LouisArmstrong
Friday 23 February 2007 22:30-23:30 (Radio 3)
Alyn Shipton offers guidance to building a jazz library. This programme features the great Louis Armstrong. Satchmo's early work is assessed by his friend and fellow trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, while his legacy is explored by Abram Wilson, one of the finest contemporary New Orleans trumpeters. Ranging from the early Hot Five days of the 1920s to his final triumphs with the All Stars, Alyn suggests the best recordings by Louis to form the cornerstone of any jazz collection...
Recommendations
Early Years (all 4CD sets)
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Columbia Legacy C4K 063527
King Louis
Proper Properbox 93
Hot Fives and Sevens
JSP JSP100
1930s Big Bands:
Heart Full Of Rhythm
Decca / GRP [Verve Music Group] GRD 620
Rhythm Saved The World
Decca / GRP [Verve Music Group] GRD 602
All Stars:
The California Concerts [4CD set]
GRP/MCA [Verve Music Group] GRD 4613
Satch Plays Fats
Sony (Columbia) CK 64927
Louis Armstrong Plays W C Handy
Columbia CK 64925
Read Alyn Shipton's Louis Armstrong Profile
email the programme at jazzlibrary@bbc.co.uk
Playlist
Louis Armstrong
DISC 1:
Title: Mack the Knife
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Brecht / Weill
Album: The Entertainers
Label: Joker / Entertainers
Number: CD 0206 Track 3
DISC 2:
Title: Blue Turning Grey Over You
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Waller / Razaf
Album: Satch Plays Fats
Label: Sony
Number: CK 64927 Track 2
DISC 3:
Title: Savoy Blues Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Kid Ory
Album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Label: Columbia Legacy
Number: C4K 063527 CD 2 Track 9
DISC 4: Title: St Louis Blues
Artist: Bessie Smith
Composer: W C Handy
Album: King Louis
Label: Proper
Number: Properbox 93 CD 1 Track 14
DISC 5: Title: Hotter Than That
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Armstrong
Album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Label: Columbia Legacy
Number: C4K 063527 CD 2 Track 8
DISC 6: Title: West End Blues
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Oliver
Album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Label: Columbia Legacy
Number: C4K 063527 CD 4 Track 5
DISC 7: Title: Ain't Misbehavin
Artist: Louis Armstrong Composer: Waller / Razaf
Album: Hot Fives and Sevens Vol 4 Label JSP
Number: CD 315 Track 3
DISC 8:
Title: St Louis Blues
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: W C Handy Album: Hot Fives and Sevens Vol 4
Label: JSP
Number: CD 315 Track 14
DISC 9:
Title: Swing That Music
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Gerlach, Armstrong
Album: Heart Full Of Rhythm
Label: Decca / GRP [Verve Music Group]
Number: GRD 620 Track 6
DISC 10:
Title: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: DeLange / Alter
Album: Best of the RCA Victor Recordings
Label: RCA Victor
Number: 09026 63636 2 Track 13
DISC 11:
Title: Wolverine Blues
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Morton, Spikes
Album: The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-49
Label: Definitive
Number: DRCD 1172 CD 1 Track 4
DISC 12:
Title: Struttin With Some Barbecue
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Armstrong / Hardin
Album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Label: Columbia Legacy
Number: C4K 063527 CD 2 Track 8
DISC 13:
Title: Struttin With Some Barbecue
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Armstrong / Hardin
Album: Best of the Decca Years Label GRP/MCA
Number: 26382 CD 1 Track 10
DISC 14:
Title: Struttin With Some Barbecue
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Armstrong / Hardin
Album: The California Concerts
Label: GRP/MCA Number: 6132 CD 4 Track 7
DISC 15:
Title: Atlanta Blues
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Composer: Handy
Album: ...Plays W C Handy
Label: Columbia Number: CK 064925 Track 11
Read Alyn Shipton's Louis Armstrong Profile
