Muskrat Ramble

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five · 1926

Context

Theme written by trombonist Kid Ory, recorded by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five in Chicago on February 26, 1926, for Okeh, as the B-side of "Heebie Jeebies". Authorship remains disputed: Ory claims it, while Armstrong also credited himself with writing it. It became a classic of the Dixieland repertoire, covered notably during the revival of the 1940s.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to New Orleans jazz, Chicago. Among the origins and influences of New Orleans jazz: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Afro-diasporic roots, Ragtime, New Orleans.

By the same artist

• Heebie Jeebies (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: Muskrat Ramble

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