Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings 3

Louis Armstrong | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00008XESA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,782 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm Not Rough

2. Hotter Than That

3. Savoy Blues

4. Fireworks

5. Skip the Gutter

6. A Monday Date

7. Don't Jive Me

8. West End Blues

9. Sugar Foot Strut

10. Two Deuces

11. Squeeze Me

12. Knee Drops

13. No (Papa, No)

14. Basin Street Blues

15. No One Else But You

16. Beau Koo Jack

17. Save It, Pretty Mama

18. Weather Bird

19. Muggles

20. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Recordings, October 20, 2009

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Charles Calvert "charliecal" (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings Volume 3 (MP3 Download)

These are classic recordings and centrally important to jazz history. The quality is fine considering the price and that one is hearing music from the 1920's, though you should be aware of the existence of the Columbia and well regarded JSP recordings of this same material.

The music is soulful and full of life. Contemporary jazz is sometimes technically brilliant but icy cold. This is true at both ends of the spectrum, whether one is listening to the avant-garde or more traditionally flavored jazz. Not all contemporary jazz is that way, but there is certainly enough that is lacking in deep emotion. That's not a problem here. Louis Armstrong exuded a sense of warmth, of fun, of humanity. At the same time he was inventing, or recording for the first time, many of classic moves that would form the repertoire of what we call contemporary jazz.

There really is no need for me to spill more ink praising these classic sides; they have been discussed in depth elsewhere. I only wanted to say that the quality of the recordings is reasonable. These sides sound fine and the quality is good enough for most ears, though you should compare with the other releases of this material.

0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Faulty audio, September 30, 2008

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Guillermo Jackson (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings 3 (Audio CD)

Music selection is excellent but audio quality is the same as if you were hearing it from phonograph