimately seduced her.

[paoalexescja]

@pooperscoopr69 I got goosebumps after reading this comment...so right

[tomlynch42]

@pooperscoopr69

yeah, what a way to put it, Jackson! Beautiful!

[bwtanner77]

@pooperscoopr69 Very well said!

[johnsurs22]

@pooperscoopr69 Who's Neil? I thought Louis Armstrong flew to the moon and won the Tour De France five times

[kg6iif]

@pooperscoopr69 Romanced his strong arm?

[pln29]

@pooperscoopr69 What a wonderfull clause.

[dynospectrum]

bambosaay yetdo zen ba bo po san yeess vandam ooo mmm. my grand children will love this =)

[Baruchyoseph8]

Louis Armstrong playing West End Blues - and its synchronized to the sheet music, so play along - phenomenol !

[AlexisGuitar94]

Hey everyone, why the hell are talkin about your age?!! I mean there's no age to listen to good music.

[stevevandien]

@AlexisGuitar94 You're right, bro:). Armstrong reaches EVERYBODY who responds to music, regardless of his/her age. I know several people who hadn't been all that interested in music beyond some pop records. Yet when I played Pops' records for 'em (especially "West End Blues") they fell in love:) --

[AlexisGuitar94]

@stevevandien that's cool man that's cool :)

[ewedude]

Great work! Thanks for the transcription. My students will love this.

[matherrjm]

Simply the best jazz music ever written played by the best jazz musician ever to grace this planet. Truly amazing.

[kilgatron]

There is simply no bad Louis Armstrong. I think that anyone who comes to this site and has an appreciation for Armstrong simply MUST listen to his 1920s first recorded version with his wife and the Hot Fives. Please do yourself a favor and buy his Hot Fives. This is American music at its definitive best.

[caloscalante1518]

@kilgatron I bought the complete collection of the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens and i must say, those recordings do not disappoint. My Favorite number is King of The Zulus, his trumpet solo in that song ALWAYS makes my day

[kilgatron]

@caloscalante1518

Where did you find the Fives and Sevens? I would buy them myself. Nothing cheers me up more than listening to these songs. My favorite is probably Potato Head Blues, but West End is starting to grow in my head.

You know about Lil Harden Armstrong? I've read three biographies on Louis and each one is better. Fascinating man and times.

[caloscalante1518]

@kilgatron Well i got them on itunes for 35 bucks. i think in total its like 80something songs. Oh Yeah i Love Potato Head Blues also.. the one I'm really listening to is Heebie Jeebies. What are the titles of the Bios you have read?

[MutleyPK]

What album features this version of the song?

[cryofwar3]

And reinpost, you are incorrect, these are the notes played..

[johnsurs22]

@cryofwar3 Even though these notes fit for a lot of the parts, they match

the original recording note for note and beat for beat. The transcription is

taken from Jacque's Trumpet Transcription Site- a really great resource!

It states on the pdf file that this transcription is for the original 1929 recording

Best regards,

johnsurs22

[cryofwar3]

Untouchable, Sachmo

[Ashitakaandsan]

cool thanks for the music

[reinpost]

the notes appear to be those of the original recording, not this one

[sickman109]

the best blues song i have ever heard in my entire life...i feel like crying everytime i hear this song especially when the trombone solo comes in

[TheKnowledge4ya]

Get it Mannnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!

I love this!!!

Absolute beauty!!!

Don't play the trumpet but I do play the Bass...

WoW!!!!

Speechless

[hedylennon]

Foi muito bem bolado este vídeo. Parabéns. Beutiful, beutiful. This is my two words for a definition.

[theinvisiblelight]

That bone played the crap out of his solo.

[soloueng]

WOW

[rom3omustdi3]

17 retards have seen this video

[Mumsilius]

@rom3omustdi3 18 and counting...

[sweetpeagarcia]

@rom3omustdi3 ha ha ha the politically correct term nowadays is special needs. LOL and yes they need some taste.

[kg6iif]

@rom3omustdi3 dat not veery niec u a meanie head because i dont like et dont make me ill get mad!

[jparkerhaman]

@rom3omustdi3 It is exactly comments like these that just adds more thumbsdown. You are simply degrading their taste in music, whether they seriously dislike this song or just assholes about it. But now that I read this comment, I plan on indulging myself to becomming an "asshole" as well and disliking it....haaha

[MonkeyBones4434]

@jparkerhaman Right on! you tell em! Lol I also agree with you fully. 

[MonkeyBones4434]

@rom3omustdi3  Retards? Kinda of rude don't you think? and the 45 people that thumbed you up are just as equally rude! Go to your nearest Liberian and ask for a dictionary then improve and add to your oh so immature vocabulary. - thank you!

[CrypticDrumLord]

@MonkeyBones4434 You're retarded.

[djpurpleacid]

@MonkeyBones4434 Don't tell people to ask for a dictionary when you cannot spell "librarian". But I agree with you. While those people are dumb, "retard" is too far and mean to mentally handicapped.

[meskhenet0bm]

Thanks a lot for the upload! and the written music!

[Audnorge]

I grew up in West End, New Orleans, not real far from where Armstrong grew up.

[falkman43]

Måste erkänna att jag hade fördomar om Louis Armstrong och jazzmusik, men gud så bra, Blues möter jazz. Tack och lov att, "modernismens" skitmusik nu är över, Jag förstår nu varför jag är så förtjust i blues. Men vill verkligen lära mig mer om jazzen. :-) Bara jag slipper för mycket improviserad storbandsjazz. Där går gränsen.

[dormouse72]

Trummy young's trombone at 1:09 is heaven on earth.

[stevevandien]

One of the great pieces of 20th century Western music. Louis' original 1928 version is superb, but this one, recorded nearly 30 years later, draws power from the live audience. I'm a professional writer and some people have told me that I'm pretty good with words. But good grief, I can't begin to describe my emotional/intellectual/spiritu­al responces to "WEB."

[Bixlouis]

don't forget also Edmond Hall, clarinet

[kimberlymorel]

LOVE IT REMINDS ME OF LOONY TUNES LOL

[NoDoyPieConBola]

Wow Billy Kyle!!

He's so wonderful!!!

[dormouse72]

Marvel

[B0bbyZero]

I love louis

best blues ever

much love bobby

[huptydood]

<3 hiiiim! this kind of music is sooo atractiiive!

[Urbino237]

Incredible, and almost 30 years after his original recording. Just astounding that at age 55 Pop's chops were still this strong, AND that this concert occurred at the height of his 300 shows-a-year gruelling schedule. An exhausting itinerary, and he was able to sound like this night after night!

[stevevandien]

@Urbino237 Incredible indeed. Pops was a phenomenon as well as a genius:) --

[Urbino237]

@stevevandien I try every morning to listen to a piece or two by Louis and one by Mozart or Chopin...

[stevevandien]

@Urbino237 Man, talk about fast company -- for Mozart or Chopin, that is:) Best, Steve

[MedicineMaster]

@stevevandien definately a close comparison for songs. Love that Chopin and Motzart, but you just gotta love this too!

[stevevandien]

@MedicineMaster Amen, brother!

[joomuck]

With this, Armstrong changed the face of music forever and for the better. Thanks for the posting.

Ted