Louis Armstrong - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 [1994] (4 x CD's)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Louis Armstrong - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 [1994] (4 x CD's)
A four-CD sampling of some of the most important work by the greatest jazz musician of them all. Armstrong's virtuosic improvisations came flashing out of the ensembles of early New Orleans like lightning, making jazz a soloist's art form. If that weren't enough, Armstrong more or less invented jazz singing to boot. Beginning with a taste of Armstrong's work with his mentor, King Oliver, and moving through his mercurial work as a sideman with Fletcher Henderson and Clarence Williams, this set includes generous helpings of his landmark Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, "Heebie Jeebies," "Struttin' with Some Barbecue," "Potato Head Blues," "Gully Low Blues," "West End Blues," -- with an unaccompanied Armstrong introduction that alerted the world to the artistic potential of jazz improvisation --and the stunning duet with Earl Hines, "Weather Bird"-- the template for 20th-century music was engraved here. This set moves on to the Louis Armstrong Orchestra, his powerhouse big band of the 1930s, beginning with his landmark 1929 reworking of the popular hit "I Can't Give You Anything but Love." One of PORTRAIT's virtues is its gathering of Armstrong's work as a sideman with an array of singers, from the blues singers (Bessie Smith, Maggie Jones, Bertha "Chippie" Hill) to the obscurities (Hociel Thomas, Lillie Delk Christian, Seger Ellis) to "The Singing Brakeman" Jimmie Rodgers, the single meeting of the father of country music and the father of jazz. Indeed, the public may have called him "Satchmo," but jazz musicians always called him "Pops," the father of them all. Every jazz musician can reiterate Dizzy Gillespie's four-word tribute to Louis Armstrong: "No him, no me." (barnesandnoble.com)
Please look at the great talent on these CD's. Satch, of course, Fatha Hines, Fletch Henderson, King Oliver and others. Jazz legends all. Ah, but there is a hidden gem. I bought this box set for one song: "Blue Yodel #9" by Jimmy Rodgers, AKA "The Mississippi Blue Yodeler". If you're considering buying this set you are a fan of early jazz. Me too. I'm also a fan of early county.  I like the sophistication of jazz and the simplicity of early country. The are married here. What a wonderful surprise to find Jimmy Rodgers and Louis Armstrong together. THIS is music history!! (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01    King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band    Chimes Blues    2:54
02    King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band    Snake Rag    3:17
03    King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band    Tears    3:10
04    Clarence Williams' Blue Five    Texas Moaner Blues    3:09
05    Clarence Williams' Blue Five    Everybody Loves My Baby    2:35
06    Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra    Naughty Man          3:02
07    Margaret Johnson; Clarence Williams' Blue Five    Changeable Daddy Of Mine    2:44
08    Maggie Jones; Louis Armstrong    Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage?    3:21
09    Louis Armstrong    Good Time Flat Blues [Album Version]    3:15
10    Clarence Williams' Blue Five    Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)    2:58
11    Clarence Williams' Blue Five    Pickin' On Your Baby    3:20
12    Bessie Smith    St. Louis Blues    3:12
13    Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong    Sobbin' Hearted Blues          3:03
14    Clarence Williams' Blue Five    Papa De Da Da      3:02
15    Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra    Sugar Foot Stomp    2:52
16    The Southern Serenaders    Alone At Last        3:14
17    Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra    T.N.T.    2:54
18    Clarence Williams' Blue Five    You Can't Shush Katie   3:06
19    Bertha 'chippie' Hill & Louis Armstrong    Low Land Blues     2:56
20    Louis Armstrong    Gut Bucket Blues    2:42

CD2

01    Hociel Thomas; Louis Armstrong    Listen To Ma     3:21
02    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Heebie Jeebies    2:55
03    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Cornet Chop Suey    3:17
04    Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra    Stomp Off, Let's Go      2:57
05    Nolan Welsh    The Bridewell Blues    3:34
06    Louis Armstrong    The King Of The Zulus    3:05
07    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Skid-Dat-De-Dat    3:04
08    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Big Butter And Egg Man    2:59
09    Bertha 'chippie' Hill & Louis Armstrong    Pleadin' For The Blues    3:01
10    Johnny Dodds's Black Bottom Stompers    Wild Man Blues [Dodds-rare take]    3:07
11    Louis Armstrong    Chicago Breakdown     3:27
12    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven    Potato Head Blues    2:57
13    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven    Weary Blues    3:00
14    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven    Gully Low Blues    3:17
15    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven    Put 'Em Down Blues    3:16
16    Louis Armstrong    Struttin'With Some Barbecue     3:02
17    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven    Hotter Than That    3:02
18    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Savoy Blues    3:31
19    Lillie Delk Christian Accompanied by; Louis Armstrong Hot Four    Too Busy    2:55
20    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Skip The Gutter      3:04

CD3

01    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    A Monday Date    3:16
02    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    West End Blues    3:18
03    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Two Deuces    2:56
04    Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers    Symphonic Raps    3:14
05    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Basin Street Blues    3:19
06    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    No One Else But You    3:24
07    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Beau Koo Jack    3:00
08    Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines    Weather Bird    2:45
09    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Muggles    2:51
10    Lillie Delk Christian with; Louis Armstrong Hot Four  -  I Must Have That Man   3:14
11    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Tight Like This    3:20
12    Louis Armstrong    Knockin' A Jug    3:17
13    Louis Armstrong    I Can't Give You Anything But Love    3:36
14    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Mahogany Hall Stomp    3:20
15    Seger Ellis    To Be In Love    3:09
16    Louis Armstrong    Ain't Misbehavin'    3:15
17    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue   3:03
18    Louis Armstrong    That Rhythm Man    3:03
19    Louis Armstrong    When You're Smiling    2:53
20    Louis Armstrong    St. Louis Blues    2:56

CD4

01    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Song Of The Islands    3:31
02    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    My Sweet    3:19
03    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me    3:07
04    Jimmie Rodgers    Blue Yodel No. 9 [Album Version]    2:40
05    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)   3:10
06    Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra    I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)    3:24
07    Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra    Memories Of You    3:17
08    Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra    Sweethearts On Parade    3:20
09    Louis Armstrong    When It's Sleepy Time Down South    3:24
10    Louis Armstrong    Blue Again [Album Version]    3:14
11    Louis Armstrong    When Your Lover Has Gone    3:08
12    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Lazy River    3:06
13    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Chinatown, My Chinatown    3:16
14    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Stardust    3:36
15    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Stardust    3:30
16    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 3:00
17    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra    I've Got The World On A String    3:18
18    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five    Basin Street Blues [rec. 1928]    3:30
19    Louis Armstrong    On The Sunny Side Of The Street [Part 1]    2:57
20    Louis Armstrong    On The Sunny Side Of The Street [Part 2]    3:09
21    Louis Armstrong    Song Of The Vipers      2:51

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