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LOUIS ARMSTRONG
PLAYS W.C. HANDY - COMPLETE EDITION + 6 BONUS TRACKS (2CD)
| Label | ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS |
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| Catalog | EJC55628 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 2 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2013-12-15 |
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This release presents for the first time ever on a single set all of the music issued from the perennial Louis Armstrong LP celebrating the music of W. C. Handy: Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy (Columbia CL591). To the eleven tracks that constituted the original LP release we have added all of the alternate rehearsal and partially alternate tracks ever issued many of which have been long unavailable. Louis is backed here by one of the best formations of his All Stars with such outstanding musicians as Trummy Young Barney Bigard and Billy Kyle. As a further bonus we have added Louis’ earliest readings of W. C. Handy tunes (backing Bessie Smith in 1925) as well as alternative studio recordings of “St. Louis Blues” and “Ole Miss” and his wonderful 1956 live recording of “St. Louis Blues” with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
- CD1:
01 ST. LOUIS BLUES
02 YELOW DOG BLUES
03 LOVELESS LOVE
04 AUNT HAGAR’S BLUES
05 LONG GONE JOHN [FROM BOWLIN’ GREEN]
06 THE MEMPHIS BLUES [or MISTER CRUMP]
07 BEALE STREET BLUES
08 OLE MISS BLUES
09 CHANTEZ LE BAS [SING ‘EM LOW]
10 HESITATING BLUES
11 ATLANTA BLUES [MAKE ME ONE PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR]
12 BUGLE CALL RAG/OLE MISS [1950] *
13 ST. LOUIS BLUES (Concerto Grosso) [with Leonard Bernstein 1956] *
TT: 73:05
CD2:
01 ST. LOUIS BLUES [partially alternate take]
02 LOVELESS LOVE [partially alternate take]
03 LOVELESS LOVE [rehearsal]
04 AUNT HAGAR’S BLUES [partially alternate take]
05 LONG GONE JOHN [FROM BOWLIN’ GREEN] [alternate take]
06 LONG GONE JOHN [FROM BOWLIN’ GREEN] [rehearsal]
07 BEALE STREET BLUES [partially alternate take]
08 OLE MISS BLUES [alternate take]
09 HESITATING BLUES [partially alternate take]
10 HESITATING BLUES [rehearsal]
11 ATLANTA BLUES [MAKE ME ONE PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR] [partially alternate take]
12 Alligator Story
13 George Avakian interview with W. C. Handy
14 CARELESS LOVE (LOVELESS LOVE) [with Bessie Smith 1925] *
15 ST. LOUIS BLUES [with Bessie Smith 1925] *
16 ST. LOUIS BLUES [1929] *
17 ST. LOUIS BLUES [1933] *
TT: 77:53
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & THE ALL STARS
LOUIS ARMSTRONG trumpet & vocals
BARNEY BIGARD clarinet
TRUMMY YOUNG trombone
BILLY KYLE piano
ARVELL SHAW bass
BARRETT DEEMS drums
VELMA MIDDLETON vocals (on CD1 1 3 5 & 10; CD2 1-3 5-6 & 9-10)
Chicago July 12-14 1954.
Original sessions produced by GEORGE AVAKIAN.
*BONUS TRACKS:
CD1 12: Louis Armstrong (tp vcl) Jack Teagarden (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Earl Hines (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Cozy Cole (d). New York April 26 1950.
CD1 13: Louis Armstrong (tp vcl) & the All Stars plus The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Lewisohn Stadium New York July 14 1956.
CD2 14: Bessie Smith (vcl) Louis Armstrong (cornet) Charlie Green (tb) Fred Longshaw (p). New York May 26 1925.
CD2 15: Bessie Smith (vcl) Louis Armstrong (cornet) Fred Longshaw (organ).
New York January 14 1925.
CD2 16: Louis Armstrong (tp vcl) & His Orchestra. New York December 13 1929.
CD2 17: Louis Armstrong (tp vcl) & His Orchestra. Chicago April 26 1933
