Louis Armstrong

 

The albums featuring Louis Armstrong’s collaborations with the Dukes of Dixieland were among the first stereo recordings to fully capture Louis’ magic sound. He played wonderful trumpet and vocal solos on classic songs that weren’t part of his usual repertoire, such as “Dixie”, “New Orleans” and “Sweet Georgia Brown”, which he had never previously recorded. This collection contains the complete works of Louis and the Dukes, including both the master takes and all of the alternates.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG and THE DUKES OF DIXIELAND:

Louis Armstrong, trumpet and vocals on all tracks, plus:
Disc One, 2-14, Disc Two, 13-16 & Disc Three, 1-5:
Frank Assunto (tp, vcl), Fred Assunto & “Papa” Jac Assunto (banjo), Jerry Fulleer (cl),
Stanley Mendelsohn (p), Lowell Miller (tuba), Red Hawley (d).
Oriental Theater, Chicago, August 3-5, 1959.

Disc One, 1, Disc Two: 1-12 & Disc Three, 6-15:
Same as above but Richard Matteson (helicon and bass) replaces Lowell Miller
and Owen Mahoney (d) replaces Red Hawley. “Papa” Jac Assunto doubles on trombone.
Webster Hall, New York, May 24-25, 1960.

CD 1: THE MASTER TAKES - Total Time: 52:18
01 BOURBON STREET PARADE
02 BACK O’ TOWN BLUES
03 SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE
04 DIPPERMOUTH BLUES
05 RIVERSIDE BLUES
06 BILL BAILEY
07 SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE SORRY
08 STRUTTIN’ WITH SOME BARBEQUE
09 I AIN’T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE OF MY JELLY ROLL
10 CORNET CHOP SUEY
11 THE BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT
12 MUSKRAT RAMBLE
13 BYE AND BYE
14 NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLES I’VE SEEN

CD2: THE MASTER TAKES  -Total Time: 63:32
01 SOUTH
02 WASHINGTON AND LEE SWING
03 AVALON
04 NEW ORLEANS
05 THAT’S A PLENTY
06 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
07 DIXIE
08 THE SHEIK OF ARABY
09 WOLVERINE BLUES
10 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
11 LIMEHOUSE BLUES
THE ALTERNATE TAKES
12 BOURBON STREET PARADE
13 BACK O’ TOWN BLUES
14 SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE
15 DIPPERMOUTH BLUES
16 RIVERSIDE BLUES

CD3: THE ALTERNATE TAKES - Total Time: 58:49
01 BILL BAILEY
02 SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE SORRY
03 I AIN’T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE OF MY JELLY ROLL
04 CORNET CHOP SUEY
05 THE BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT
06 SOUTH
07 AVALON
08 NEW ORLEANS
09 THAT’S A PLENTY
10 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
11 DIXIE
12 THE SHEIK OF ARABY
13 WOLVERINE BLUES
14 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
15 LIMEHOUSE BLUES