Louis Armstrong

3-CD SET WITH ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMS

DELUXE 5-PANEL DIGIPACK

INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents some of the best recordings made by the great Louis Armstrong in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. Included here are his small group recordings with the Oscar Peterson Quartet, his legendary dates with Duke Ellington at the piano, two splendid big band albums on which Louis performs spirituals and well-known standard songs, and a wonderful tribute to Fats Waller he recorded with his All Stars. All of the tracks contained here are studio recordings with excellent sound quality, and showcase Satchmo at his best both singing and playing trumpet.

The five complete albums compiled on this set are: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve Records MGV- 8322), Louis and the Good Book (Decca DL 8741), Louis and the Angels (Decca DL8488), Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Together for the First Time (Roulette SR52074), and Satch Plays Fats (Columbia CL708).

PERSONNEL:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals on all tracks, plus:

CD 1: LOUIS ARMSTRONG MEETS OSCAR PETERSON
Oscar Peterson, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass;
Louis Bellson, drums.
Chicago, October 14, 1957 & Los Angeles, July 31, 1957 (tracks 13-16 only).

CD 2 [1-12]: LOUIS AND THE GOOD BOOK
Orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver. New York, February 4, 6 & 7, 1958.

CD 2 [13-24]: LOUIS AND THE ANGELS
Orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver. New York, January 29-30, 1957.

CD 3 [1-10]: LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON / TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME
Duke Ellington, piano; Barney Bigard, clarinet; Trummy Young, trombone;
Mort Herbert, bass; Danny Barcelona, drums.
New York, April 3 & 4, 1961.

CD 3 [11-19]: SATCH PLAYS FATS
Louis Armstrong, trumpet & vocals; Barney Bigard, clarinet;
Trummy Young, trombone; Billy Kyle, piano; Arvell Shaw, bass;
Barrett Deems, drums; Velma Middleton, vocals.
New York, April 26-27 & May 3, 1955.

CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 71:14

01 That Old Feeling
02 Let’s Fall In Love
03 I’ll Never Be The Same
04 Blues In The Night
05 How Long Has This Been Going On
06 I Was Doing All Right
07 What’s New
08 Moon Song
09 Just One Of Those Things
10 There’s No You
11 You Go To My Head
12 Sweet Lorraine
13 I Get A Kick Out Of You
14 Makin’ Whoopee
15 Willow Weep For Me
16 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 76:10

01 Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
02 Shadrack
03 Go Down, Moses
04 Rock My Soul
05 Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
06 On My Way
07 Down By The Riverside
08 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
09 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
10 Jonah And The Whale
11 Didn’t It Rain
12 This Train
13 When Did You Leave Heaven?
14 You’re A Heavenly Thing
15 I Married An Angel
16 A Sinner Kissed An Angel
17 Angela Mia
18 Angel Child
19 And The Angels Sing
20 Fools Rush In
21 I’ll String Along With You
22 Angel
23 The Prisoner’s Song
24 Good Night, Angel

CD 3: TOTAL TIME: 75:41

01 Duke’s Place
02 I’m Just A Lucky So And So
03 Cottontail
04 Mood Indigo
05 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
06 The Beautiful American
07 Black And Tan Fantasy
08 Drop Me Off In Harlem
09 The Mooche
10 In A Mellow Tone
11 Honeysuckle Rose
12 Blue Turning Grey Over You
13 I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
14 Squeeze Me
15 Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now
16 All That Meat And No Potatoes
17 I’ve Got The Feeling I’m Falling
18 (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
19 Ain’t Misbehavin’