| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Columbia/Legacy: C2K 89280 (CK 89295--CK 89296). |
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Principally jazz and blues. |
| Performer |
Louis Armstrong, trumpet, cornet, and vocals; with various ensembles. |
| Event |
Recorded 1925-1967. |
| Note |
Selections originally released 1925-1967. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Dan Morgenstern inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Sugar foot stomp (2:47) -- Cake walking babies (from home) (2:56) -- Pickin' on your baby (3:16) -- Heebie jeebies (3:01) -- Willie the Weeper (3:11) -- Potato head blues (3:00) -- West End blues (3:16) -- Basin Street blues (3:17) -- Beau Koo Jack (3:03) -- St. James' Infirmary (3:20) -- Tight like this (3:18) -- I can't give you anything but love (3:22) -- Ain't misbehavin' (3:23) -- Black and blue (3:07) -- That rhythm man (3:09) -- St. Louis blues (2:58) -- Bessie couldn't help it (3:20) -- I'm confessin' (3:22) -- Memories of you (3:09) -- Shine (3:19) -- Walkin' my baby back home (3:05) -- Blue again (3:12) -- You rascal you (3:12) -- When it's sleepytime down South (3:23) -- Lazy river (3:04) -- Star dust (3:35) -- Georgia on my mind (3:17) -- Shadrack (2:33) -- On the sunny side of the street (2:56) -- When the saints go marching in (2:42) -- Rockin' chair (5:06) -- Blueberry Hill (2:51) -- Mack the Knife (3:21) -- Aunt Hagar's blues (4:57) -- Honeysuckle rose (2:53) -- A fine romance (3:50) -- What a wonderful world (2:18). |
| Credits |
Original recordings produced by Richard M. Jones, Norman Granz, Tommy Rockwell, Bob Thiele, Bob Stephens, and unknown others; compilation produced by Michael Brooks. |
| Summary |
The Essential Louis Armstrong does a great job of touching down at key points, and nicely balances Armstrong's various abilitys as a groundbreaking sideman, soloist, bandleader, singer, and ultimately, American legend. |
| Subject |
Jazz.
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Jazz vocals.
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Blues (Music)
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Blues (Music) (OCoLC)fst00835056
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Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
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Jazz vocals. (OCoLC)fst00982216
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| Genre/Form |
Compact discs.
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Blues (Music) (OCoLC)fst01726540
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Jazz. (OCoLC)fst01726653
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Jazz.
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Blues (Music)
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| Standard No. |
696998928022 |
| Music No. |
C2K 89280 Columbia/Legacy |
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CK 89295 Columbia/Legacy |
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CK 89296 Columbia/Legacy |
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