On this date in 1901, Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans. I've done a bunch of posts on Louis which you can find by clicking on the tag at the bottom. Let's celebrate with his 1929 recording of Ain't Misbehavin', featuring that phenomenal closing horn solo in which he musically quotes Rhapsody In Blue (the man loved every type of music from jazz to classical, pop to opera). Armstrong was to record this tune several more times, but this was his first attempt.
It was this recording that broke Armstrong to a wider audience and set him on the path to stardom.
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