Louis Armstrong – The Big Band Recordings 1930-1932 – 2CD

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Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings of the 1920s announced to the world of Jazz - and music in general - that a new genius had arrived. His faultless technique was accompanied by a seemingly unlimited inventiveness. Such was the authority of his tone that he demanded to be heard. But by the time the last Hot Seven recordings were made, Armstrong must have been seeking new challenges, and these stunning Big Band sides are the result.

It can be convincingly argued that no understanding of Jazz can be complete without some knowledge of the Hot Fives and Sevens. Similarly, no-one can claim to know the work of Louis Armstrong unless they have heard these important tracks.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: 1. My Sweet - 3:20   2. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - 3:07   3. Indian Cradle Song - 3:01   4. Exactly Like You - 3:31   5. Dinah - 3:21   6. Tiger Rag - 3:13   Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra: 7. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - 3:12   8. I'm in the Market for You - 3:18   9. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - 3:28   10. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - 3:43   11. Body and Soul - 3:18   12. Memories of You - 3:13   13. You're Lucky to Me - 3:26   14. Sweethearts on Parade - 3:21   15. You're Drivin' Me Crazy! - 3:11   16. The Peanut Vendor - 3:34   17. Just a Gigolo - 3:16   18. Shine - 3:19   Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: 19. Walkin' My Baby Back Home - 3:07   20. I Surrender, Dear - 3:08   21. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - 3:21

CD2:
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: 1. Blue Again - 3:12   2. Little Joe - 3:11   3. You Rascal You - 3:12   4. Them There Eyes - 3:05   5. When Your Lover Has Gone - 3:08   6. Lazy River - 3:05   7. Chinatown, My Chinatown - 3:17   8. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - 3:39   9. Stardust - 3:35   10. You Can Depend on Me - 3:17   11. Georgia on My Mind - 3:19   12. The Lonesome Road - 3:31   13. I Got Rhythm - 3:04   14. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - 3:00   15. Kickin' the Gong Around - 3:12   16. Home (When Shadows Fall) - 3:04   17. All of Me - 2:57   18. Love, You Funny Thing - 3:37   19. The New Tiger Rag - 3:20   20. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now - 3:30   21. Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long - 3:20

Reviews:

1. AllMusic - Stephen Cook
Following up the groundbreaking work he did with his Hot Fives and Sevens was going to difficult, but Louis Armstrong pulled it off with typical panache by way of these infectious big band vocal sides. Gone are Johnny Dodds' perfect-foil clarinet lines and the combo's sophisticated polyphony, replaced by Armstrong's template for 20th century popular song: raiding Tin Pan Alley, Armstrong loosened up many a stilted stage song to create a wealth of swinging pop gems. JSP's budget two-disc set provides 42 examples, in fact, with the added bonus of Satchmo's usual clarion-call trumpet work and in-the-pocket humor ("The Lonesome Road"). Immortalizing them for the jazz cannon, Armstrong almost single-handedly made standards out of "Star Dust," "I Surrender, Dear," "Memories of You," "Exactly Like You," and many others. Blessed with John R.T. Davies' top-drawer transfers, this Armstrong collection stands as one of the cornerstones of American popular culture.

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