Wynton Marsalis - The Wonderful Word of Louis Armstrong (2026) [Hi-Res]

A century ago, Louis Armstrong changed the course of American music with his Hot Five and Hot Seven recording sessions, producing perhaps the most important records in jazz history. Now, Blue Engine is proud to release Wynton Marsalis’ The Wonderful Word of Louis Armstrong, which finds the famed trumpeter breathing new life into this seminal music alongside celebrated multi-instrumentalist Vince Giordano and members of both their bands.

Recorded during the last week of 2012 across a series of jam-packed Dizzy’s Club sets, the album is a sizzling celebration—at once both traditional and cutting-edge—of jazz’s most foundational repertoire. And by assembling an all-star band that blurs generational and stylistic lines, this new album is the embodiment of Armstrong’s belief in human equality and our shared responsibility to one another, and a demonstration of why the master musician is just as relevant as ever.