Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans

Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday · 1947 (year to be confirmed)

Context

This song is first heard in the film New Orleans (released in the United States on April 18, 1947), in which Louis Armstrong and his orchestra appear alongside Billie Holiday, who plays the role of Endie. Armstrong's performance later became the theme of the television series Frank's Place.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to New Orleans, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of New Orleans: Afro-diasporic roots.

By the same artist

• When the Saints Go Marching In (1938)
• Cheek to Cheek (1956)
• Stars Fell on Alabama (1956)
• Summertime (1957)
• Autumn in New York (1957)
• Mood Indigo (Armstrong-Ellington) (1961)

Sources

• EN: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
• EN: New Orleans (1947 film)

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