The Essential Recordings 1925 - 1940

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Heebie Jeebies
▼ CD 2: West End Blues
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1The Last Time
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-09-06)
banjo and guitar:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-09-06)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-09-06)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-09-06)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1927-09-06)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1927-09-06)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-09-06)
recording of:
The Last Time (on 1927-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Ewing (1920s) and Sara Martin (1920s US blues singer, 1884–1955)
3:27
2Struttin' With Some Barbecue
recording of:
Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (on 1927-12-09)
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:04
3Once in a While
recording of:
Once in a While (on 1937-11-15)
lyricist:
Bud Green (in 1937)
composer:
Michael Edwards (in 1937)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:14
4Hotter Than That
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-12-13)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-12-13)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-12-13)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-12-13)
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1927-12-13)
piano:
Lil Armstrong (on 1927-12-13)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1927-12-13)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-12-13)
recording of:
Hotter Than That (on 1927-12-13)
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:01
5Savoy Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-12-13)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-12-13)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-12-13)
guitar:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-12-13) and Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1927-12-13)
piano:
Lil Armstrong (on 1927-12-13)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1927-12-13)
recording of:
Savoy Blues (on 1927-12-13)
composer:
Kid Ory
3:26
6Fireworks
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-27)
banjo and guitar:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-06-27)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-27)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-27)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-27)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-27)
recording of:
Fireworks (on 1928-06-27)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:07
7Skip the Gutter
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-27)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-06-27)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-27)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-27)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-27)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-27)
recording of:
Skip the Gutter (on 1928-06-27)
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:06
8A Monday Date
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-27)
banjo:
Mancy Cara (on 1928-06-27)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-27)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-27)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-27)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-27)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-27) and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-27)
recording of:
My Monday Date (on 1928-06-27)
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
3:13
9West End Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-28)
banjo:
Mancy Cara (on 1928-06-28)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-28)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-28)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-28)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-28)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-28)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-28)
recording of:
West End Blues (Armstrong recording) (on 1928-06-28)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1928)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong (in 1928)
arrangement of:
West End Blues (original instrumental)
33:13
10Sugar Foot Strut
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-29)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-06-29)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-29)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-29)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-29)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-29)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-29)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-29)
recording of:
Sugar Foot Strut (on 1928-06-28)
composer:
Henry Myers (in 1927), Billy Pierce (Choreographer) (in 1927) and Charles M. Schwab (in 1927)
3:22
11Two Deuces
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-29)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-06-29)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-29)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-29)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-29)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-29)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-29)
recording of:
Two Deuces (on 1928-06-29)
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
2:56
12Squeeze Me
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-29)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-06-29)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-29)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-29)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-29)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-29)
background vocals:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist), Jimmy Strong and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-29)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-29)
recording of:
Squeeze Me (on 1928-06-29)
lyricist:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
3:23
13Chicago Breakdown
alto saxophone:
Boyd Atkins (on 1927-05-09) and Joe Walker (US early jazz saxophonist) (on 1927-05-09)
banjo and guitar:
Rip Bassett (on 1927-05-09)
baritone saxophone:
Joe Walker (US early jazz saxophonist) (on 1927-05-09)
clarinet and soprano saxophone:
Boyd Atkins (on 1927-05-09)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-09) and Bill Wilson (US early jazz cornetist) (on 1927-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1927-05-09)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1927-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1927-05-09)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1927-05-09)
tuba:
Pete Briggs (on 1927-05-09)
recording of:
Chicago Breakdown (on 1927-05-09)
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
3:27
14Symphonic Raps
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-07-05)
alto saxophone:
Bert Curry (on 1928-07-05) and Crawford Wethington (on 1928-07-05)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-07-05)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-07-05)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-07-05)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-07-05)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-07-05) and Homer Hobson (on 1928-07-05)
tuba:
Pete Briggs (on 1928-07-05)
3:13
15Knee Drops
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-07-05)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-07-05)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-07-05)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-07-05)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-07-05)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-07-05)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-07-05)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-07-05)
recording of:
Knee Drops (on 1928-07-05)
writer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:25
16Basin Street Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-04)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-04)
celesta [celeste]:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-04)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-04)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-04)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-04)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-04)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-04), Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-04) and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-04)
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1928-12-04)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:16
17No One Else but You
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-05)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-05)
banjo and guitar:
Dave Wilborn (on 1928-12-05)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-05)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-05)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-05)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-05)
arranger:
Don Redman
recording of:
No One Else but You (on 1928-12-05)
composer:
Don Redman
3:25
18Save It, Pretty Mama
recording of:
Save It, Pretty Mama (on 1928-12-05)
writer:
Paul Denniker, Joseph M. Davis (US lyricist, producer, publisher & promoter) and Don Redman
3:23
19Weather Bird
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-05)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-05)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Weather Bird (on 1928-12-05)
composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:44
20Muggles
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-05)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-05)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-05)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-05)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-05)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-05)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-05)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-05)
recording of:
Muggles (on 1928-12-07)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:52
21Heah Me Talkin' to You
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12)
alto saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-12)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12) and Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-12)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-12)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-12)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
recording of:
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya (on 1928-12-12)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Armstrong
3:24
22St. James Infirmary
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12)
alto saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-12)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12) and Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-12)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-12)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-12)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (on 1928-12-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
3:21
23Tight Like This
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12)
alto saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-12)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1928-12-12) and Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-12)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-12)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-12)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12)
performer:
Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (on 1928-12-12)
recording of:
Tight Like This (on 1928-12-12)
lyricist and composer:
Langston Curl
33:17
▶ CD 3: Sweethearts on Parade
▶ CD 4: Swing That Music