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Track Listings

1	St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
2	Yellow Dog Blues
3	Loveless Love - Louis Armstrong with Velma Middleton
4	Aunt Hagar's Blues
5	Long Gone (From the Bowlin' Green)
6	The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)
7	Beale Street Blues
8	Ole Miss Blues
9	Chantez les bas (Sing 'Em Low)
10	Hesitating Blues - Louis Armstrong
11	Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)
12	Interview with W.C. Handy
13	Loveless Love
14	Hesitating Blues
15	Alligator Story
16	Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green)

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.4 inches; 3.84 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Legacy Recordings
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3865121
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2008
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 17 minutes
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2008
Label ‏ : ‎ Legacy Recordings
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0012GMUVI
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #266,219 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #347 in New Orleans Jazz (CDs & Vinyl)
- #379 in Dixieland Jazz
- #2,498 in Traditional Jazz & Ragtime (CDs & Vinyl)

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One of Pops' Finest Hours

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2010

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For sheer joy--to say nothing of its historical significance--this meeting of two of New Orleans' greatest is arguably unsurpassed. Thank God that Handy was still alive to hear what Armstrong did to his work--which, simply put, was to sprinkle it with magic. (The liner notes quote Handy as saying, during the recording sessions, that Satch's performances brought tears to his blind eyes.) The CD includes false starts and some rehearsals, which are in their own way delightful: The listener hears the artists' finished products as well as the work that it took to polish them to perfection. After the early Hot Fives and Hot Sevens, this is arguably the best of Pops on record. This is probably my desert island Armstrong disc; I cannot imagine its absence from any serious collection of this artist or, for that matter, from any serious jazz collection. Highest recommendation.

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Craig Stoughton

Just Great!

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017

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I mean, just the first track alone, St. Louis Blues, makes this worth getting. Some of the other tracks don't shine quite as brightly, but St. Louis Blues, listened to on high volume, really punches hard. Armstrong's playing is loud an brash and perfect, Trummy on trombone sounds downright nasty, and Velma's vocals with her innuendos and Louis' chuckles are perfect as well. This is one of the greatest of Armstrong's "Louis Armstrong Plays..." albums, along with Satchmo Plays Fats. A must have!

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Laurence Goldstein

This is one of the best albums ever recorded.

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2014

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This is one of the best albums ever recorded. On an album of standouts, "The Yellow Dog Blues" stands out. This is one of those albums, like the Ellington-Blanton-Webster recordings of 1940/42, the Parker-Gillespie Massey Hall Concert, The Birth of the Cool, the Art Tatum-Ben Webster recording, the Tadd Dameron - Milt Jackson - Ernie Wilkins "Big Bags" album, the Armstrong Teagarten Town Hall Concert, and perhaps a dozen or so others that are at the highest level of jazz joy.

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D. A. Wasneechak

Nobody does Handy like Louis!

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2014

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Louis at his best playing WC Handy hits. Only minor downside is some of the conversations/rehearsals during the reprises at the end of the album. Otherwise , give it 1 1/2 thumbs up

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Daphne Simpkins

No one plays the horn or Handy's music better than Louis Armstrong

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2017

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I bought this CD because I live in Alabama and give a speech on W. C. Handy around the state. In order to know Handy one must learn the musicians who interpret his sound, and no one does it better on the horn than Louis Armstrong.

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KarenK

Louis Armstrong Plays W C Handy

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2012

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Louis Armstrong and W C Handy? Enough said. This is a wonderful example of Mr. Armstrongs ability on his trumpet. There is an interview with Mr. Handy on one of the tracks speaking about the first time he saw Louis Armstrong. Several tracks have studio chatter, which is lovely. And what can I say about Velma Middleton's voice? Beautiful! Great Louisiana blues. Even my teenager fell in love with this CD. Highly recommended!

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Carole A. Gallo

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2020

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Bought as a gift for my son. Haven’t heard it but he loves it.

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017

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This is the best Louis Armstrong album I have ever heard. His playing is powerful and swings, and the music by Handy is classic great stuff.

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Daredal

5/5

Reviewed in Spain on June 7, 2020

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Llegó dos semanas antes de lo previsto, y en perfecto estado. Poco más puedo añadir.

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Bruno Barrera

Gran album de temas del padre del Blues interpretados por el siempre genial satchmo y compañía

Reviewed in Mexico on August 6, 2018

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Louis Armstrong me parece un genial interprete y hasta donde le conozco también compositor, la tesitura de su voz es muy particular y bastante agradable para el género en mi opinión, y cuando se requiere variedad se hace acompañar en la voz por otros genios como Ella Fitzgerald y en el caso de este album de la también muy agradable Velma Middleton que acompañó una buena parte de su carrera a Armstrong.

Algunos de los temas contenidos aquí pueden hasta sonar familiares ya que seguro he oído instumentalización en algún dibujo animado o alguna otra película que contenga muestras de estas mismas canciones o incluso que aparezcan completas aunque fuera de manera instrumental.

Recomiendo buscar por servicios de streaming algunos de estos temas como Long Gone, Memphis Blues y Hesitating Blues para que, si no conocen el material contenido en este album, se den una buena idea de lo que contiene y porque vale tanto la pena.

La edición esta muuuy básica, eso sí con la funda de plástico resellable exterior que acostumbran las publicaciones de Music on Vinyl y con la funda interior de recubrimiento interno plástico para proteger en mejor manera el desliz del vinilo al extraerlo y volverlo a guardar evitando que se talle en papel u otros materiales abrasivos que se usan a veces en fundas internas. La portada es lo más carente a lo que me refiero cuando digo básica porque no es gatefold y es de un material bastante delgado. Fuera de eso me parece bien impresa y pues con un cuidado regular no tiene porque dañarse tomando en cuenta la funda exterior plástica resellable que se 'incluye' además de que es vinilo de 180grs para darle menor riesgo a deformaciones, también considerando que es un material posiblemente virgen de muy bajo o nulo ruido superficial al estar mayormente libre de residuos e impurezas propias del reciclaje que se usa en algunos discos.

Si esta a buen precio (en mi opinión rondando los 15 dólares) es muy buen material discográfico y lo recomiendo ampliamente tanto por la composición, los interpretes como por la producción en físico del material ya que sería muy buen valor.

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rihito

サッチモの素晴らしい演奏

Reviewed in Japan on December 8, 2023

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このアルバムが録音されていたころは、もうビーバップからクールジャズへとモダンジャズの最盛期に入っていました。ディキシーランドジャズのスタイルは、時代遅れの感があったかもしれないです。でも、サッチモの歌とトランペットは、素晴らしい演奏には間違いないでしょう。のちに、大ヒットを得た演奏用も、ぼくはこのアルバムが好きですね。渋いけど、深い。

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jjmartinelli

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2015

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Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy, Louis Armstrong - Satch's finest album, and that's saying something!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2009

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Back in the early twentieth century, a young composer by the name of W.C Handy was busy creating Blues with seminal songs such as St Louis Blues, made into a smash hit by Bessie Smith. At around the same time, a young cornet player by the name of Louis Armstrong was setting about redefining jazz. And when a trumpet player was required for Bessie Smith's recording of St Louis Blues, it was Armstrong who did the honours (for all you trivia lovers).

Wind forward thirty years. The two young men are now respected father figures in blues and jazz. Handy was one of the world's most successful blues composers, and Armstrong was the most famous and influential trumpet player in the history of jazz. Then someone at Columbia had the inspired idea of getting Armstrong and his all stars to record an album of Handy's songs. And to make it special, Handy was invited along to the recording (though he didn't feature on the original album).

The album belongs to Louis, with his great trumpet and vocals, though there are notable contributions from Armstrong stalwarts Velma Middleton on vocals and Trummy Young on Trombone. And, of course, none of it would have been possible without Handy's rather important contribution.

The musicians obviously have a great respect for the music, and, more importantly, seem to be having a great time playing it. This translates to us having a great time listening to it. We get loving, swinging treatments of classic blues tunes, St Louis Blues, Loveless Love, Long Gone, Beale Street, etc, etc. The band swings and mesh together beautifully. And Louis pulls out all the stops to turn in what has to be one of the finest performances he committed to record, probably spurred on by having the great man himself listening in.

This album has been nicely remastered to give a good clear sound, with every musician's contribution nice and clear and easy to hear. Also included are some interesting alternative takes, and the crowning glory, a newly discovered interview with Handy, where he talks about his impressions of Armstrong. The liner notes are informative, and there are some nice photographs.

An excellent presentation of a classic album. 5 stars, unhesitatingly. Recommended to fans of swinging jazz and blues. If you like this, check out the equally great `Satch Plays Fats', Louis next album where he pays tribute to Fats Waller

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