Louis Armstrong - The Complete Louis Armstrong with Fletcher Henderson (1993)

We have combined in two volumes the splendid recordings made by Louis Armstrong during his employment as a sideman in the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. Obviously, and with immense satisfaction, we omitted all those sides in which, although Louis is present, he doesn't perform as a soloist , so boring and tedious were Mr Henderson's routines in those days. This may not be orthodox within the intrinsic concept of the collection it self, but we sincerely believe that it was fair to save this generation (and those to come) from the jarring, tortured and irritatin duckling sound of Fletcher's awful reed sections. And, for the sake of mercy, we won't go on any further, to avoid the rage of stale old fans who hurt the feelings of a couple of generations, but let's face the facts and clear our minds of any among the most detestable of those years? Thank God, Louis Armstrong was there with his genius. His solo and breaks sparkle and shine, causing us to forget momentarily and miraculously that corny and atrocious musical environment. All of Louis' interventions are gems: the results of a deeply contemplated personal elaboration. There is no notable improvisation, but a pre-structured melodic line in which the phrasing changes compulsively, providing the listener with the feeling that a solo performed in a previous take, and basically repeated in the next, was unrelated to the other. And that's magic. Or rather, that's Satchmo, you know? ~ from Linear Notes

Tracklist



Volume 1, 1924/25:

01. Manda (Sissle-Blake) - 3:10
02. Go Long Mule (Creamer-King) - 3:04
03. Tell Me, Dreamy Eyes (Kahn-Gordon) - 3:06
04. My Rose Marie (De Sylva-Henderson) - 2:48
05. Shanghai Shuffle (Rodemich-Conley) - 3:18
06. Words (Otis-Spencer) - 2:51
07. Words (Otis-Spencer) - 2:50
08. Copenhagen (Davis) - 2:50
09. Copenhagen (Davis) - 2:48
10. Shanghai Shuffle (Rodemich-Conley) - 2:44
11. One of These Days (Hoffman) - 2:49
12. The Meanest Kind of Blues (Katzman) - 2:54
13. Naughty Man (Redman-Dixon) - 2:50
14. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (Austin-Pergere) - 2:53
15. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (Austin-Pergere) - 3:08
16. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (Austin-Pergere) - 3:00
17. Everybody Loves My Baby (Palmer-Williams) - 3:13
17. Everybody Loves My Baby (Palmer-Williams) - 3:03
19. Naughty Man (Redman-Dixon) - 2:40
20. Mandy Make Up Your Mind (Clark-Turk) - 2:58
21. Mandy Make Up Your Mind (Clark-Turk) - 3:04
22. I'll See You in My Dreams (Kahn-Jones) - 3:05
23. Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? (Kahn-Jones) - 2:57



Volume 2, 1925:

01. I'll See You in My Dreams (Kahn-Jones) - 3:05
02. I'll See You in My Dreams (Kahn-Jones) - 3:04
03. Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me (Kahn-Jones) - 2:58
04. Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me (Kahn-Jones) - 2:58
05. Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me (Kahn-Jones) - 2:57
06. Bye and Bye (Pease-Nelson) - 2:55
07. Play Me Slow (Hagen-O'Flynn) - 3:04
08. Play Me Slow (Hagen-O'Flynn) - 3:06
09. Alabamy Bound (De Sylva-Henderson) - 3:11
10. Alabamy Bound (De Sylva-Henderson) - 3:07
11. Alabamy Bound (De Sylva-Henderson) - 3:12
12. Poplar Street Blues (Short-Mont) - 3:04
13. 12th Street Blues (Heagney) - 3:00
14. Memphis Bound (Banta-De Rose) - 2:59
15. When You Do What You Do (Parish-Johnson) - 3:00
16. Money Blues (Leader-Coleman) - 2:59
17. Money Blues (Leader-Coleman) - 2:58
18. Sugar Foot Stomp (Oliver-Armstrong) - 2:47

Southern Serenaders

19. I Miss My Swiss (Baer-Gilbert) - 2:54
20. Alone at Last (Kahn-Fiorito) - 3:01

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

21. T.N.T. (Schoebel) - 2:48
22. Carolina Stomp (Bloom-Costello) - 3:06






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