West End Blues: Very Best Of The Hot by Louis Armstrong (CD, Jun-2000, MCI) 
West End Blues: Very Best Of The Hot by Louis Armstrong (CD, Jun-2000, MCI)

 
West End Blues: Very Best Of The Hot by Louis Armstrong (CD, Jun-2000, MCI)

Artist: Louis Armstrong
Release Date: Jun 2000
Format: CD
Record Label: MCI
Genre: Jazz Instrument, Trumpet
UPC: 5014797294219
Product ID: EPID51902661
Description: Includes liner notes by Fred Dellar. MCI import collecting best of the hot fives and sevens; includes "Basin Street Blues." Louis Armstrong's first solo recordings with the Hot Fives and Sevens are among the most important and defining d...
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Track Listing
1. West End Blues
2. Fireworks
3. Potato Head Blues
4. Heebie Jeebies
5. Twelfth Street Rag
6. Alligator Crawl
7. Cornet Chop Suey
8. Two Deuces
9. Last Time
10. Muskrat Ramble
11. I Want a Big Butter & Egg Man From Way Out West
12. Rockin' Chair
13. Hotter Than That
14. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
15. Skid-Dat- De- Dat
16. You Made Me Love You When I Saw You Cry
17. S.O.L. Blues
18. Put 'Em Down Blues
19. Skip the Gutter
20. Basin Street Blues

Details
Distributor:MSI Music Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Includes liner notes by Fred Dellar.
MCI import collecting best of the hot fives and sevens; includes "Basin Street Blues."
Louis Armstrong's first solo recordings with the Hot Fives and Sevens are among the most important and defining documents of American pop music. In a series of sessions in the mid- 1920's, Armstrong revolutionized the world of music with his improvisatory fire, his rhythmically syncopated horn attack, his beacon-like tone and his sophisticated, yet irrepressibly spirited approach to singing. In short, these sessions yielded the blueprint of jazz, and WEST END BLUES is a superb documentation.
Excellent sound reproduction highlights the vibrancy and cohesiveness of the ensembles, which feature piano, banjo and brass variations. Of course, every cut is a classic, and many are permanently ensconced in the pantheon of all-time jazz standards. It would be impossible to imagine music history without "Heebie Jeebies" (featuring the first ever recorded scat solo), "Rockin' Chair," "Cornet Chop Suey," and the magnificent "Potato Head Blues," just to name a few. Though "St. James Infirmary" is a glaring omission in a "best of" sampler, the 15 tracks here should be enough to appease even the staunchest aficionado. Armstrong's significance as a jazz innovator has been written and raved about for the better part of a century. These recordings prove why.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...The sound of '20 Chicago....Once the most avant-garde music in the world, time doesn't diminish the fact that from here all modern jazz flows...
Q (10/01/2000)

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