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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime. The best version, I guess.

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This is simply amazing. The best of the best.

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Louis Jordan - Caldonia - 1946

Swing Parade of 1946. song: Caldonia. A great tune!

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Love Louis Jordan! You can sure see who inspired Little Richard.

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  Louis Jordan - Choo choo ch'boogie

  enjoy!

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  KarenWRN1 said:

  Love Louis Jordan ( The Father of R&B). This style of music is known as Jump Blues. It was a 1940's offshoot of swing and it was the first commercially successful style of R&B.

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  Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle and Roll

  Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 -- November 24, 1985[1]) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri.[2] A...

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  Gotta love Big Joe!

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Rocket 88 (Original Version) - Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston

Widely acknowledged as the first "rock and roll" song.

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This is a sweet jam. How can you not like Rocket 88!?

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dizzy gillespie - bang bang

dizzy

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Love the Latin undertone...one of Jazz's greats!

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Honeysuckle Rose,Fats Waller

A great soundie with a unique arrangement

of the evergreen, Honeysuckle rose.

The last time I posted this gem it was reversed,

now it's the right ...

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All I can say is thank you for this video. I'm in jazz history class and this paints a clear picture of the larger than life personality of one of jazz's all time greats.

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  Louis Armstrong & Jack Teagarden - Rockin' Chair

  Louis Armstrong (t, v), Bobby Hackett (c), Jack Teagarden (tb, v), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Marty Napoleon (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Cozy Cole (d). New York...

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  This is stellar!

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  Dinah - Louis Armstrong 1933

  Dinah Armstrong 1933

  This is part of a few tunes that were filmed in 1933 in Denmark with his touring

  band. I believe it is one of the first sou...

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  KarenWRN1 said:

  This is Armstrong at his very best. What an extraordinary talent he was. This performance makes me smile every time. No one does it better than Louis!

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