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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971) nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser
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Basin Street Blues
Words & Music by Spencer Williams, 1926
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1928
G7 C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
Won't you come along with me
C Dm7 C7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Down that Mis - sis - sip - pi;
C C7 F Fm
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams,
C G/B Am7 Bb9 G7 C G
Steam down the river down to New Orleans.
C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
The band's there to greet us,
C C7 G7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Old friends will meet us,
C C7 F Fm
Where all people like to meet
C C/B Am7 Am7/G G7 C G7
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
C C/B E7
Basin Street is the street
A7 A7/9 A A7
Where the elite always meet --
D Am7 D9 G7
In New Orleans, land of dreams
C9 C CM7 Cdim
You'll never know how nice it seems
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7
Or just how much it really means.
C C/B E7
Glad to be, yessiree,
A7 A7/9 A A7
Where welcomes free, dear to me,
F Dm7 G7 G7/6 G7 G7/6 C C F Fm Bb9 C
Where I can lose my Ba - sin Street Blues.
Words & Music by Spencer Williams, 1926
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1928
G7 C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
Won't you come along with me
C Dm7 C7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Down that Mis - sis - sip - pi;
C C7 F Fm
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams,
C G/B Am7 Bb9 G7 C G
Steam down the river down to New Orleans.
C G7 Cdim C C Dm7 Cdim C
The band's there to greet us,
C C7 G7 G7+5 C Bb G7+5
Old friends will meet us,
C C7 F Fm
Where all people like to meet
C C/B Am7 Am7/G G7 C G7
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
C C/B E7
Basin Street is the street
A7 A7/9 A A7
Where the elite always meet --
D Am7 D9 G7
In New Orleans, land of dreams
C9 C CM7 Cdim
You'll never know how nice it seems
Dm7 Em7 F7 G7
Or just how much it really means.
C C/B E7
Glad to be, yessiree,
A7 A7/9 A A7
Where welcomes free, dear to me,
F Dm7 G7 G7/6 G7 G7/6 C C F Fm Bb9 C
Where I can lose my Ba - sin Street Blues.
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