Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Copenhagen 2. Shanghai Shuffle 3. Stomp off, Let's Go 4. Drop That Sack 5. Melancholy 6. I'm Goin' Huntin' 7. I'm in the Mood for Love 8. On Treasure Island 9. Thanks a Million 10. Ev'ntide 11. Dippermouth Blues 12. Swing That Music 13. Pennies from Heaven 14. On the Sunny Side of the Street 15. Once in a While 16. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 17. Jubilee 18. When the Saints Go Marching In 19. Shadrack 20. Ain't Misbehavin' 21. Jeepers Creepers
DISC 2: 1. Rockin' Chair 2. West End Blues 3. Savoy Blues 4. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya? 5. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 6. You're a Lucky Guy 7. Wolverine Blues 8. Sweethearts on Parade 9. Perdido Street Blues 10. 2:19 Blues 11. Coal Cart Blues 12. Groovin' 13. Royal Garden Blues 14. Mahogany Hall Stomp 15. Blueberry Hill 16. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart 17. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 18. Panama 19. New Orleans Function/Free as a Bird: Flee As A Bird / Oh, Didn't He Ramble 20. You Rascal You 21. Monday Date, A
DISC 3: 1. Kiss to Build a Dream On, A 2. It's All in the Game 3. Someday You'll Be Sorry 4. Basin Street Blues 5. When It's Sleepy Time Down South 6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 7. Weary Blues 8. Wild Man Blues 9. Dippermouth Blues 10. Dear Old Southland 11. Stompin' at the Savoy 12. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 13. Sweet Lorraine 14. Hello, Dolly! 15. What a Wonderful World 16. Cabaret 17. Dream a Little Dream of Me
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Teagarden, Louis Jordan, Sidney Bechet | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet, cornet); Don Redman (vocals, alto saxophone, clarinet); Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Buster Bailey, Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone, clarinet); Jimmy Dorsey (alto saxophone, clarinet); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Barney Bigard, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Henry "Red" Allen (trumpet); J.C. Higginbotham, Kid Ory (trombone); Johnny Dodds (clarinet); Fletcher Henderson, Lil Armstrong, Earl Hines, Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Pops Foster, Ray Brown (bass); Kaiser Marshall, Baby Dodds, Ray McKinley, Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Louis Bellson (drums). Producers include: Milt Gabler, Norman Granz, Michael Kapp, Bob Thiele. Compilation producer: Bryan Koniarz. Recorded between October 1924 and July 1968. Includes liner notes by Alun Morgan. Digitally remastered by Kevin Reeves (Universal Mastering Studios-East). Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet, cornet); John Mills, Sr. (vocals, guitar); Edmond Hall (vocals, clarinet); Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Jack Teagarden, Pee Wee Hunt (vocals, trombone); Ella Fitzgerald, Frances Langford, Donald Mills, Harry Mills, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Herbert Mills (vocals); Dave Barbour, Everett Barksdale, Allen Hanlon, Willard Suyker, Lee Blair, Herb Ellis, Jack Blanchette, Art Ryerson, Allan Reuss, Roc Hillman, Tony Rizzi, Bernard Addison, Bill Jennings, Carl Kress, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Tony Gattuso, Johnny St. Cyr, Bud Scott, Charlie Dixon (banjo); Sidney Bechet, Buster Bailey (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Don Redman, Rupert Cole, Jimmy Dorsey, Milt Yaner, Charlie Holmes (clarinet, alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Fred Williams, Bingie Madison, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard, Al Klink (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Angelo Fernandez, Sid Stoneburn, Joe Muranyi, Joe Darensbourg, Johnny Dodds (clarinet); Jerome Richardson, Sam Marowitz (woodwinds); Stump Evans (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Willard Brown, John Brown , Jack Stacey, Art Ralston, Henry Jones, John Brown, Johnny Mince, Sid Cooper, George Dorsey (alto saxophone); Pat Nizza (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Dexter Gordon, Thomas Parshley, Eddie Miller, Dent Eckels, Fud Livingston, Norval Morton, Art Drelinger, Dan d'Andrea, Pat Davis, Joe Garland, Lucky Thompson, Teddy McRae, Skeets Herfurt, Josh Jackson, Greely Walton (tenor saxophone); Earnest Thompson, Raymond Stanfeld, Dave McRae , Kenny Sargent (baritone saxophone); Andrew Ferretti, Clark Terry, George Thow, Carl Poole, Bruce Hudson, Elmer Chambers, Leonard Davis, Howard Scott , Frank Zullo, Frank Beach, Bernard Flood, Bob Cusmano, Thomas Grider, Gus Aiken, Grady Watts, Otis Johnson, Howard Scott , Cappy Lewis, Louis Bacon, Aaron Izenhall, Joe Wilder, Murray McEachern, Sonny Dunham, Tutti Camarata, Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield, Shelton Hemphill, Bernie Privin, Buddy Childers (trumpet); Milt Bernhart, Taswell Baird, Al Philburn, Joe Yukl, Phil Giardina, George Washington , Roy Palmer, Harry White, Adam Martin, J.C. Higginbotham, Jack Satterfield, Fayette Williams, Don Mattison, Marshal Cram, Larry Anderson , Jimmy Archey, Kid Ory, Lou McGarity, Tyree Glenn, Urbie Green, Wilbur DeParis, Will Bradley, Trummy Young, Claude Jones, Cutty Cutshall, Bobby Byrne, Charlie Green, Lloyd Ulyate (trombone); Ralph Escudero (tuba); Dick Cary, Teddy Weatherford, Fletcher Henderson, Nat Jaffe, Bobby Van Eps, Hank Jones , Howard Hall, Jimmy Blythe, Lil Armstrong, Luis Russell, Marty Napoleon, Oscar Peterson, Bernie Leighton, Billy Kyle , Bill Doggett, Charlie LaVere, Earl Hines (piano); Paul Barbarin (vibraphone, drums); Jimmy Bertrand (drums, washboard); Cozy Cole, Danny Barcelona, James Harris , Grady Tate, Ed Grady, Tony Briglia, Jimmy Crawford , Louie Bellson, Alvin Stoller, Nick Fatool, Ray McKinley, Sam Weiss, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Barrett Deems, Zutty ...
Editorial Reviews 4 stars out of 5 - ...Each side of the man is represented....proving that 'quality' Louis doesn't start and finish with those oft-lauded Hot Fives or Hot Sevens periods... Q (03/01/2001)
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