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The Essential Recordings 1925-1940
08/29/2006 | Snapper Uk
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All Music Guide Review
It's difficult, if not truly impossible, to finitely pick Louis Armstrong's essential recordings, since the man transformed jazz -- and all of pop music -- profoundly in his career, and he didn't do it with one track, or two tracks, or even a dozen tracks; he did it by the sheer accumulation of his playing and singing. That said, this generous four-disc 92-track set brings together the essential tracks from Armstrong's early career between 1925 and 1940, the years when he was undeniably at his peak. Included are classics like "Heebie Jeebies," "Potato Head Blues," "Basin Street Blues," "Weather Bird," "Ain't Misbehavin'," and the brilliant "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue," making this a fine survey of jazz's single greatest figure. The 50-page booklet and track-by-track annotation are big pluses as well. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
The Essential Recordings 1925-1940 Track Listing
Credits of The Essential Recordings 1925-1940
- Willie Lynch
- Drums, Leader
- Bingie Madison
- Sax (Tenor)
- Don Mattison
- Trombone
- Castor McCord
- Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Bill Oldham
- Bass
- George Oldham
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- George Orendorff
- Trumpet
- Yank Porter
- Drums
- Henry Prince
- Piano
- Zilner Randolph
- Trumpet
- Harold Scott
- Trumpet
- Jack Stacey
- Sax (Alto)
- Willie Stark
- Sax (Alto)
- Jimmy Strong
- Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Jim Taft
- Bass
- George Thow
- Trumpet
- John Trueheart
- Guitar
- Bobby Van Eps
- Piano
- Greely Walton
- Sax (Tenor)
- Crawford Wethington
- Sax (Alto)
- Elmer Whitlock
- Trumpet
- Dave Wilborn
- Banjo
- Elmer Williams
- Sax (Tenor)
- Bill Wilson
- Cornet
- Arthur Herfurt
- Sax (Tenor)
- Charlie Green
- Trombone
- Elmer James
- Bass, Tuba
- Carroll Dickerson
- Violin, Leader
- Bobby Holmes
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Barry McRae
- Liner Notes
- Harry White
- Trombone
- Joe Yukl
- Trombone
- Ed Anderson
- Trumpet
- Bud Johnson
- Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Charlie Alexander
- Piano
- Albert Washington, Jr.
- Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
- Billy Hicks
- Trumpet
- Harvey Brooks
- Piano
- Joop Visser
- Producer, Compilation
- John Thomas
- Trombone
- Lawrence D. Brown
- Trombone
- Kaiser Marshall
- Drums
- Joseph "Fud" Livingston
- Sax (Tenor)
- Theodore McCord
- Sax (Alto)
- Reggie Jones
- Tuba
- Clarence Babcock
- Vocals
- Rip Bassett
- Guitar
- Fred "Rodriguez" Robinson
- Trombone
- Caroll Dickerson's Savoyagers
- Performer
- Don Redman
- Clarinet, Arranger, Sax (Alto)
- Johnny St. Cyr
- Banjo, Guitar
- Wellman Braud
- Bass
- Bernard Addison
- Guitar
- Gus Aiken
- Trumpet
- Jimmy Archey
- Trombone
- Louis Armstrong
- Trumpet, Vocals, Cornet, Leader
- Boyd Atkins
- Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto)
- Baby Dodds
- Drums
- Louis Bacon
- Trumpet
- Joe Bailey
- Bass
- Sidney Bechet
- Clarinet, Sax (Soprano)
- Lee Blair
- Guitar
- William Thornton Blue
- Clarinet
- Lester Boone
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Pete Briggs
- Tuba
- Ceele Burke
- Banjo
- Happy Caldwell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Toots Camarata
- Trumpet
- Mancy Cara
- Banjo, Vocals, Guitar
- Bert Curry
- Sax (Alto)
- Jimmy Dorsey
- Clarinet, Leader, Sax (Alto)
- Leon Elkins
- Trumpet, Leader
- Pops Foster
- Banjo, Bass
- William Franz
- Sax (Tenor)
- Luther Graven
- Trombone
- Tubby Hall
- Drums
- Lil Hardin
- Piano, Vocals
- Leon Herriford
- Sax (Alto)
- Henry Hicks
- Trombone
- J.C. Higginbotham
- Trombone
- Teddy Hill
- Sax (Tenor)
- Roscoe Hillman
- Guitar
- Les Hite
- Leader, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Homer Hobson
- Trumpet
- Charlie Holmes
- Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto)
- Louis Hunt
- Trumpet
- Preston Jackson
- Trombone
- Keg Johnson
- Trombone
- Marvin Johnson
- Sax (Alto)
- Claude Jones
- Trombone
- Henry Jones
- Sax (Alto)
- John Lindsay
- Bass
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Vocals
- Paul Barbarin
- Drums
- Eddie Condon
- Banjo
- Johnny Dodds
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Lionel Hampton
- Drums, Vibraphone
- Earl Hines
- Piano, Vocals
- Albert Nicholas
- Sax (Alto)
- Kid Ory
- Trombone
- Bill Perkins
- Banjo, Guitar
- Jack Teagarden
- Trombone
- Luis Russell
- Piano, Leader
- Bobby Byrne
- Trombone
- Ray McKinley
- Drums
- Edgar Sampson
- Violin, Sax (Alto)
- Zutty Singleton
- Drums
- Joe Sullivan
- Piano
- Chick Webb
- Drums, Bells
- Lonnie Johnson
- Guitar
- Victoria Spivey
- Vocals
- Joe Louis Walker
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
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