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The
most important recordings of the Twentieth Century.
Best Historical Album
Compilation Producers:
Steve Berkowitz, Seth Rothstein & Phil Schaap
Mastering Engineers:
Michael Brooks, Seth Foster, Ken Robertson,
Tom "Curly" Ruff, Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder
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If
Louis Armstrong's entire contribution to music consisted of
the stop-tim e
cornet breaks on "Potato Head Blues," his place in the American
Musical Pantheon would have long been secure. But "Potato Head
Blues," which in 1927 introduced Armstrong's Hot Seven, is but
one of the earth-moving numbers in this collection. For the
first time, "Satchmo the Great"'s Complete Hot Fives and Sevens
are available on CD in a single package.
Recorded between November 1925 and March 1929, these are the
performances on which Armstrong (1901-1971) firmly established
jazz as the art of the improviser, wrote the ground rules of
swing, taught the world to sing as it never had before, and
made "scat" more than just slang for "go away."
These are the sides that lit the skies. Never have they sounded
better, thanks to 21st century recording technology and the
dogged work of producer Phil Schaap, who searched the world
for the best possible original source material for every single
cut. In honor of Armstrong's centennial, here is the Thomas
Edison of American Music, in the full sunburst glory of his
genius.
At the banquet table of 20th century creative wonders - Picasso's
Cubist Period, late-period Yeats, the cinema of Kurosawa, Monet's
"Water Lillies," - the Hot Fives and Sevens have an honored
place.
OVERVIEW
The 4-CDs in this set comprise the complete output of Louis
Armstrong's seminal recordings of the 1920s, known around the
world for more than seven decades as the Hot Fives and the Hot
Sevens. It is the first comprehensive gathering of this material,
along with critically important bonus recordings.
This
legendary body of work by Armstrong totals some 89 tracks recorded
primarily in Chicago for OKeh Records. It is impossible to exaggerate
their importance!
Without doubt, these are the most important jazz recordings
- if not the most important recordings - of the 20th Century.
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings are considered
the "Rosetta Stone" of jazz music, influencing every singer,
songwriter, instrumentalist, and even dancer from that point
forward. Armstrong impacted the 20th Century with the same magnitude
as a Picasso or an Einstein. In fact, there could have been
no Billie Holiday, Sinatra, Elvis, Beatles, Dylan etc. without
these recordings.
This
material has never been more painstakingly remastered or more
ornately packaged. This is the definitive Satchmo collection!
See the official Press Release for
more information.
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This deluxe
boxed set is also available in a convenient cube size. (Pictured
left.)
Same great
music and art!
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C4K 63527(long
box) Buy
and C5K 085670 (cube) Buy
Track Listing
Disc 1
1. Gut Bucket Blues
2. My Heart
3. (Yes!) I'm In The Barrel
4. Come Back, Sweet Papa
5. Georgia Grind
6. Heebie Jeebies
7. Cornet Chop Suey
8. Oriental Strut
9. You're Next
10. Muskrat Ramble
11. Don't Forget To Mess Around
12. I'm Gonna Gitcha
13. Droppin' Shucks
14. Who'sit
15. King Of The Zulus
16. Big Fat Ma And Skinny Pa
17. Lonesome Blues
18. Sweet Little Papa
19. Jazz Lips
20. Skid-Dat-De-Dat
21. Big Butter And Egg Man
22. Sunset Cafe Stomp
23. You Made Me Love You
24. Irish Black Bottom
Disc 2
1. Put 'Em Down Blues
2. Ory's Creole Trombone
3. The Last Time
4. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
5. Got No Blues
6. Once In A While
7. I'm Not Rough
8. Hotter Than That
9. Savoy Blues
10. He Likes It Slow
11. Gambler's Dream
12. Sunshine Baby
13. Adam And Eve Had The Blues
14. Put It Where I Can Get It
15. Wash Woman Blues
16. I've Stopped My Man
17. Georgia Bo Bo
18. Drop That Sack
19. Drop That Sack
20. Cornet Chop Suey
Disc 3
1. Willie The Weeper
2. Wild Man Blues
3. Alligator Crawl
4. Potato Head Blues
5. Melancholy
6. Weary Blues
7. Twelfth Street Rag
8. Keyhole Blues
9. S.O.L. Blues
10. Gully Low Blues
11. That's When I'll Come Back To You
12. Chicago Breakdown
13. Weary Blues
14. New Orleans Stomp
15. Wild Man Blues
16. Wild Man Blues
17. Melancholy
18. Melancholy
19. You're A Real Sweetheart
20. Too Busy
21. Was It A Dream?
22. Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me
Disc 4
1. Fireworks
2. Skip The Gutter
3. A Monday Date
4. Don't Jive Me
5. West End Blues
6. Sugar Foot Strut
7. Two Deuces
8. Squeeze Me
9. Knee Drops
10. No (Papa, No)
11. Basin Street Blues
12. No One Else But You
13. Beau Koo Jack
14. Save It, Pretty Mama
15. Muggles
16. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya
17. St. James Infirmary
18. Tight Like This
19. Weather Bird
20. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
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21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
22. Mahogany Hall Stomp
23. Knockin' A Jug
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