Photo from: http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/collections/jazz.htmLouis Armstrong is certainly among the greatest musicians in American History. His career began in New Orleans where, under the tutalage of Joe "King" Oliver, he was able to gain fame and eventially travel to Chicago. The video below comes from Ken Bern's documentary series, Jazz. In it his 1928 recording of Oliver's song, "West End Blues" is dicussed.
