Louis Armstrong, The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection

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Tracklist

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1Hotter Than That3:03
2Squeeze Me
recording of:
Squeeze Me
lyricist:
Clarence Williams
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
MCA Music
3:24
3Tight Like This
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12)
alto saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-12)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12) and Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-12)
piano:
Earl Hines (on 1928-12-12)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (on 1928-12-12)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
performer:
Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (on 1928-12-12)
recording of:
Tight Like This (on 1928-12-12)
lyricist and composer:
Langston Curl
3:10
4Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
3:14
5Ain't Got Nobody
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams
2:39
6Weather Bird
recording of:
Weather Bird
composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:41
7St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:56
8Once In A While
recording of:
Once in a While
lyricist:
Bud Green (in 1937)
composer:
Michael Edwards (in 1937)
publisher:
Copyright Control, EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
3:17
9Oriental Strut
3:01
10King Of The Zulus3:05
11Coal Cart Blues2:55
12Coquette
recording of:
Coquette
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo
2:37
13Body And Soul5:33
14Perdido Street Blues
recording of:
Perdido Street Blues
composer:
Lil Armstrong
3:03
15Tea For Two4:45
16Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd.
5:18
17Pennies From Heaven3:46
18C'est Ci Bon
recording of:
C’est si bon (It's So Good, English version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (in 1947)
translator:
Jerry Seelen (in 1949)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
translated version of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
3:03
19High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
3:30
20New Orleans Function3:47
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part of:The Absolute Essential 3 CD Collection (order: 3)