Description
The Best Of Louis Armstrong - The Best Of The Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings / Original Masters / Columbia Audio CD 2008 / 88697213952
UPC 886972139524
The Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions were recorded between 1925 and 1928 by Louis Armstrong with his Hot Five and Hot Seven groups. According to the National Recording Registry, "Louis Armstrong was jazz's first great soloist and is among American music's most important and influential figures. These sessions, his solos in particular, set a standard musicians still strive to equal in their beauty and innovation." These recordings were added to the National Recording Registry in 2002, the first year of the institution's existence.
Ron Wynn and Bruce Boyd Raeburn, writing for the All Music Guide to Jazz, note that "these recordings radically altered jazz's focus; instead of collective playing, Armstrong's spectacular instrumental (and vocal) improvisations redefined the music." Armstrong helped popularize scat singing in "Heebie Jeebies," and his solo on "Potato Head Blues" helped establish the stop-time technique in jazz.
| Label: | Columbia – 88697213952 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Original Masters |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2008 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Dixieland, Swing |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Heebie Jeebies | 2:52 | |
| 2 | Muskrat Ramble | 2:30 | |
| 3 |
King Of The Zulus |
|
3:03 |
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| 4 | Jazz Lips | 3:00 | |
| 5 | Willie The Weeper | 3:06 | |
| 6 | Wild Man Blues | 3:09 | |
| 7 | Alligator Crawl | 3:01 | |
| 8 | Potato Head Blues | 2:55 | |
| 9 | Weary Blues | 2:59 | |
| 10 | Ory's Creole Trombone | 3:02 | |
| 11 | Struttin' With Some Barbecue |
3:04 | |
| 12 | West End Blues | 3:18 | |
| 13 | Squeeze Me | 3:22 | |
| 14 | Basin Street Blues | 3:15 | |
| 15 | Beau Koo Jack | 2:59 | |
| 16 | Muggles | 2:50 | |
| 17 | St. James Infirmary | 3:12 | |
| 18 | Tight Like This | 3:12 |
- Art Direction – Howard Fritzson
- Banjo – Johnny St. Cyr (tracks: 5 to 11), Mancy Cara (tracks: 12 to 18)
- Clarinet – Jimmy Strong (tracks: 12 to 18), Johnny Dodds (tracks: 1 to 11)
- Compilation Producer – Michael Brooks (2)
- Cornet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong
- Design – Randall Martin, Rose Menkes, www.the-unknown.co.uk
- Drums – Baby Dodds (tracks: 1 to 9), Zutty Singleton (tracks: 12 to 18)
- Executive Producer [Project Director] – Seth Rothstein
- Liner Notes – Arthur Levy (2)
- Mastered By – Mark Wilder, Seth Foster
- Photography – Frank Driggs Collection
- Piano – Earl Hines (tracks: 12 to 18), Lil Armstrong (tracks: 1 to 11)
- Producer – Richard M. Jones
- Trombone – Fred Robinson (tracks: 12 to 18), John Thomas (20) (tracks: 5 to 9), Kid Ory (tracks: 1 to 4, 10, 11)
- Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong (tracks: 12 to 18)
- Tuba – Pete Briggs (tracks: 5 to 9)
- Vocals – Earl Hines (tracks: 13, 14, 16), Mancy Cara (tracks: 13, 14, 16)
