The Essential Louis Armstrong

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

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
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1Memories of You
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1930-10-16)
alto saxophone:
Les Hite (on 1930-10-16) and Marvin Johnson (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1930-10-16)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Charlie Jones (jazz clarinet/sax) (on 1930-10-16)
double bass:
Joe Bailey (US double bassist and songwriter) (on 1930-10-16)
drums (drum set) and vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1930-10-16)
guitar:
Bill Perkins (jazz guitar and banjo) (on 1930-10-16)
piano:
Harvey Brooks (US jazz pianist and composer) (on 1930-10-16) and Henry Prince (on 1930-10-16)
trombone:
Luther Craven (on 1930-10-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1930-10-16), George Orendorff (on 1930-10-16) and Harold Scott (on 1930-10-16)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1930-10-16)
conductor:
Les Hite (on 1930-10-16)
recording of:
Memories of You (on 1930-10-16)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:12
2Shine
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1931-03-09)
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Les Hite (on 1931-03-09) and Marvin Johnson (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1931-03-09)
banjo:
Bill Perkins (jazz guitar and banjo) (on 1931-03-09)
clarinet and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Charlie Jones (jazz clarinet/sax) (on 1931-03-09)
double bass [bass] and tuba:
Joe Bailey (US double bassist and songwriter) (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Lionel Hampton (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Henry Prince (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
Luther Craven (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-03-09), McLure "Red Mac" Morris (on 1931-03-09) and Harold Scott (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Shine (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (, in 1910)
3:22
3Walkin' My Baby Back Home
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-04-20)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-04-20)
baritone saxophone:
George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-04-20)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-04-20)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-04-20)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-04-20)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-04-20)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-04-20)
recording of:
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home (on 1931-04-20)
lyricist:
Roy Turk (in 1930)
composer:
Fred Ahlert (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
3:08
4Blue Again
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-04-20)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-04-20)
baritone saxophone:
George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-04-20)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-04-20)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-04-20)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-04-20)
trumpet:
Zilner Randolph and Louis Armstrong (on 1931-04-20)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-04-20)
recording of:
Blue Again (on 1931-04-20)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:15
5You Rascal You
3:15
6When It's Sleepytime Down South
recording of:
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
lyricist:
Leon René and Otis René
composer:
Clarence Muse
publisher:
Leon Rene Publication, Mills Music, Inc., Otis Rene Publication and Sherwin Music (publisher)
3:26
7Lazy River
recording of:
Lazy River
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Sidney Arodin
3:07
8Star Dust
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-11-04)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-11-04) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-11-04)
double bass:
John Lindsay (US trombonist/bassist, worked with Jelly Roll Morton) (on 1931-11-04)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-11-04)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-11-04)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-11-04)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-11-04)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-11-04)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-04) and Zilner Randolph (on 1931-11-04)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-04)
recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1931-11-04)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:38
9Georgia on My Mind
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-11-05)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-11-05) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-11-05)
double bass:
John Lindsay (US trombonist/bassist, worked with Jelly Roll Morton) (on 1931-11-05)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-11-05)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-11-05)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-11-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-11-05)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-11-05)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-05) and Zilner Randolph (on 1931-11-05)
baritone vocals:
Louis Armstrong
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-05)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (in 1931)
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1931-11-05)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia On My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:20
10Shadrack
recording of:
Shadrack
writer:
R. McGimsey
2:36
11On 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
2:59
12When the Saints Go Marching In
recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In (Louis Armstrong’s version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
2:45
13Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
5:11
14Blueberry Hill
cover recording of:
Blueberry Hill
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Larry Stock
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Larry Stock Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Sovereign Music Company and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
2:54
15Mack the Knife
bass:
Arvell Shaw (in 1955)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (in 1955)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1955)
trombone:
Trummy Young (in 1955)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (in 1955)
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1955-09-28)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
3:24
16Aunt Hagar's Blues
cover recording of:
Aunt Hagar’s Blues
lyricist:
James “Tim” Brymn
composer:
William Christopher Handy
5:00
17Honeysuckle Rose
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
2:55
18A Fine Romance
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
3:52
19What a Wonderful World
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1967-08-16)
engineer:
Eddie Brackett and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter)
alto saxophone:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1967-08-16) and Daniel Trimboli (on 1967-08-16)
baritone saxophone:
Raymond Stanfield (on 1967-08-16)
clarinet:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1967-08-16) and Jerome Richardson (on 1967-08-16)
double bass:
Russ Savakus (on 1967-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate (on 1967-08-16)
flute:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1967-08-16), Jerome Richardson (on 1967-08-16) and Daniel Trimboli (on 1967-08-16)
guitar:
Allen Hanlon (jazz guitarist) (on 1967-08-16), Art Ryerson (on 1967-08-16) and Willard Suyker (on 1967-08-16)
percussion:
Warren Hard (on 1967-08-16)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1967-08-16)
tenor saxophone:
Jerome Richardson (on 1967-08-16) and Daniel Trimboli (on 1967-08-16)
trombone:
Urbie Green (on 1967-08-16) and J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1967-08-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1967-08-16), Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1967-08-16) and Joe Wilder (on 1967-08-16)
lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1967-08-16)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong's Orchestra and Chorus (on 1967-08-16)
conductor and chorus master:
Tommy Goodman (pianist, arranger for Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington) (on 1967-08-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1968)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 171)
recording of:
What a Wonderful World (on 1967-08-16)
writer:
George Douglas (producer & songwriter) and George David Weiss
publisher:
Abilene Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Memory Lane Music (publishing company), Quartet Music Inc. and Range Road Music Inc.
sub-publisher:
BMC Publishing NV, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), 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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
part of:
Freaky Friday (2003)
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