It’s Louis Armstrong

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10-CD set.

Tracklist

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1Love, You Funny Thing
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1932-03-02)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1932-03-02) and George James (on 1932-03-02)
double bass:
John Lindsay (on 1932-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1932-03-02)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (on 1932-03-02)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (on 1932-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (on 1932-03-02)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (on 1932-03-02)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-03-02) and Zilner Randolph (on 1932-03-02)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-03-02)
recording of:
Love, You Funny Thing (on 1932-03-02)
writer:
Fred Ahlert and Roy Turk
3:47
2The New Tiger Rag
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1932-03-11)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1932-03-11)
clarinet:
George James (on 1932-03-11)
double bass:
John Lindsay (on 1932-03-11)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1932-03-11)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (on 1932-03-11)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (on 1932-03-11)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (on 1932-03-11)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (on 1932-03-11)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-03-11) and Zilner Randolph (on 1932-03-11)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-03-11)
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) (on 1932-03-11)
composer:
Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
3:29
3Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now3:37
4Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long3:30
5That’s My Home
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1932-12-08, on 1932-12-28)
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (on 1932-12-08) and Edgar Sampson (on 1932-12-08)
clarinet:
Pete Clark (on 1932-12-08)
double bass [bass] and tuba:
Elmer James (on 1932-12-08)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1932-12-08)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1932-12-08)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (on 1932-12-08)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (on 1932-12-08)
trombone:
Charlie Green (on 1932-12-08)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-08, on 1932-12-28), Louis Bacon (on 1932-12-08), Billy Hicks (on 1932-12-08) and Louis Hunt (on 1932-12-08)
violin:
Edgar Sampson (on 1932-12-08)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-08, on 1932-12-28)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (on 1932-12-28)
recording of:
That’s My Home (on 1932-12-08)
composer:
Ben Ellison, Leon René and Otis René
3:11
6Hobo, You Can’t Ride This Train3:01
7I Hate to Leave You Know
3:11
8You’ll Wish You’d Never Been Born3:16
9Medley [When You’re Smiling/Saint James Infirmary/Dinah], Part II
4:32
10Medley [You Rascal You/When It’s Sleepy Time Down South/Nobody’s Sweetheart], Part I
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1932-12-21)
alto saxophone:
Arthur Davey (on 1932-12-21) and Louis Jordan (on 1932-12-21)
banjo, guitar and trombone:
[unknown] (on 1932-12-21)
drums (drum set):
Benny Hill (on 1932-12-21)
piano:
Wesley Robinson (on 1932-12-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ellsworth Blake (on 1932-12-21)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-21) and Charlie Gaines (on 1932-12-21)
tuba [brass bass]:
Ed Hayes (on 1932-12-21)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-21)
medley including a recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1932-12-21)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
medley including a recording of:
Nobody’s Sweetheart (on 1932-12-21)
lyricist:
Ernie Erdman and Gus Kahn
composer:
Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel
medley including a recording of:
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (on 1932-12-21)
lyricist:
Leon René and Otis René
composer:
Clarence Muse
publisher:
Leon Rene Publication, Mills Music, Inc., Otis Rene Publication and Sherwin Music
4:20
11I’ve Got the World on a String3:15
12I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc.
3:02
13Hustlin’ and Bustlin’ for Baby3:08
14Sittin’ in the Dark
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-26)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-26)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-26)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-26) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-26)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26)
recording of:
Sittin’ in the Dark (on 1933-01-26)
writer:
Harold Adamson and Jesse Greer
3:00
15High Society
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-26)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-26)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-26)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-26) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-26)
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally) (on 1933-01-26)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
3:25
16He’s a Son of the South
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-26)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-26)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-26), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-26)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-26)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-26) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-26)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-26)
recording of:
He’s a Son of the South (on 1933-01-26)
lyricist:
Joe Davis
composer:
Reginald Foresythe
2:38
17Some Sweet Day
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-27)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-27)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-27)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-27)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-27) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27)
recording of:
Some Sweet Day (on 1933-01-27)
lyricist:
Ed Rose
composer:
Tony Jackson and Abe Olman
recording of:
Some Sweet Day (in 1933)
lyricist:
Ed Rose
composer:
Tony Jackson and Abe Olman
3:01
18Basin Street Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-27)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-27)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-27)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-27)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-27) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27)
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1933-01-27)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
3:25
19Honey Do
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-27)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-27)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-27), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-27)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-27)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-27)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-27) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-27)
recording of:
Honey, Do (on 1933-01-27)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Andy Razaf
2:37
20Snowball
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-01-28)
alto saxophone:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-28) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-28)
banjo and resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike McKendrick (on 1933-01-28)
clarinet:
Scoville Browne (on 1933-01-28), Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-28) and George Oldham (on 1933-01-28)
double bass [bass]:
Bill Oldham (on 1933-01-28)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (on 1933-01-28)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1933-01-28)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1933-01-28)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (on 1933-01-28)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-28), Zilner Randolph (on 1933-01-28) and Elmer Whitlock (on 1933-01-28)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1933-01-28)
recording of:
Snowball (on 1933-01-28)
writer:
Hoagy Carmichael
3:07
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