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."
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
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."
