King Louis

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King Louis Review

by Thom Jurek

Simply put, this imported Proper box set -- containing four discs and a lovely booklet -- documents the recordings Louis Armstrong made with His Hot Fives and Sevens between 1923 and 1929, as well as his sides with King Oliver and some as a bandleader after the demise of those bands. It's true, Sony/BMG Legacy has issued a three-disc set of the Hot Fives and Sevens material, but the reach and scope of this set goes a bit farther, costs less, and has better sound.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Chimes Blues
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong 02:53 SpotifyAmazon
2
Froggie Moore
The Spikes Brothers / Jelly Roll Morton
Louis Armstrong 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
3
Riverside Blues
R.M. Jones
Louis Armstrong feat: King Oliver's Jazz Band 02:52 SpotifyAmazon
4
Mabel's Dream
Louis Armstrong feat: King Oliver's Jazz Band 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
5
London Cafe Blues
Louis Armstrong feat: King Oliver's Jazz Band 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
6
Go 'Long Mule
Louis Armstrong feat: Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
7
Countin' the Blues
Louis Armstrong feat: Ma Rainey 03:23 SpotifyAmazon
8
Texas Moaner Blues
Clarence Williams
Louis Armstrong feat: Clarence Williams' Blue Five 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
9
Copenhagen
Charles Davis
Louis Armstrong feat: Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
10
Everybody Loves My Baby
Spencer Williams
Louis Armstrong feat: Clarence Williams' Blue Five 02:34 SpotifyAmazon
11
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
Louis Armstrong feat: Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
12
Mandy Make Up Your Mind
Louis Armstrong feat: Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
13
Cake Walking Babies from Home
Louis Armstrong feat: Clarence Williams' Blue Five / Eva Taylor 03:32 SpotifyAmazon
14
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong feat: Bessie Smith 03:13 SpotifyAmazon
15
The Railroad Blues
Trixie Smith
Louis Armstrong feat: Trixie Smith 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
16
J.C. Holmes Blues
Louis Armstrong feat: Bessie Smith 03:08 SpotifyAmazon
17
Sugar Foot Stomp
Louis Armstrong / King Oliver
Louis Armstrong feat: Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
18
Static Strut
Fats Waller / Jack Yellen
Louis Armstrong feat: Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra 02:50 SpotifyAmazon
19
Stomp Off, Let's Go
Elmer Schoebel
Louis Armstrong feat: Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra 02:57 SpotifyAmazon
20
Drop That Sack
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong feat: Lil's Hot Shots 02:52 SpotifyAmazon
21
The Blues Stampede
Louis Armstrong feat: Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards 02:37 SpotifyAmazon
22
I'm Goin' Huntin'
J.C. Johnson / Fats Waller
Louis Armstrong feat: Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards 02:57 SpotifyAmazon
23
If You Wanna Be My Sugar Papa
Louis Armstrong feat: Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards 02:35 SpotifyAmazon
24
Wild Man Blues
Louis Armstrong feat: Johnny Dodds 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
25
Melancholy
Louis Armstrong feat: Johnny Dodds 03:22 SpotifyAmazon
26
Chicago Breakdown
Jelly Roll Morton
Louis Armstrong 03:26 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
My Heart
Lil Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:26 SpotifyAmazon
2
Yes! I'm in the Barrel
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:38 SpotifyAmazon
3
Gut Bucket Blues
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:43 SpotifyAmazon
4
Come Back, Sweet Papa
Paul Barbarin
Louis Armstrong 02:30 SpotifyAmazon
5
Georgia Grind
Louis Armstrong 02:34 SpotifyAmazon
6
Heebie Jeebies
Louis Armstrong 02:54 SpotifyAmazon
7
Cornet Chop Suey
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
8
Oriental Strut
Johnny St. Cyr
Louis Armstrong 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
9
You're Next
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
10
Muskrat Ramble
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong feat: Lil Armstrong 02:32 SpotifyAmazon
11
Don't Forget to Mess Around
Paul Barbarin
Louis Armstrong 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
12
I'm Gonna Gitcha
Louis Armstrong 02:44 SpotifyAmazon
13
Droppin Shucks
Louis Armstrong 02:53 SpotifyAmazon
14
Who'Sit
Louis Armstrong 02:46 SpotifyAmazon
15
He Likes It Slow
Louis Armstrong feat: Butterbeans & Susie 02:41 SpotifyAmazon
16
King of the Zulus
Louis Armstrong 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
17
Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa
Louis Armstrong 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
18
Lonesome Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
19
Sweet Little Papa
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
20
Jazz Lips
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
21
Skid-Dat-De-Dat
Lil Hardin
Louis Armstrong 03:04 SpotifyAmazon
22
Big Butter and Egg Man
Louis Armstrong 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
23
Sunset Cafe Stomp
Louis Armstrong / Percy Venable
Louis Armstrong 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
24
You Made Me Love You
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:52 SpotifyAmazon
25
Irish Black Bottom
Louis Armstrong / Percy Venable
Louis Armstrong 02:39 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Willie the Weeper
Grant Rymal
Louis Armstrong 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
2
Wild Man Blues
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 03:11 SpotifyAmazon
3
Alligator Crawl
Louis Armstrong 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
4
Potato Head Blues
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:56 SpotifyAmazon
5
Melancholy
Louis Armstrong 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
6
Weary Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
7
Twelfth Street Rag
Brooks Bowman / Andy Razaf
Louis Armstrong feat: Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 03:04 SpotifyAmazon
8
Keyhole Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:27 SpotifyAmazon
9
S.O.L. Blues
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:54 SpotifyAmazon
10
Gully Low Blues
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 03:17 SpotifyAmazon
11
That's When I'll Come Back to You
Frank Biggs
Louis Armstrong 02:57 SpotifyAmazon
12
Put 'Em Down Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
13
Ory's Creole Trombone
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong 03:06 SpotifyAmazon
14
The Last Time
Louis Armstrong 03:29 SpotifyAmazon
15
Struttin' with Some Barbeque
Lil Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
16
Got No Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:24 SpotifyAmazon
17
Once in a While
Billy Butler
Louis Armstrong 03:17 SpotifyAmazon
18
I'm Not Rough
Louis Armstrong / Lil Hardin
Louis Armstrong 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
19
Hotter Than That
Louis Armstrong 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
20
Savoy Blues
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong 03:30 SpotifyAmazon
21
Fireworks
Louis Armstrong 03:06 SpotifyAmazon
22
Skip the Gutter
Clarence Williams
Louis Armstrong 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
23
A Monday Date
Louis Armstrong 03:13 SpotifyAmazon
24
Don't Jive Me
Louis Armstrong 02:48 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 4

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
West End Blues
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong 03:20 SpotifyAmazon
2
Sugar Foot Strut
Henry Myers / Billie Pierce / Charles Schwab
Louis Armstrong 03:21 SpotifyAmazon
3
Two Deuces
Louis Armstrong 02:57 SpotifyAmazon
4
Squeeze Me
Clarence Williams
Louis Armstrong 03:24 SpotifyAmazon
5
Knee Drops
Louis Armstrong 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
6
Symphonic Raps
Louis Armstrong feat: Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers 03:14 SpotifyAmazon
7
Savoyager's Stomp
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong feat: Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers 03:11 SpotifyAmazon
8
Basin Street Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:14 SpotifyAmazon
9
No One Else but You
Don Redman
Louis Armstrong 03:23 SpotifyAmazon
10
Beau Koo Jack
Louis Armstrong 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
11
Save It, Pretty Mama
Don Redman
Louis Armstrong 03:18 SpotifyAmazon
12
Weather Bird
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong 02:41 SpotifyAmazon
13
Muggles
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
14
Heah Me Talkin' to Ya
Louis Armstrong / Don Redman
Louis Armstrong feat: Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
15
St. James Infirmary
Joe Primrose
Louis Armstrong 03:12 SpotifyAmazon
16
Tight Like This
Louis Armstrong 03:10 SpotifyAmazon
17
Knockin' a Jug
Louis Armstrong / Eddie Condon
Louis Armstrong 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
18
I Can't Give You Anything but Love
Louis Armstrong feat: Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 03:23 SpotifyAmazon
19
Mahogany Hall Stomp
Louis Armstrong feat: Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
20
Ain't Misbehavin'
Louis Armstrong 03:13 SpotifyAmazon
21
(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?
Louis Armstrong 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
22
I Ain't Got Nobody
Louis Armstrong 02:39 SpotifyAmazon
23
Dallas Blues
Louis Armstrong 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
24
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong 02:56 SpotifyAmazon
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