Heebie Jeebies

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five · 1926

Context

Recorded in Chicago in February 1926, this track remained famous for the onomatopoeic chorus sung by Louis Armstrong, which helped make scat known. A legend says he dropped his lyrics in the studio, but the anecdote may be apocryphal. The record made Armstrong a star in Chicago.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Chicago. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Muskrat Ramble (1926)
• Potato Head Blues (1927)
• West End Blues (1928)
• Weather Bird (1928)
• When the Saints Go Marching In (1938)
• Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (1947)

Sources

• EN: Heebie Jeebies (composition)
• EN: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
• virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org

Jazzency text written from these pages. Method and licenses