The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings

Louis Armstrong | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00006B1OS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #333,725 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Not many people knew about jazz improvisation until these historic numbers were recorded in the late 1920s! Hear the brilliant horn and scat singing that made Armstrong a star on West End Blues; Heebie Jeebies and Muggles .

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding job by Sony on the Restoration, February 15, 2007

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Doug - Haydn Fan (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Audio CD)

Louis Armstrong's early work is copiously documented and is quite rightly as readily available as such other early recording giants as Caruso. These recordings were not, however, as widely available as the Victors Caruso made in the two prior decades, and because of this the sound has always been subject to the vicissitudes of the condition of the originals being used to make the CD transfer. In the present case Sony has outdone itself with exemplary work, these sound to me quite the best versions of these performances I have yet heard.
If you know and like these works well enough to try another version then this CD should be something you will enjoy. Unlike the case with old opera recordings, which I know better, I don't have any of the originals of these, so I'm curious to see what other reviewers who are fortunate enough to be able to compare the CD with the originals think.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historically Significant, May 26, 2008

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Robert C. Fox Jr. (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Audio CD)

For those interested in owning historically significant recordings of early jazz, this CD is indespensible. I bought it to use in college music appreciation courses I teach. The sound quality will amaze you.