West End Blues (Mezz Mezzrow)

Mezz Mezzrow & Buck Clayton · 1953 · Enregistré à Paris avec Buck Clayton

Context

Recorded in 1953 in Paris with trumpeter Buck Clayton, it is a cover of the composition by Louis Armstrong. Mezzrow, a Chicago clarinetist based in France, had created his own label, King Jazz, in the mid-1940s.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Traditional revival. Among the origins and influences of Traditional revival: New Orleans jazz.

Sources

• EN: Mezz Mezzrow

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