Armstrong, Louis: Collection 1: First Decade 1923-32
Armstrong, Louis: Collection 1: First Decade 1923-32
Format: CD
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Artist: Armstrong, Louis
Label: Fabulous
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046204921
Genre: Jazz
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
Tracks:
1.1 Just Gone
1.2 Chimes Blues
1.3 Froggie Moore
1.4 Buddy's Habit
1.5 Chattanooga Stomp
1.6 Working Man Blues
1.7 Go 'Long Mule
1.8 Tell Me Dreamy Eyes
1.9 Texas Moaner Blues
1.10 Copenhagen
1.11 Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
1.12 St Louis Blues
1.13 Cold in Hand Blues
1.14 I Miss My Swiss
1.15 Livin' High Sometimes
1.16 Coal Cart Blues
1.17 You Can't Shush Katie
1.18 Heebie Jeebies Song Review
1.19 Cornet Chop Suey Song Review
1.20 Muskrat Ramble Song Review
1.21 Don't Forget to Mess Around
1.22 Lonesome Blues
1.23 Skid-Dat-De-Dat
1.24 Willie the Weeper
2.1 Wild Man Blues
2.2 Potato Head Blues Song Review
2.3 Melancholy Blues
2.4 12th Street Rag
2.5 Struttin' with Some Barbecue Song Review
2.6 Hotter Than That
2.7 Savoy Blues
2.8 West End Blues Song Review
2.9 Basin Street Blues Song Review
2.10 Weather Bird
2.11 Muggles
2.12 St. James Infirmary Song Review
2.13 Tight Like This
2.14 Knockin' a Jug
2.15 Mahogany Hall Stomp
2.16 Ain't Misbehavin'
2.17 (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
2.18 Tiger Rag
2.19 Blue Yodel No. (Standin' on the Corner)
2.20 I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas
2.21 Body and Soul
2.22 Sweethearts on Parade
2.23 Star Dust
2.24 All of Me
