78 RPM RECORD LOUIS ARMSTRONG 1928 WEST END BLUES RARE GERMAN ODEON MASTER ISSUE
  $   100

 


$ 100 Sold For
Apr 16, 2022 Sold Date
Apr 9, 2022 Start Date
2   Number Of Bids
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78 RPM RECORD.  LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S HOT FIVE: WEST END BLUES. RECORDED IN 1928 & EDDIE LANG'S ORCHESTRA: FREEZE AN' MELT. RECORDED IN 1929.  ODEON (GERMAN) A 286000.  THIS RARE GERMAN ISSUE IS PRESSED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTERS (NOT A DUB).  THE FIRST SIDE IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF "WEST END BLUES," ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE WHOLE JAZZ ERA.  LOUIE PLAYS HIS FAMOUS CADENZA AND THEN PLAYS SOME OF THE BEST BLUES EVER PUT ON WAX.  HIS SCAT CHORUS, CLOSING TRUMPET STATEMENT AND EARL HINES' TIMELESS PIANO CONTRIBUTION ARE A LESSON IN JAZZ IMPROVISATION.  THE OTHER SIDE IS A FABULOUS HOT NUMBER BY THE PIONEERING GUITARIST EDDIE LANG.  HE IS JOINED BY TOMMY AND JIMMY DORSEY (TROMBONE AND CLARINET/SAX) AND ARTHUR SCHUTT ON PIANO.  THERE IS SOME POWERFUL BASS PLAYING BY JOE TARTO AND EVEN DRUMMER STAN KING GETS A SOLO.  EXCELLENT RECORDING QUALITY!  "E" CONDITION. STARTING BID IS $99.99.  PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE EXCELLENT 78's.


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