Louis Armstrong

CD 1

St. Louis Blues

1. My Heart (Hardin)

2. Cornet Chop Suey (Armstrong)

3. Don't Forget To Mess Around (Barbarin)

4. Skid-Dat-De-Dat (Hardin)

5. Melancholy Blues (Bloom – Melrose - Schoebel)

6. Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman - Razaf)

7. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong)

8. Savoy Blues (Ory)

9. Fireworks (Williams)

10. A Monday Date (Hines)

11. West End Blues (Oliver - Williams)

12. Basin Street Blues (Williams)

13. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya? (Armstrong - Redman)

14. St. James Infirmary (Primrose)

15. Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams)

16. Ain't Misbehavin' (Razaf – Waller - Brooks)

17. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black In Blue (Razaf – Waller - Brooks)

18. After You've Gone (Creamer - Layton)

19. St. Louis Blues (Handy)

20. I Can't Believe That You In Love With Me (Gaskill - McHugh)

21. Dinah (Akst – Lewis - Young)

22. Tiger Rag (La Rocca)

23. Body And Soul (Heyman – Sour – Green - Eyton)

24. Shine (Danny – Brown - Mack)

CD 2

Swing That Music

1. Them There Eyes (Pinkard – Tracey - Tauber)

2. Lazy River (Carmichael - Arodin)

3. Chinatown, My Chinatown (Schwartz - Jerome)

4. All Of Me (Simon - Marks)

5. The New Tiger Rag (Rocca)

6. High Society (Piron - Williams)

7. He's A Son Of The South (Foresythe – Razaf - Davis)

8. Mississippi Basin (Foresythe - Razaf)

9. Sweet Sue, Just You (Young - Harris)

10. I'm In The Mood For You (Fields - McHugh)

11. I've Got My Fingers Crossed (McHugh - Koehler)

12. Shoe Shine Boy (Cahn - Chaplin)

13. Solitude (Ellington – Mills - DeLange)

14. Swing That Music (Gerlach - Armstrong)

15. Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin)

16. I've Got A Heart Full of Rhythm (Gerlach - Armstrong)

17. Jubilee (Adams - Carmichael)

18. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong)

19. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Fields - McHugh)

20. Rockin' Chair (Carmichael)

21. Lazybones (Mercer - Carmichael)

22. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Armstrong - Redman)

23. Harlem Stomp (Higginbotham)

24. Now Do You Call That A Buddy (DeRaye – Wilson)

CD 1

My Heart

Chicago, November 12, 1925

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cn)(vcl), Kid Ory (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl),

Lil Armstrong (p)(vcl), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)

Cornet Chop Suey

Chicago, February 26,1926

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Dodds (db)

Don't Forget To Mess Around

Chicago, June 16, 1926

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cn)(vcl)(sw) where shown Kid Ory (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl) as where shown, Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)

Skid-Dat-De-Dat

Chicago, November 16, 1926

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven: Louis Armstrong (cn)(vcl)(sw) where show, Kid Ory (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl) as where shown, Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo), May Alix (vcl)

Melancholy BluesTwelfth Street Rag

Chicago, May 11, 1927

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cn)(vcl), John Thomas (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)(g), Pete Briggs (bb), Baby Dodds (d)

Struttin' With Some Barbecue

Chicago, December 9, 1927

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cn)(vcl), Kid Ory (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)(g)

Savoy Blues

Chicago, December 13, 1927

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cn)(vcl), Kid Ory (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo), Lonnie Johnson (g)

Fireworks

A Monday Date

Chicago, June 27, 1928

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), Fred Robinson (tb), Jimmy Strong (cl), Earl Hines (p)(vcl), Mancy Cara (bjo)(v), Zutty Singleton (d)

West End Blues

Chicago, June 28, 1928

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), Fred Robinson (tb), Jimmy Strong (cl), Earl Hines (p)(v), Mancy Cara (bjo)(v), Zutty Singleton (d)

Basin Street Blues

Chicago, December 4, 1928

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), Fred Robinson (tb), Jimmy Strong (cl), Earl Hines (p)(cel)(v), Mancy Cara (bjo)(v), Zutty Singleton (d)

Hear Me Talkin' To Ya?St. James Infirmary

Chicago, December 12, 1928

Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl) (speech), Fred Robinson (tb), Don Redman (cl)(as)(speech), Jimmy Strong (cl)(ts), Earl Hines (p)(speech), Mancy Cara (bjo), Zutty Singleton (d)

Mahogany Hall Stomp

New York, March 5, 1929

Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes (as), Teddy Hill (ts), Luis Russell (p), Eddie Condon (bjo), Lonnie Johnson (g), Pops Foster (sb), Paul Barbarin (d)

Ain't Misbehavin'

New York, July 19, 1929

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), Homer Hobson (tp),

Fred Robinson (tb), Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington (as), Jimmy Strong (cl)(ts),

Carroll Dickerson (vn)(ldr), Gene Anderson (p)(cel), Mancy Cara (bjo), Pete Briggs (bb),

Zutty Singleton (d)

(What Did I Do To Be So) Black In Blue

New York, July 22, 1929

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Homer Hobson (tp), Fred Robinson (tb), Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington (as), Jimmy Strong (cl)(ts), Carroll Dickerson (vn)(ldr), Gene Anderson (p)(cel), Mancy Cara (bjo), Pete Briggs (bb), Zutty Singleton (d)

After You've Gone

New York, November 26, 1929

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), Homer Hobson (tp), Fred Robinson (tb), Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington (as), Jimmy Strong (cl)(ts), Carroll Dickerson (vn)(ldr), Gene Anderson (p)(cel), Mancy Cara (bjo), Pete Briggs (bb), Zutty Singleton (d)

St. Louis Blues

New York, December 13, 1929

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Hoagy Carmichael (vcl)

I Can't Believe That You In Love With Me

New York, April 5, 1930

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Ed Anderson (tp), Henry Hicks (tb), Bobby Holmes (cl)(as), Theodore McCord (as), Castor McCord (cl)(ts), Joe Turner (p), Buck Washington (p)

where shown, Bernand Addison (g), Lavert Hutchinson (bb), Willie Lynch (d)

DinahTiger Rag

New York, May 4, 1930

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), Ed Anderson (tp), Henry Hicks (tb),

Bobby Holmes (cl)(as), Theodore McCord (as), Castor McCord (cl)(ts), Joe Turner (p), Bernard Addison (g), Lavert Hutchinson (bb), Willie Lynch (d)

Body And Soul

Los Angeles, October 9, 1930

Louis Armstrong and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl), George Orendorff,Harold Scott (tp), Luther Graven (tb), Les Hite (as)(bar)(ldr), Marvin Johnson (as), Charlie Jones (cl)(ts), Henry Prince (p), Bill Perkins (bjo)(g), Joe Bailey (sb), Lionel Hampton (d)(vib)

Shine

Los Angeles, March 9, 1931

Louis Armstrong and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra: McClure "Red Mac" Morris (tp) replaces Orendorff, dialogue between Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton where shown

CD 2

Them There Eyes

Chicago, April 29, 1931

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Zilmer Randolph (tp)(speech), Preston Jackson (tb), Lester Boone (cl)(as), George James (cl)(ss)(as), Albert Washington (cl)(ts), Charlie Alexander (p), Mike McKendrick (bjo)(g)(speech), John Lindsay (sb)(speech), Tubby Hall (d)

Lazy River

Chinatown, My Chinatown

Chicago, November 3, 1931

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl)(ldr)(speech), Zilmer Randolph (tp)(speech), Preston Jackson (tb), Lester Boone (cl)(as), George James (cl)(ss)(as), Albert Washington (cl)(ts), Charlie Alexander (p), Mike McKendrick (bjo)(g)(speech), John Lindsay (sb)(speech), Tubby Hall (d)

All Of Me

Chicago, January 27,1932

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v)(ldr), Zilmer Randolph (tp), Preston Jackson (tb), Lester Boone (cl)(as), George James (cl)(ss)(as), Albert Washington (cl)(ts), Charlie Alexander (p), Mike McKendrick (bjo)(g), John Lindsay (sb), Tubby Hall (d)

The New Tiger Rag

Chicago, March 11, 1932

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl)(ldr), Zilmer Randolph (tp), Preston Jackson (tb), Lester Boone (cl)(as), George James (cl)(ss)(as), Albert Washington (cl)(ts), Charlie Alexander (p), Mike McKendrick (bjo)(g), John Lindsay (sb), Tubby Hall (d)

High Society

He's A Son Of The South

Chicago, January 26, 1933

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(vcl)(ldr), Ellis Whitlock, Zilmer Randolf (tp), Louis Jordan, Arthur Davey (as), Ellsworth Blake (ts), Wesley Robinson (p)(bjo)(g), Ed Haynes (bb), Benny Hill (d)

Mississippi Basin

Chicago, April 24,1933

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Charlie Beal (p) replaces Wilson; Sid Catlett (d) replaces Porter

Sweet Sue, Just You

Chicago, April 26, 1933

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Harry Dial (d) replaces Catlett, Albert Johnson (vcl).

I'm In The Mood For You

New York, October 3, 1935

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken, Louis Bacon (tp), Harry White, Jimmy Archey (tb), Henry Jones, Charlie Holmes (as), Bingie Madison (cl)(ts), Greely Walton (ts), Luis Russell (p), Lee Blair (g), Pops Foster (sb), Paul Barbarin (d)(vib)

I've Got My Fingers Crossed

New York, November 21,1935

Shoe Shine BoySolitude

New York, December 19, 1935

Swing That Music

New York, May 18, 1936

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (t)(v), Bunny Berigan, Bob Mayhew (tp), Al Philburn (tb), Sid Trucker (cl)(bar), Phil Waltzer (as), Paul Ricci (ts), Fulton McGrath (p), Dave Barbour (g), Pete Peterson (sb), Stan King (d)

Alexander's Ragtime Band

I've Got A Heart Full Of Rhythm

New York, July 7, 1937

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Shelton Hemphill, Louis Bacon, Henry Allen (tp), George Matthews, George Washington, J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Pete Clark, Charlie Holmes (as), Albe Nicholas, Bingie Madison (cl)(ts), Luis Russell (p), Lee Blair (g), Pops Foster (sb), Paul Barbarin (d)

Jubilee

Struttin' With Some Barbecue

Los Angeles, January 12, 1938

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Shelton Hemphill, Louis Bacon, Henry Allen (tp), Wilbur de Paris, George Washington, J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Pete Clark, Charlie Holmes (as), Albert Nicholas, Bingie Madison (cl)(ts), Luis Russell (p) (unless otherwise shown), Lee Blair (g), Pops Foster (sb), Paul Barbarin (d)(voc), Chappie Willet (a)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

New York, June 24, 1938

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Bob Cusumano, Johnny McGee (tp), Al Philburn (tb), Sid Stoneburn (cl), Nat Jaffe (p), Dave Barbour (g), Haig Stephens (sb), Sam Weiss (d)

Rockin' ChairLazybones

New York, February 20,1939

Louis Armstrong with the Casa Loma Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Frank Zullo, Grady Watts, Sonny Dunham (tp), Murray McEarchern (tb)(as), Russell Rauch (tb), Pee Wee Hunt (tb)(v), Art Ralston, Clarence Hutchinrider (as), Pat Davis, Dan d'Andrea (ts), Kenny Sargent (bar), Howard Hall (p), Jack Blanchette (g), Stan Dennis (sb), Tony Briglia (d)

Hear Me Talkin' To Ya

New York, April 5, 1939

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp)(v), Shelton Hemphill, Otis Johnson, Henry Allen (tp), Wilbur de Paris, George Washington, J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Rupert Cole, Charlie Holmes (cl)(as), Jo Garland, Bingie Madison (ts), Luis Russell (p)(a), Lee Blair (g), Pops Foster (sb), Sidney Catlett (d)

Harlem Stomp

New York, March 14, 1940

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Bernard Flood (tp) replaces Johnson

Now Do You Call That A Buddy

New York, April 1,1941

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Prince Robinson (db) (ts) on the last two titles of these sessions.