Potato Head Blues

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven · 1927

Context

Recorded in Chicago on May 10, 1927, for OKeh by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, this track is best known for the stop-time solo in the second half and for the last chorus played at full power. According to some commentators, a melodic figure in it inspired Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Chicago. Among the origins and influences of Chicago: New Orleans jazz, Dixieland (ODJB, 1917).

By the same artist

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

Sources

• EN: Potato Head Blues
• EN: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
• adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu

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