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The Essential Collection

Louis Armstrong

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Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
Original Release Date: October 24, 2006
Number of Discs: 1
Label: West End
ASIN: B000J3F7GK
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Disc: 1
1. Weather Bird - Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines
2. Ory's Creole Trombone - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
3. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
4. Savoy Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
5. Struttin' with Some Barbecue - Louis Armstrong
6. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
7. Weary Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
8. I Got Rhythm - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
9. I'm in the Mood for Love - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
10. You Are My Lucky Star - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
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Disc: 2
1. Love Walked In - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
2. Naturally - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
3. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
4. You're a Lucky Guy - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
5. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
6. Cain and Abel - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
7. Sweethearts on Parade - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
8. I Never Knew - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
9. Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys - Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, Jack Teagarden
10. You Rascal, You - Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
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3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Lacking the Essentials, July 15, 2007

By	B. McCanna "Barry McCanna" (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Avid's treatment of an individual artist seems to be to take as broad an approach as possible, thereby producing a conspectus. That hasn't been altogether successful here, because this set contains nothing of Louis' playing with King Oliver, nor of his accompaniments to blues singers, and virtually none of his great recordings of the early 30s under his own name. Instead the first disc features the duet with Earl Hines, four Hot Five tracks and one Hot Seven, after which it's mainly mid-thirties recordings with his orchestra. The second disc kicks off with eight orchestra sides from the late thirties, then features a number of duets with Jack Teagarden, Louis Jordan, Ella, Bing, Velma Middleton, and Billie Holiday, concluding with a live recording of "Mack The Knife". Louis it may be, but it falls short of meeting its own criterion.

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