Louis Armstrong

The Complete Satchmo Plays King Oliver (99153)

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The Complete Satchmo Plays King Oliver

Louis Armstrong

American Jazz Classics

8436559469241

AJC 168087

99153

JAZZ

2

CD 14,96 €

2-CD SET!

INCLUDES 15 BONUS TRACKS

16-PAGE BOOKLET

In September-October 1959, the great Louis Armstrong recorded an album paying homage to his mentor and first employer, the legendary cornetist Joe “King” Oliver (1885-1938). This gave Louis and his All Stars the opportunity to explore some tunes the trumpeter had never recorded before, and some others he had not played in decades.

The LP, Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Audio-Fidelity AFSD-5930), was wonderfully recorded in stereo (which was a new technology at the time), providing us an amazing perspective of Armstrong’s pure sound.

For this release, American Jazz Classics put together all of the songs recorded by Satch during the sessions, as well as all known alternate takes (on CD TWO). To fill out the set, we present seven additional King Oliver or Oliver-related tunes taped by Louis during the mid-fifties, as well as, in the few cases in which he had previously recorded them, Armstrong’s original versions of tunes from the Audio Fidelity album, and his classic 1928 versions of King Oliver’s “Weather Bird” and “West End Blues”.

PERSONNEL:

  • Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals)
  • Trummy Young (trombone)
  • Peanuts Hucko (clarinet)
  • Billy Kyerbert (bass)
  • Danny Barcelona (drums)

Los Angeles, September 30 & October 1-2, 1959.

  • (*) BONUS TRACKS:
  • CD ONE [15-21]: Recordings of other King Oliver compositions made in 1955-57 by Louis Armstrong & His All Stars.
  • CD TWO [11-18]: Previous versions made by Louis Armstrong of some of the tunes from the LP, recorded between 1926 and 1950.

TRACKS:

  • CD ONE (75:45 min)
  • THE MASTER TAKES
  • 01 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY
  • 02 BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN
  • 03 I AIN’T GOT NOBODY
  • 04 PANAMA RAG
  • 05 DOCTOR JAZZ
  • 06 HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT
  • 07 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
  • 08 I AIN’T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE OF THIS JELLY ROLL
  • 09 DROP THAT SACK
  • 10 JELLY ROLL BLUES
  • 11 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME
  • 12 CHIMES BLUES
  • 13 SNAKE RAG
  • 14 NEW ORLEANS STOMP
  • 15 DIPPERMOUTH BLUES #1 (*)
  • 16 CANAL STREET BLUES (*)
  • 17 SNAG IT (*)
  • 18 HIGH SOCIETY (*)
  • 19 RIVERSIDE BLUES (*)
  • 20 DIPPERMOUTH BLUES #2 (*)
  • 21 WEST END BLUES [1955 VERSION] (*)
  • CD TWO (64:20 min)
  • THE ALTERNATIVE TAKES
  • 01 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY
  • 02 BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN
  • 03 I AIN’T GOT NOBODY
  • 04 PANAMA RAG (*)
  • 05 DOCTOR JAZZ
  • 06 HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT
  • 07 DROP THAT SACK
  • 08 JELLY ROLL BLUES
  • 09 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (*)
  • 10 CHIMES BLUES (*)
  • 11 WEATHER BIRD (*)
  • 12 WEST END BLUES [1928 VERSION] (*)
  • 13 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (*)
  • 14 BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN (*)
  • 15 I AIN’T GOT NOBODY (*)