Louis Armstrong

4-CD SET

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This release presents all of the legendary 1925-29 recordings by the extraordinary Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven small groups. Featuring such stellar names as Earl Hines, Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard, Lonnie Johnson, Jack Teagarden, and Jimmy Noone, these were among the first jazz recordings to be universally considered as classics. The most comprehensive set so far, our 4-CD collection also contains all of Louis’ complementary recordings from that period on which other members of the Hot Five and Hot Seven were present. The sessions by the Carroll Dickerson band, Johnny Dodds Black Bottom Stompers, and singer Lillie Delk Thomas, for instance, complete Armstrong’s sides with Earl Hines from this early period (Hines would rejoin Louis in the late forties). Other bonus sessions feature Louis’ backing singers Hociel Thomas, Butterbeans & Susie, and Victoria Spivey, participating in a band under his wife Lil Hardin’s name, and working with groups featuring washboard player Jimmy Bertrand.

PERSONNEL:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG cornet, trumpet & vocals, plus:

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:

KID ORY, trombone
JOHNNY DODDS, clarinet
BARNEY BIGARD, tenor sax
LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG, EARL HINES, piano
JOHNNY ST. CYR, MANCY CARR, banjo
PETE BRIGGS, tuba
WAREN "BABY" DODDS, ZUTTY SINGLETON, drums
among others.

Recorded in Chicago and New York between 1925 and 1929.

INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1: Total Time: 78:16

01 GUT BUCKET BLUES
02 MY HEART
03 YES! I’M IN A BARREL
04 COME BACK, SWEET PAPA
05 GEORGIA GRIND
06 HEEBIE JEEBIES
07 CORNET CHOP SUEY
08 ORIENTAL STRUT
09 YOU’RE NEXT
10 MUSKRAT RAMBLE
11 DON’T FORGET TO MESS AROUND
12 I’M GONNA GITCHA
13 DROPPIN’ SHUCKS
14 WHO’SIT
15 KING OF THE ZULUS
16 BIG FAT MA AND SKINNY PA
17 LONESOME BLUES
18 SWEET LITTLE PAPA
19 JAZZ LIPS
20 SKID-DAT-DE-DAT
21 BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN
22 SUNSET CAFÉ STOMP
23 YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
24 IRISH BLACK BOTTOM
25 PUT ‘EM DOWN BLUES
26 ORY’S CREOLE TROMBONE
27 THE LAST TIME

CD2: Total Time: 77:19

01 STRUTTIN’ WITH SOME BARBECUE
02 GOT NO BLUES
03 ONCE IN A WHILE
04 I’M NOT ROUGH
05 HOTTER THAN THAT
06 SAVOY BLUES
07 GEORGIA BO BO
08 DROP THAT SACK [common take]
09 DROP THAT SACK [rare take]
10 WILLIE THE WEEPER
11 WILD MAN BLUES
12 ALLIGATOR CRAWL
13 POTATO HEAD BLUES
14 MELANCHOLY
15 WEARY BLUES
16 TWELFTH STREET RAG
17 KEYHOLE BLUES
18 S.O.L. BLUES
19 GULLY LOW BLUES
20 THAT’S WHEN I’LL COME BACK TO YOU
21 CHICAGO BREAKDOWN
22 WEARY BLUES
23 NEW ORLEANS STOMP
24 WILD MAN BLUES [common take]
25 WILD MAN BLUES [rare take]

CD3: Total Time: 76:23

01 MELANCHOLY [common take]
02 MELANCHOLY [rare take]
03 FIREWORKS
04 SKIP THE GUTTER
05 A MONDAY DATE
06 DON’T JIVE ME
07 WEST END BLUES
08 SUGAR FOOT STRUT
09 TWO DEUCES
10 SQUEEZE ME
11 KNEE DROPS
12 NO (PAPA, NO)
13 BASIN STREET BLUES
14 NO ONE ELSE BUT YOU
15 BEAU KOO JACK
16 SAVE IT, PRETTY MAMA
17 MUGGLES
18 HEAR ME TALKIN’ TO YA
19 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY
20 TIGHT LIKE THIS
21 WEATHER BIRD
22 SYMPHONIC RAPS
23 SAVOYAGERS STOMP
24 MAHOGANY HALL STOMP

CD4: Total Time: 78:22

01 I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE [common take]
02 I CANT GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE [rare take]
03 KNOCKIN’ A JUG
04 GAMBLER’S DREAM
05 SUNSHINE BABY
06 ADAM AND EVE HAD THE BLUES
07 PUT IT WHERE I CAN GET IT
08 WASH WOMAN BLUES
09 I’VE STOPPED MY MAN
10 STATIC STRUT
11 STOMP OFF, LET’S GO
12 HE LIKES IT SLOW
13 EASY COME EASY GO BLUES
14 THE BLUES STAMPEDE
15 I’M GOIN’ HUNTIN’
16 IF YOU WANNA BE MY SUGAR PAPA
17 YOU’RE A REAL SWEETHEART
18 TOO BUSY
19 WAS IT A DREAM?
20 LAST NIGHT I DREAMED YOU KISSED ME
21 I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
22 BABY
23 SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE
24 I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
25 FUNNY FEATHERS
26 HOW DO YOU DO IT THAT WAY?