Louis Armstrong: Ken Burns Jazz
Genre: Jazz	Dates: 1923-1967

Modern American music starts here. Singing, improvisation, star power, rhythm, rebellion (against all that is stuffy and genteel and, uh, European), liberation—they're all inherent in the musical achievements of the man they called Satchmo. The first cut dates from 1923 (in comparison to the other players, Louis, all of 22, is cooking on a whole other planet); the final two cuts knocked the Beatles out of the #1 spot on the pop charts in '64 and became a hit over a decade after his death, respectively. Among the other historic moments: his use of scat singing on "Heebie Jeebie Blues"; his impossibly audacious intro to "West End Blues"; his "protest" interpretation of Fats Waller's "Black and Blue"; his invention of modern pop singing on "Star Dust"; his summit meeting with Ella Fitzgerald on "A Fine Romance."

Playlist:

1. Chimes Blues - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
2. Cakewalkin' Babies (From Home) - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
3. Heeby Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
4. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
5. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
6. Tight Like This - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
7. Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
8. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
9. Black And Blue - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
10. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
11. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
12. Blue Again - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
13. Lazy River - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
14. Chinatown, My Chinatown - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
15. Stardust - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
16. Shadrack - Louis Armstrong/The Lyn Murray Singers
17. I Double Dare You - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
18. When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
19. Marie - Louis Armstrong/The Mills Brothers
20. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
21. Blueberry Hill - Louis Armstrong/Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra and Choir
22. Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars
23. Fine Romance, A - Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald
24. Hello, Dolly!
25. What A Wonderful World