Louis Armstrong, The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Cornet Chop Suey
recording of:
Cornet Chop Suey
composer:
Louis Armstrong
3:16
2West End Blues
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)
3:19
3Twelfth Street Rag
recording of:
Twelfth Street Rag
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Euday L. Bowman
3:04
4Sweet Little Papa
recording of:
Sweet Little Papa
composer:
Kid Ory
2:44
5Heebie Jeebies
recording of:
Heebie Jeebies
lyricist and composer:
Boyd Atkins
2:54
6Muskrat Ramble
recording of:
Muskrat Ramble (1926 original instrumental version)
composer:
Kid Ory (in 1926)
sub-publisher:
Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
2:31
7Sunset Cafe Stomp
recording of:
Sunset Café Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:44
8Gut Bucket Blues
recording of:
Gut Bucket Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:42
9Irish Black Bottom
2:39
10He Likes It Slow
2:41
11Potato Head Blues
recording of:
Potato Head Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:56
12St. James Infirmary
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement)
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)
3:12
13Alligator Crawl
recording of:
Alligator Crawl
lyricist:
Joe Davis (US lyricist, producer, publisher & promoter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
3:02
14Savoy Blues
recording of:
Savoy Blues
writer:
Kid Ory
3:29
15The Last Time
3:29
16Ain't Misbehavin'
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:13
17Sugar Foot Strut
recording of:
Sugar Foot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
version of:
Dippermouth Blues
3:21
18Jazz Lips
recording of:
Jazz Lips
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:01
19My Heart
2:26
20Muggles
2:48
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Hotter Than That
recording of:
Hotter Than That
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:03
2Squeeze Me
recording of:
Squeeze Me
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)
3:24
3Tight Like This
recorded in:
Chicago, 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
33:10
4Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:14
5Ain't Got Nobody
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
2:39
6Weather Bird
recording of:
Weather Bird
composer:
Louis Armstrong
2:41
7St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:56
8Once In A While
recording of:
Once in a While
lyricist:
Bud Green (in 1937)
composer:
Michael Edwards (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:17
9Oriental Strut
3:01
10King Of The Zulus
recording of:
King of the Zulus
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:05
11Coal Cart Blues
recording of:
Coal Cart Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
2:55
12Coquette
recording of:
Coquette
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Carmen Lombardo
2:37
13Body And Soul
recording of:
Body and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
5:33
14Perdido Street Blues
recording of:
Perdido Street Blues
composer:
Lil Armstrong
3:03
15Tea For Two
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
4:45
16Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
5:18
17Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:46
18C'est Ci Bon
recording of:
C’est si bon (English version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (in 1947)
translator:
Jerry Seelen (in 1949)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
translated version of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
3:03
19High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
3:30
20New Orleans Function
recording of:
New Orleans Function
writer:
William Christopher Handy
3:47
▼ CD 3
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1On The Sunny Side Of The Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
6:49
2Mahogany Hall Stomp
recording of:
Mahogany Hall Stomp
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:56
3Royal Garden Blues
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
5:01
4My Sweet Hunk O'Trash
recording of:
My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:22
5Since I Fell For You
recording of:
Since I Fell for You
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson (in 1945)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (ended) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:06
6Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:48
7They Can't Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
4:40
8Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
4:59
9Stars Fell On Alabama
recording of:
Stars Fell on Alabama
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Frank Perkins
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Mills Music
3:33
10Stompin' At The Savoy
recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP), Ragbag Music (ASCAP), Razaf Music, Rytvoc (ASCAP), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
5:14
11Autumn In New York
recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
5:59
12Under A Blanket Of Blue
recording of:
Under a Blanket of Blue
additional lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) (in 1933)
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist) (in 1933)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter) (in 1933)
4:17
13I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
recording of:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1937)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:10
14The Nearness Of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
5:42
15Tenderly
recording of:
Tenderly
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
5:08
16I Wants To Stay Here
4:36
17Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
4:10

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part of:The Absolute Essential 3 CD Collection (order: 3)