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JAZZ,
DANCE BANDS, VOCALISTS
Louis
Armstrong -> Claire Austin
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Ambassador 1905 |
Volume 5, 1938-1939 |
● CD $15.98 |
21 tracks - with Fats Waller and various orchestras.
Includes alternate takes and radio broadcasts.
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
ASV CDAJA 5049 |
Mahogany Hall Stomp |
● CD $11.98 |
Trumpeter and combos joined by Hoagy Carmichael for one
vocal 1927-1936
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 44049 |
The Hot Fives, Vol. 1 |
● CD $11.98 |
First installment of chronological Okeh recordings by young
Satchmo in 1925. Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, Lil Armstrong and Johnny St. Cyr
help out on hepcat classics Heebie Jeebies, Cornet Chop Suey, King Of
The Zulus and 13 more.
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia RK 44093 |
Stardust |
● CD $11.98 |
The classic Big Band sides of 1931-32, last out in the
Columbia Special Products format.
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 44253 |
The Hot Fives And Hot Sevens, Vol. 2 |
● CD $11.98 |
Okeh recordings in chronological order from 1926/'27 with
Kid Ory, Johnny and Baby Dodds, etc. 16 hot trad trendsetters.
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 44422 |
The Hot Fives And Sevens, Vol. 3 |
● CD $11.98 |
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 45142 |
Volume IV - Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines |
● CD $11.98 |
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 46148 |
Louis Armstrong, Vol. 5: Louis In New York |
● CD $11.98 |
In 1929 Louis Armstrong left Chicago for The Big Apple,
where he laid down the 19 Okeh label masters collected in this latest
chronological installment. Contained within these cuts are Satchmo's first
vocals - I Can't Give You Anything But Love/ Ain't Misbehavin'/ Some Of
These Days/ When You're Smiling/ After You've Gone as well as
instrumental versions of some of these, Funny Feathers/ How Do You Do
It That Way featuring blues vocalist Victoria Spivey, and more. With a
stellar studio lineup including Eddie Lang, Jack Teagarden, the Dorsey
Brothers, Lonnie Johnson, Zutty Singleton, Joe Venuti, and others. (MB)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 46996 |
St. Louis Blues, Vol. 6 |
● CD $11.98 |
23 depression-era sides from Satchmo & co. The first 11
selections find him in front of Luis Russell's top-ranked orchestra,
opening with alternating vocal and previously unissued instrumental
versions of I Ain't Got Nobody/ Dallas Blues/ St. Louis Blues. It
is a tribute to Armstrong's musicianship (on vocals and trumpet) that each
of these versions is well-developed and very listenable back to back. Much
of the credit is due also to pianist Russell's tight unit, who enliven the
program of trad, small band swing and tin pan alley material. Following
this we get 6 tracks with the Cocoanut Grove Orchestra (Mills Blue Rhythm
Band) sporting a slick urban sound, and a hot Tiger Rag with the
Original Dixieland Jazz Band, plus a handful of syrupy numbers recorded in
Los Angeles which close out this otherwise exciting volume. (MB)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia CK 48828 |
Volume 7 - You're Driving Me Crazy |
● CD $11.98 |
Okeh sessions from June 1926 through May 1927, these are of
course some of the greatest jazz recordings ever made, and while
frequently reissued, the Columbia engineers really have managed to provide
balance and clarity to many of the titles this time around. (
PR)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Columbia C4K 57176 |
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man |
● CD $59.98 |
Four CD set.
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Decca Jazz GRD 602 |
Rhythm Saved The World |
● CD $11.98 |
20 cuts from the early days of the Decca label. The pop
orientation of these sessions will always be a factor in their appraisal
by jazz lovers, but there can be no debate about Satchmo's mastery of both
trumpet and vocals throughout. My faves are the jive-inspired hot swingers
Old Man Mose/ I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music. But who can fault his
handling of Solitude/ Rhythm Saved The World/ I'm In The Mood For Love
and others of equal beauty? As with the Art Tatum disc, there are
intermittent problems with distortion, but on the whole, sound quality is
very good considering the 1935/36 vintage. (MB)
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| LOUIS
ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCHESTRA |
Decca Jazz GRD 620 |
Heart Full Of Rhythm - Vol. 2 1936-38 |
● CD $11.98 |
20 Tracks, 58 Min., Recommended This is a smokin' collection
of big band swingers, novelty vocal cuts and plain old foot-stompers.
Pops, clearly a strong fellow at the time, continually amazes with
stunning trumpet phrasing and dynamics; numerous solo passages give the
aural impression that he is physically pulling his sidemen along with him.
And they're no slouches! The Armstrong Orchestra features Luis Russell,
Pops Foster, Red Callendar, Red Allen, Paul Barbarin and J.C. Higginbotham
(it was really Russell's band) and, not surprisingly, reveals a hot New
Orleans influence. Equally delightful is Armstrong's singing (check out
Ev'ntide). Highlights include the title cut, Struttin With Some
Barbeque/ Swing That Music (2 versions, 1 with Jimmy Dorsey's group)
and On The Sunny Side Of The Street. Great sound and excellent, if
slightly high-handed, liner notes by Richard Sudhalter. (PL)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Fremeaux & Associates 001 |
Gospel, 1931-1941 |
● CD $15.98 |
17 tracks, 51 min., recommended. While giving the name
"gospel" to such titles as Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long
and As Long As You Live might be taking liberties with the term,
calling this music "wonderful" strictly adheres to the
definition. All but 2 cuts feature Armstrong proving himself as a singer
of rare quality; his gravelly voice has so much character, one suspects he
would have been famous even without his trumpet. The tenor of this
collection is best exemplified by the song Cain And Abel. When
Cain's crime is complete, Satchmo describes the serious scene this way:
"Now, God sure was hoppin' mad." Then his -- Armstrong's not
God's -- orchestra swings into gear and. . . what was the song about,
again? No matter. The last 2 tracks were recorded at Paul Whiteman's
Christmas Eve Concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Absolute fun. (JC)
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| LOUIS
ARMSTRONG & THE MILLS BROTHERS |
Jazz Archives 157 652 |
Greatest Hits |
● CD $11.98 |
22 tracks, 60 mins, highly recommended The title is a bit
misleading since Louis & The Mills Brothers are only together on 11
tracks and the rest is The Mills Brothers in other settings. Nevertheless
this disc is a delight - the tracks with Satch, from 1940, beautifully
blend his gravelly vocals and great trumpet work with the brothers
glorious harmonies and the brothers also use their voices to provide
instrumental backups to Louis's solos. They all seem to be having a great
time doing such old favorites as Carry Me Back To Old Virginny/ In The
Shade Of The Old Apple Tree/ The Flat Foot Floogie/ My Walking Stick/ Boog
It/ Marie and others. The boys also perform one track each with Duke
Ellington & His Orch and Cab Calloway & Don Redman's Orchestra.
Finally there are 9 tracks by the brothers by themselves featuring some of
their finest tracks recorded between 1932 and 1939 including Tiger Rag/
St. Louis Blues/ Sweet Sue, Just You/ Some Of These Days/ Caravan,
etc. The last of these is an "instrumental" in which, with the
exception of the guitar, all the instruments are the brothers voices!
Excellent sound. (FS)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
JSP 100 |
Hot Fives & Sevens |
● CD $29.98 |
Four JSP CDs (312, 313, 314, 315) combined into one special
priced set featuring Armstrong's recordings with his Hot Five and Hot
Seven between 1925 and 1929 - some of the greatest and most important
early jazz recordings. Remastered by John R.T. Davies these are generally
considered to be the best sounding reissues of this seminal material.
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
MCA MCAD 31346 |
The Best Of The Decca Years Vol. 1 - The
Singer |
● CD $9.98 |
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| LOUIS
ARMSTRONG & KING OLIVER |
Milestone 47017 |
Louis Armstrong & King Oliver |
● CD $16.98 |
Originally a 2-LP set with two Oliver/ Jelly Roll Morton
sides, which are now on the Jelly Roll CD. These are the first recordings
by the Creole Jazz Band, also the first recordings of cornetists Oliver
& Armstrong together. The CJB was a stellar group (Honore Dutrey (tb),
Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Baby Dodds (dr) and others), and
these 1923 Gennett and Paramount label waxings are regarded by many as the
pinnacle of early jazz. From the jaunty strains of Just Gone to the
strutting Riverside Blues, the CJB intertwined, showed off and
swung in the inimitable New Orleans style. The classics Chimes Blues/
Dipper Mouth/ Zulu's Ball are here, as well as the snappy Alligator's
Hop with innovative C melody sax by Stump Evans, and I'm Going Away
To Wear You Off My Mind with everyone going full tilt, especially
clarinetist Johnny Dodds. Also included are Armstrong's seven sides with
The Red Onion Jazz Babies, featuring Sidney Bechet & Buster Bailey.
These Gennetts from 1924 include some of blues singer Alberta Hunter's
earliest recordings. This 25-track disc is a must, with good clear sound
from a mixture of rare and pristine 78's. (MB)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Pablo 2310 941 |
Mack The Knife |
● CD $15.98 |
Digitally remastered LP of a never before released live
performance, with very good sound quality and great playing throughout the
eleven song program. Recorded on Armstrong's birthday (July 4th) at the
1957 Newport Jazz Festival, this release gives us a nice balance of vocal
and instrumental cuts. The band here is the second edition of the All
Stars featuring the strong playing of Trummy Young - trombone, Edmund Hall
- clarinet, and Billy Kyle - piano, on a set that included a varied mix of
New Orleans traditional and well-known popular standards. Most outstanding
are Mahogany Hall Stomp (from 1929) and the powerful closer Stompin'
At The Savoy. LP)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Pearl Flapper 7002 |
Great Louis Armstrong, 1937-1941 |
● CD $20.98 |
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
RCA Bluebird 6378 |
Pops: The 1940's Small Band Sides |
● CD $9.98 |
| 20 of Satch's best for RCA, early versions of The All Stars
from 1946-47. Includes his first small group session with Vic Dickenson
and Barney Bigard and Leonard Feather (who put the group together) done
after 10 years of bland-ish big band recordings for Decca, 3 from his
famed 1947 Town Hall Concert with Jack Teagarden, Bobby Hackett &
Peanuts Hucko - Back O' Town Blues/ Rockin' Chair/ Ain't Misbehavin'
that finally convinced him to disband the big band and sessions done for
the movies
New Orleans - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans and
A Song Is Born - title tune. 70 minutes (GM)
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| LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Rhino 72827 |
Now You Has Jazz - Louis Armstrong At M-G-M |
● CD $11.98 |
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| LOUIS
ARMSTRONG, BILLIE HOLIDAY ETC |
Jazz Crusade 3043 |
New Orleans |
● CD $14.98 |
Original soundtrack from the 1947 movie "New
Orleans" including outtakes and music associated with the film.
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| FRED ASTAIRE |
ASV CDAJA 5021 |
Crazy Feet |
● CD $11.98 |
Not only are these songs pre-Ginger, they're pre-Hollywood.
These are soundtrack recordings done by Fred the Broadway star, 20 tunes
from such plays as
The Gay Divorce/ Funny Face/ Lady Be Good/ The Band Wagon (1926-32) that
would much later become films. 4 tunes, inc. Fascinatin' Rhythm
& The Half Of It Dearie Blues has George Gershwin piano
accompaniment. Inc. Fred's original recordings of Night & Day/
Dancing In The Dark/ Puttin' On The Ritz/ Funny Face/ Crazy Feet . 58
minutes. (GM)
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| FRED ASTAIRE |
ASV CDAJA 5123 |
Fred Astaire Vol. 2, Lets Face The Musi |
● CD $11.98 |
Tribute to Astaire & Ginger Rogers, great
collection of tunes by Berlin, Gershwin, Kern & Porter
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| FRED ASTAIRE |
Pearl Flapper 7013 |
Great Recordings From 1926-1941 |
● CD $20.98 |
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| CLAIRE AUSTIN |
Original Jazz Classics 1711 |
Sings When Your Lover Has Gone |
● CD $16.98 |
Originally
released on Contemporary in 1956, it's reissued here on CD with the most
welcome bonus of her 1954 Good Time Jazz 10" LP, done with Kid Ory's
group. Miss Austin's deep voice is equally adept at both the Dixieland of
Ory and the west coast modern sound of Shelley Manne and Barney Kessel,
and she swings mightily in both genres. The modern album is programmed
first, and the title track opener When Your Lover Has Gone is an
absolute stunner. The booklet includes liner notes to both albums, and the
only known photo of Ms. Austin. Very highly recommended. (MD)
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