Louis Armstrong – “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (mp3)
The great Louis Armstrong ladies and gentlemen. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” is Louis Armstrong’s highest selling single to date. Today his music is still being enjoyed by generations and generations of jazz fans.
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This song is the archetypal early jazz/ big band arrangement. The orchestration of “All Of Me” paints a scene out of old black and white Hollywood movies.
Betty lays down a seminal bee-bop jazz blues vocal here. Trouble means the same after 60 years.
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds – “Crazy Blues” (mp3)
How crazy is crazy blues? Well, has you ever beens in love? If you has, then you knows! If you hasn’t, then you don’ts. This song is but a preview for the uninitiated, and a calming opiate for those in the know. Oh, that trombone makes my knees buckle. This song was huge hit in its day, and aint no reason you shouldn’t have it in your iPod or whatever gizmo you kids are runnin’ with. Clean mp3 copy on this one, too.
