Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives and Sevens (CD)

After parting from King Oliver, Armstrong embarked on an intensive series of recordings with the Hot Five and then with the Hot Seven. He stunned the musical world with unprecedented recorded displays of virtuosity and emotion remastered here to near perfect quality the extent of Armstrong's gifts can be judged for the firt time in ninety years. The notes are informative and expert. Small wonder that the New York Times dubbed this compilation "The Recording of the Millenium."

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. My Heart
2. Yes! I'm in the the Barrel
3. Gut Bucket Blues
4. Come Back, Sweet Papa
5. Georgia Grind
6. Heebie Jeebies
7. Comet Chop Suey
8. Oriental Strut
9. You're Next
10. Muskrat Ramble
11. Don't Forget to Mess Around
12. I'm Gonna Gitcha
13. Dropping Shucks
14. Who' Sit
15. He Likes It Slow
16. The King of the Zulus
17. Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa
18. Lonesome Blues
19. Sweet Little Papa
20. Jazz Lips
21. Skid-Dat-De-Dat
22. Big Butter and Egg Man from the West
23. Sunset Cafe Stomp
24. You Made Me Love You
25. Irish Black Bottom

Disc: 2

1. Willie the Weeper
2. Wild Man Blues
3. Chicago Breakdown
4. Alligator Crawl
5. Potato Head Blues
6. Melancholy Blues
7. Weary Blues
8. Twelfth Street Rag
9. Keyhole Blues
10. S.O.L. Blues
11. Gully Low Blues
12. That's When I'll Come Back to You
13. Put 'Em Down Blues
14. Ory's Creole Trombone
15. The Last Time
16. Struttin' with Some Barbecue
17. Got No Blues
18. Once in a While
19. I'm Not Rough
20. Hotter Than That
21. Savoy Blues

Disc: 3

1. Fireworks
2. Skip the Gutter
3. A Monday Date
4. Don't Jive Me
5. West End Blues
6. Sugar Foot Strut
7. Two Deuces
8. Squeeze Me
9. Knee Drops
10. Symphonic Raps
11. Savoyagers' Stomp
12. No (No, Papa, No)
13. Basin Street Blues
14. No-One Else But You
15. Beau Koo Jack
16. Save It, Pretty Mama
17. A Weather Bird
18. Muggles
19. A Heah Me Talkin' to Ya?
20. James Infirmary
21. Tight Like This
22. Knockin' a Jug

Disc: 4

1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five
2. Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five
3. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
4. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue? - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
5. That Rhythm Man - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
6. Sweet Savannah Sue - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
7. Some of These Days - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
8. Some of These Days - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
9. When You're Smiling - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
10. When You're Smiling - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
11. After You've Gone - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
12. I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
13. Dallas Blues - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
14. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
15. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
16. A Song of the Islands - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
17. Bessie Couldn't Help It - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
18. Blue, Turning Grey Over You - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
19. Dear Old Southland - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
20. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five