Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. I've Got the World on a String
2. He's a Son of the South
3. Whatta Ya Gonna Do?
4. Honey, Don't You Love Me Any More?
5. Blues For Yesterday
6. Honey, Do!
7. Sittin' in the Dark
8. Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
9. Medley of Armstrong Hits-Part 2: When You're Smiling / St. James Infirmary / Dinah
10. I Want a Little Girl
11. High Society
12. Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
13. Laughin' Louie
14. Swing, You Cats
15. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
DISC 2:
1. St. Louis Blues
2. That's My Home
3. Sweet Sue, Just You
4. There's a Cabin in the Pines
5. Hustlin' and Bustlin' For Baby
6. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
7. Mahogany Hall Stomp
8. Medley of Armstrong Hits-Part 1: I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You / When It's Sleepy Time Down South / Nobody's Sweetheart
9. Jack Armstrong Blues
10. Back O' Town Blues
11. Sugar
12. Joseph 'N' His Brudders
13. Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans
14. Basin Street Blues
15. Rockin' Chair
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Barney Bigard, Chick Webb, Jack Teagarden, Kid Ory, Louis Jordan, Teddy Wilson | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Albert "Bud" Johnson (vocals, tenor saxophone, clarinet); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Scoville Brown, George Oldham (alto saxophone, clarinet); Louis Jordan (alto saxophone); Ernest Thompson (baritone saxophone); Elmer Whitlock, Zilner Randolph, Ludwig Jordan, Ed Mullens (trumpet); Keg Johnson, Russell Moore, Kid Ory (trombone); Ed Hayes (tuba); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Teddy Wilson, Charlie Beal, Leonard Feather, Johnny Guarnieri (piano); Elmer Warner (guitar); Mike McKendrick (dobro, banjo); Bill Oldham, Arvell Shaw, Red Callender (bass); Yank Porter, Butch Ballard, Sid Catlett, Zutty Singleton, Chick Webb, Cozy Cole (drums).
Producers include: Leonard Feather.
Compilation producer: Orrin Keepnews.
Recorded between 1932 and 1947. Includes liner notes by Loren Schoenberg.
Digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrente (1996, BMG Studios, New York, New York).
The only caveat one might have about 2000's A 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, an otherwise fine collection of early- (though not the earliest) and middle-period Satchmo, is that it arrived a little early in light of its title. It took over 75 years to determine Louis Armstrong's birth date to be August 4, 1901, and not the Fourth of July, 1900.
On display throughout are Pops' distinctive clarion trumpet delivery, one of the most recognizable voices ever recorded, and an unparalleled sense of swing and humor. In fact, if this record doesn't put a smile on your face--even make you break into mirthful chuckles--somewhere along the line, who knows what ails you? With classic versions of "St. Louis Blues," Sweet Sue, Just You," and "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues," and support by the likes of Barney Bigard, Jack Teagarden, and Teddy Wilson, this is certainly a party to which you'd want an invite.
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