Louis Armstrong

An American Icon

Louis Armstrong - An American Icon

10/17/2047

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All Music Guide Review

This three-CD set brings together recorded highlights from the last 25 years of Armstrong's career, starting with his return to a small sextet from his big-band recordings and his unprecedented run of hit recordings in the pop-jazz vein. Rather than only utilizing the many masters Armstrong cut for Decca over the years (Hip-O and Decca both draw from the same MCA master pool), compiler George Avakian also pulls in rarities and hits recorded for RCA Victor, Columbia, Verve, Roulette, Kapp, Mercury, ABC-Paramount, as well as Gene Norman's GRD and GNP Crescendo imprints. Disc one covers the years 1946 to 1954 and finds Pops moving away from his big band sound in favor of small groups like his All Stars and also moving smoothly into a string of jazz-pop chart hits including "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans," "That Lucky Old Sun," "You Can't Lose a Broken Heart" (with Billie Holiday), "Gone Fishin'" (with Bing Crosby) and "A Kiss to Build a Dream On." Disc two covers 1954 to 1956 and is a delightful collection of Louis and the All Stars at their very best. In addition to the hit "Mack the Knife," "When You're Smiling," and "I Surrender, Dear," hot live versions of "Basin Street Blues," "Blueberry Hill" and "Lazy River," the disc also includes some fine duets with Ella Fitzgerald. The final disc takes recordings from 1956 to 1968 and finds Louis firmly in pop-music territory. Tunes like "Hello Dolly," "Mame," "What a Wonderful World," "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "Georgia On My Mind" are, oddly, the tunes that modern-day listeners will always associate with Satchmo -- and rightly so. No jazz artist crossed over more times than Louis Armstrong, and never once was it a musical sellout. With Satchmo, it was all of one piece, and this excellent three-disc set is a great place to start digging a large chunk of his genius. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

An American Icon Track Listing

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  • 1
  • Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
  • 3:01
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  • 2
  • Pennies from Heaven
  • 3:45
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  • 3
  • Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
  • 2:59
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  • 4
  • I Want a Little Girl
  • 3:02
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  • 5
  • Sugar
  • 3:26
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  • 6
  • What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
  • 4:16
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  • 7
  • That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
  • 3:06
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  • 8
  • You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
  • 3:16
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  • 9
  • That's for Me
  • 5:13
  • Sound Clip for That's for Me from An American Icon


  • 10
  • My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
  • 3:45
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  • 11
  • La Vie en Rose
  • 3:25
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  • 12
  • Someday
  • 4:14
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  • 13
  • You Can Depend on Me
  • 4:08
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  • 14
  • Baby, It's Cold Outside
  • 5:46
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  • 15
  • You're Just in Love
  • 2:43
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  • 16
  • If
  • 3:23
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  • 17
  • Gone Fishin'
  • 2:32
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  • 18
  • A Kiss to Build a Dream on
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for A Kiss to Build a Dream on from An American Icon


  • 19
  • When We Are Dancin') I Get Ideas
  • 3:27
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  • 20
  • Kiss of Fire
  • 3:06
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  • 21
  • Hesitating Blues
  • 5:20
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  • 22 (2)
  • Tenderly/You'll Never Walk Alone
  • 7:26

  • 23 (2)
  • When It's Sleepy Time Down South
  • 3:27

  • 24 (2)
  • Basin Street Blues
  • 3:51

  • 25 (2)
  • C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
  • 2:26

  • 26 (2)
  • Rockin' Chair
  • 4:11

  • 27 (2)
  • Lazy River
  • 4:11

  • 28 (2)
  • Mack the Knife
  • 3:24

  • 29 (2)
  • The Gypsy
  • 4:46

  • 30 (2)
  • That's My Desire
  • 4:47

  • 31 (2)
  • Blueberry Hill
  • 4:13

  • 32 (2)
  • Stars Fell on Alabama
  • 3:35

  • 33 (2)
  • Can't We Be Friends
  • 3:48

  • 34 (2)
  • If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
  • 3:19

  • 35 (2)
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • 4:25

  • 36 (2)
  • Body and Soul
  • 5:05

  • 37 (2)
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street
  • 5:53

  • 38 (2)
  • When You're Smiling (The World World Smiles With You)
  • 4:05

  • 39 (2)
  • I Surrender Dear
  • 4:40

  • 40 (3)
  • Georgia on My Mind
  • 3:25

  • 41 (3)
  • That's My Home
  • 3:29

  • 42 (3)
  • Memories of You
  • 3:30

  • 43 (3)
  • Love Is Here to Stay
  • 3:59

  • 44 (3)
  • Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  • 4:13

  • 45 (3)
  • I Get a Kick Out of You
  • 4:19

  • 46 (3)
  • Summertime
  • 4:55

  • 47 (3)
  • That Old Feeling
  • 2:44

  • 48 (3)
  • I'll Never Be the Same
  • 3:31

  • 49 (3)
  • What's New?
  • 2:42

  • 50 (3)
  • Sweet Lorraine
  • 5:14

  • 51 (3)
  • Solitude
  • 4:56

  • 52 (3)
  • I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  • 5:33

  • 53 (3)
  • Mood Indigo
  • 4:00

  • 54 (3)
  • Azalea
  • 5:06

  • 55 (3)
  • Hello Dolly!
  • 2:25

  • 56 (3)
  • Mame
  • 2:22

  • 57 (3)
  • Cabaret
  • 2:45

  • 58 (3)
  • What a Wonderful World
  • 2:18

  • 59 (3)
  • Dream a Little Dream of Me
  • 3:17

  • 60 (3)
  • I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home
  • 2:45

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