Louis Armstrong - The Louis Armstrong Collection Vol. 1: The First Decade 1923-32 (2015)

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Artist: Louis Armstrong
Title: The Louis Armstrong Collection Vol. 1: The First Decade 1923-32
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Acrobat Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:27:07
Total Size: 347 mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD1

[02:41] 1. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Just Gone
[02:50] 2. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Chimes Blues
[03:04] 3. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Froggie Moore
[03:03] 4. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Buddy's Habit
[03:03] 5. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Chattanooga Stomp
[02:55] 6. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Working Man Blues
[03:03] 7. Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Go 'Long Mule
[03:07] 8. Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Tell Me Dreamy Eyes
[03:13] 9. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Texas Moaner Blues
[02:52] 10. Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra - Copenhagen
[03:01] 11. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
[03:04] 12. Bessie Smith - St Louis Blues
[03:13] 13. Bessie Smith - Cold in Hand Blues
[03:03] 14. Louis Armstong - I Miss My Swiss
[02:29] 15. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Livin' High Sometimes
[02:51] 16. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Coal Cart Blues
[03:03] 17. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - You Can't Shush Katie
[02:54] 18. Louis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies
[03:16] 19. Louis Armstrong - Cornet Chop Suey
[02:39] 20. Louis Armstrong - Muskrat Ramble
[03:15] 21. Louis Armstrong - Don't Forget to Mess Around
[03:02] 22. Louis Armstrong - Lonesome Blues
[03:04] 23. Louis Armstrong - Skid-Dat-De-Dat
[03:06] 24. Louis Armstrong - Willie the Weeper

CD2

[03:12] 1. Louis Armstrong - Wild Man Blues
[02:56] 2. Louis Armstrong - Potato Head Blues
[03:02] 3. Louis Armstrong - Melancholy Blues
[03:10] 4. Louis Armstrong - 12th Street Rag
[03:00] 5. Louis Armstrong - Struttin' with Some Barbecue
[03:03] 6. Louis Armstrong - Hotter Than That
[03:28] 7. Louis Armstrong - Savoy Blues
[03:17] 8. Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
[03:13] 9. Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues
[02:45] 10. Louis Armstrong - Weather Bird
[02:50] 11. Louis Armstrong - Muggles
[03:11] 12. Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five - St. James Infirmary
[03:09] 13. Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five - Tight Like This
[03:15] 14. Louis Armstrong - Knockin' a Jug
[03:14] 15. Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five - Mahogany Hall Stomp
[03:23] 16. Louis Armstrong - Ain't Misbehavin'
[03:02] 17. Louis Armstrong - (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
[03:11] 18. Louis Armstrong - Tiger Rag
[02:43] 19. Louis Armstrong - Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)
[03:09] 20. Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra - I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas
[03:18] 21. Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra - Body and Soul
[03:16] 22. Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra - Sweethearts on Parade
[03:27] 23. Louis Armstrong - Star Dust
[02:59] 24. Louis Armstrong - All of Me

Louis Armstrong was without question one of the most important artists in the development of jazz – his technical skill, his powerful presence and his improvisational genius was such that his peers rapidly recognised him as a model, and his work helped shape the way the language of jazz evolved over the years. From quite early in his career, from the late ‘30s onwards, he became an entertainer who transcended the genres, appearing in many films, and acquiring a role and relevance outside pure jazz, although his influence continued to pervade the way the music was performed, especially during the New Orleans revival of the ‘50s and ‘60s. This collection, however, focuses on that first key decade, when he helped shift the emphasis from collective improvisation to virtuoso solo performance simply through the power and quality of his contribution to the ensembles he played with and led. It includes some of his first recordings as part of the hugely important King Oliver Creole Jazz Band along with selected recordings with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra and Clarence Williams’ Blue Five, before drawing most particularly on his landmark recordings with his Hot Five and Hot Seven, which are such an important element of the entire jazz canon. The final section of the collection comprises recordings with his orchestra during the early ‘30s as he developed his technique further and established his role as a singer and entertainer as much as virtuoso trumpeter and cornettist. It’s a great value 48-track 2-CD set at budget price, which provides an insight into a vital formative decade of jazz.

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