The Best of Louis Armstrong

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The Best of Louis Armstrong Review

by Michael G. Nastos

Doubling the size of the Vanguard collection of sides issued in 1975, these 1965 sessions hold up well over time. The pop tunes Louis Armstrong did, plus the historical data that suggest he was not that well-liked by the general public in this time period, make revisiting these mostly classic jazz songs and standards worthwhile. You hear 26 selections of relatively well-rendered and recorded Satchmo.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Clarence Muse / Otis Rene / Leon René
Louis Armstrong 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
2
(Back Home Again In) Indiana
James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald
Louis Armstrong 04:08 SpotifyAmazon
3
Tiger Rag
Harry Da Costa / Eddie Edwards / Nick LaRocca / Henry W. Ragas / Tony Sbarbaro / Larry Shields
Louis Armstrong 01:25 SpotifyAmazon
4
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
Louis Armstrong 04:10 SpotifyAmazon
5
Perdido
Ervin Drake / Hans Lengsfelder / Juan Tizol
Louis Armstrong 02:03 SpotifyAmazon
6
Hello, Dolly!
Jerry Herman
Louis Armstrong 05:46 SpotifyAmazon
7
On the Alamo
Isham Jones / Gus Kahn
Louis Armstrong 04:17 SpotifyAmazon
8
Cabaret
Fred Ebb / John Kander
Louis Armstrong 03:51 SpotifyAmazon
9
A Kiss to Build a Dream On
Oscar Hammerstein II / Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby
Louis Armstrong 04:27 SpotifyAmazon
10
Lover, Come Back to Me
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
Louis Armstrong 02:21 SpotifyAmazon
11
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
Louis Armstrong 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
12
Improvisation/Blueberry Hill
Al Lewis / Vincent Rose / Larry Stock
Louis Armstrong 03:46 SpotifyAmazon
13
Muskrat Ramble
Ray Gilbert / Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong 03:32 SpotifyAmazon
14
Volare
Domenico Modugno
Louis Armstrong 04:25 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Cocktails for Two
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
Louis Armstrong 04:19 SpotifyAmazon
2
Stompin' at the Savoy
Benny Goodman / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Chick Webb
Louis Armstrong 07:35 SpotifyAmazon
3
It's Easy to Remember
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Louis Armstrong 04:00 SpotifyAmazon
4
Teach Me Tonight
Sammy Cahn / Gene DePaul
Louis Armstrong 02:22 SpotifyAmazon
5
That's My Desire
Helmy Kressa / Carroll Loveday
Louis Armstrong 05:25 SpotifyAmazon
6
St. James Infirmary
Joe Primrose / Traditional
Louis Armstrong 04:09 SpotifyAmazon
7
Mack the Knife
Marc Blitzstein / Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill
Louis Armstrong 03:21 SpotifyAmazon
8
Medley: Tenderly/You'll Never Walk Alone/Mop Mop (Boff Boff)
Walter Gross / Coleman Hawkins / Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
Louis Armstrong 05:14 SpotifyAmazon
9
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
George Cory / Douglass Cross
Louis Armstrong 04:16 SpotifyAmazon
10
My Man
Maurice Yvain
Louis Armstrong 02:10 SpotifyAmazon
11
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
Louis Armstrong 01:17 SpotifyAmazon
12
When the Saints Go Marching In/Finale
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 04:09 SpotifyAmazon
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