Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. That's My Home
2. Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
3. I Hate To Leave You Now
4. You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born
5. Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Part 1: I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You/When It's Sleepy...
6. Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Part 2: When You're Smiling/St. James Infirmary/Dinah
7. I've Got The World On A String
8. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
9. Hustlin' And Bustlin' For Baby
10. Sittin' In The Dark
11. High Society
12. He's A Son Of The South
13. Some Sweet Day
14. Basin Street Blues
15. Honey, Do
16. Snowball
17. Mahogany Hall Stomp
18. Swing, You Cats

Disc 2:

1. Honey, Don't You Love Me Anymore?
2. Mississippi Basin
3. Laughin' Louie
4. Tomorrow Night
5. Dusky Stevedore
6. There's A Cabinn In The Pines
7. Mighty River
8. Sweet Sue, Just You
9. I Wonder Who
10. St. Louis Blues
11. Don't Play Me Cheap
12. That's My Home
13. Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
14. I Hate To Leave You Now
15. You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born
16. Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Part 2 (Alternate): When You're Smiling/St. James Infirmary/Dinah
17. Mississippi Basin
18. Laughin' Louie
19. Tomorrow Night
20. Blue Yodel No.9

Disc 3:

1. Long, Long Journey - Louis Armstrong
2. Snafu - Louis Armstrong
3. Linger In My Arms A Little Longer - Louis Armstrong
4. Whatta Ya Gonna Do - Louis Armstrong
5. No Variety Blues - Louis Armstrong
6. Joseph 'N' His Brudders - Louis Armstrong
7. Back O' Town Blues - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven
8. I Want A Little Girl - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven
9. Sugar - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven
10. Blues For Yesterday - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven
11. Blues In The South - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven
12. Endie - Louis Armstrong
13. The Blues Are Brewin' - Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven
14. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven
15. Where The Blues Were Born In New Orleans - Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven
16. Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven
17. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder - Louis Armstrong
18. I Believe - Louis Armstrong
19. Why Doubt My Love? - Louis Armstrong

Disc 4:

1. It Takes Time - Louis Armstrong
2. You Don't Learn That In School - Louis Armstrong
3. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
4. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
5. Back O' Town Blues - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
6. Pennies From Heaven - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
7. Save It Pretty Mama - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
8. St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
9. Jack-Armstrong Blues - Louis Armstrong
10. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
11. Some Day You'll Be Sorry - Louis Armstrong
12. Fifty-Fifty Blues - Louis Armstrong
13. A Song Was Born - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
14. Please Stop Playin' Those Blues, Boy - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
15. Before Long - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
16. Lovely Weather We're Having - Louis Armstrong And His All Stars
17. Rain, Rain - Louis Armstrong
18. Never Saw A Better Day - Louis Armstrong

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75691 in Music
• Released on: 2001-10-09
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Best of

From Amazon.com
Louis Armstrong recorded for RCA Victor for two relatively brief periods in his long career, in the early days of his big band (1932 to '33) and in the period when he broke up the orchestra and returned to a New Orleans-style smaller ensemble (1946 to '47). This four-CD set is evenly divided between the two periods. The early big bands--first drummer Chick Webb's and then the trumpeter's own--provide a comfortable setting for Armstrong, who simply reigned supreme among jazz soloists of the period, with peerless invention and a stunning flexibility. He was defining the jazz singer's art as well, his subtle phrasing transforming even casual songs as convincingly as his flamboyant horn. Purists have often mourned Armstrong's shift to large groups, but these are fine bands, driven along by potent drummers like Webb and Big Sid Carlett and manned by distinguished players like saxophonists Louis Jordan and Budd Johnson and pianist Teddy Wilson. The later recordings find Armstrong leading superb groups, with old associates like trombonist Kid Ory, clarinetist Barney Bigard, and drummer Zutty Singleton and classic repertoire like Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair." The Town Hall recordings from 1947, with Armstrong trading vocals and solos with trombonist Jack Teagarden, are among Louis's greatest work. The set also includes meetings with other musical icons. Armstrong provides bluesy trumpet accompaniment to country singer Jimmie Rodgers on a rendition of "Blue Yodel No. 9" and meets Duke Ellington on record for the first time on "Long, Long Journey." --Stuart Broomer