Louis Armstrong - Great Original Performances 1923-1931 / BBC Records REB 597

Louis Armstrong - Great Original Performances 1923-1931 / BBC Records REB 597

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SIDE 1

1.  WILD MAN BLUES (Armstrong & Morton) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven

Louis Armstrong -1; John Thomas — tb; Johnny Dodds - cl; Lil Armstrong - p; Johnny St. Gyr-bj; Pete Briggs - bb; Baby Dodds - drums.

2. SNAKE RAG (Oliver- Picou) King Oliver's Jazz Band

King Oliver and Louis Armstrong - c; Honore Dutrey -tb; Johnny Dodds - cl; Lil Hardm - p; Bud Scott - bj; Baby Dodds - drums. Vocal break - Bud Scott.

3.  MUSKRAT RAMBLE (Ory) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Louis Armstrong - c; Kid Ory - tb; Johnny Dodds - cl; Lil Armstrong - p; Johnny St. Cyr - bj.

4. MELANCHOLY BLUES (Bloom - Melrose - Schoebel) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven

Personnel as for Wild Man Blues.

5. WILLIE THE WEEPER (Melrose-Bloom) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven)

Personnel as for Wild Man Blues - St. Cyr doubles guitar.

6. DRY'S CREOLE TROMBONE (Edward Ory) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Personnel as for Muskrat Ramble.

7. STRUTTIN' WITH SOME BARBECUE (Armstrong) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Personnel as for Muskrat Ramble.

8. HOTTER THAN THAT (Hardin) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Personnel as for Muskrat Ramble, plus Lonnie Johnson - guitar. Vocal - Louis Armstrong.

SIDE 2

1.  SYMPHONIC RAPS (Stevens-Abraham) Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers

Carroll Dickerson - director; Louis Armstrbng and Homer Hobson -1; Fred Robinson - tb; Bert Curry and Crawford Whethington - as; Jimmy Strong - ts; Earl Hines - p; Mancy Cara - bj; Pete Briggs - bb; Zutty Singleton-drums.

2. WEST END BLUES (Oliver) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Louis Armstrong -1; Fred Robinson - tb; Jimmy Strong - cl; Earl Hines - p; Mancy Cara - bj; Zutty Singleton -drums. Vocal - Louis Armstrong.

3.  MUGGLES (Armstrong-Hines) Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

Personnel as for West End Blues.

4. SAVE IT, PRETTY MAMA (Redman) Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five

Louis Armstrong -1; Fred Robinson - tb; Don Redman -cl,as and arranger; Earl Hines-p; Dave Wilborn-bj; Zutty Singleton - drums. Vocal - Louis Armstrong.

5. ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (Redman) Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five

Mancy Cara - bj, replaces Wilborn; plus Jimmy Strong -cl and ts. Vocal - Louis Armstrong.

6.   KNOCKIN' A JUG (Armstrong-Condon) Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

Louis Armstrong - t; Jack Teagarden - tb; Happy Caldwell - ts: Joe Sullivan - p; Eddie Lang - g; Kaiser Marshall-drums.

7.  ST. LOUIS BLUES (Handy) Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

Louis Armstrong, Otis Johnson and Henry Alien -1; JC Higginbotham -tb; Albert Nicholas and Charlie Holmes cl and as; Teddy Hill - ts; Luis Russell - p; Will Johnson -g; Pops Foster-bass; Paul Barbarin-drums. Vocal -Louis Armstrong.

8. LONESOME ROAD (Austin-Shilkret-Waller) Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

Louis Armstrong and Zilner Randolf -1; Preston Jackson - tb; Lester Boone, George James and Albert Washington - reeds; Charlie Alexander - p; Mike McKendrick -bj; John 'Joe' Lindsey-bass; Tubby Hall - drums. Speech - Armstrong, Randolf, McKendrick and Lindsey.