West End Blues
- Music
- Joe Oliver
- Lyrics
- Clarence Williams
"West End Blues" is a 1928 blues by Joe "King" Oliver, made immortal by Louis Armstrong's recording the same year. This page has the West End Blues chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.
Who wrote "West End Blues"
Joe "King" Oliver wrote it, and Clarence Williams added words. The title refers to West End, a lakeside resort area of New Orleans.
Recordings that made it a standard
- Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (1928) — with the unaccompanied trumpet cadenza that opens it, one of the most famous records in jazz.
- King Oliver (1928) — the composer's own recording, made shortly before Armstrong's.
Key: Eb major · Tempo: 72 bpm
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