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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. My Heart | |||
| 2. Yes! I'm in the Barrel | |||
| 3. Gut Bucket Blues | |||
| 4. Come Back Sweet Papa | |||
| 5. Georgia Grind | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Willie the Weeper | |||
| 2. Wild Man Blues | |||
| 3. Chicago Breakdown | |||
| 4. Alligator Crawl | |||
| 5. Potato Head Blues | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Fireworks | |||
| 2. Skip the Gutter | |||
| 3. Monday Date | |||
| 4. Don't Jive Me | |||
| 5. West End Blues | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love | |||
| 2. Mahogany Hall Stomp | |||
| 3. Ain't Misbehavin' | |||
| 4. Black and Blue | |||
| 5. That Rhythm Man | |||
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Fact: Some 70-plus years ago, Louis Armstrong was bigger than the Beatles. Fact: Louis' record sales provided the seed money for some of today's great communications empires. Fact: Pops' startling trumpet prowess and ingratiating vocals transformed the phrasing of every instrumentalist and vocalist on earth--and these are the sessions that started it all. Having performed as the second cornet with spiritual father Joe "King" Oliver's legendary New Orleans band, he turned everybody's head in New York during his stint with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra in 1924. Then, at wife Lil Hardin's insistence, he returned to Chicago in 1925, which led to the first of his super sessions for the Okeh label--fronting an all-star band assembled just for the studio. Even amid the traditional New Orleans polyphony and ensemble work of "Gut Bucket Blues", the sheer power of Armstrong's cornet pulls along the rest of the band like a locomotive (and in setting the infectious closing riff, he not only anticipates the swing era but Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts"). By the time we get to the 1926 sessions, featuring his innovative "scat singing" on "Heebie Jeebies" and his dynamic stop-time phrases on "Cornet Chop Suey", Louis Armstrong is well on his way to transforming jazz into a soloist's art, and himself into the most influential musician of the 20th century. --Chip Stern
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It's unanimous among the jazz guides that these Satchmo sides are indispensable for every jazz collector, and these John R.T. Davies remasters are absolutely tops: Muskrat Ramble; Wild Man Blues; Potato Head Blues; Twelfth Street Rag; Struttin' with Some Barbecue; Basin Street Blues 89 essentials!
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These four records contains some of the greatest music of all times.Some of the most definitive jazz music ever recorded.So,why only three stars ??? When I was a child,some 25 years ago, my father owned the french CBS reissues of these sessions, on LP, of course; and the sound quality was much greater than on this slow price issue. If you really want to purchase Louis Armstrong's complete Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings, and I sincerely hope you will, please spend a few more bucks and buy the same four cd-set on Columbia; you'll be amazed by the quality of the sound ( it seems like the all band is playing before you ). The price of this set is very attractive,but you'll be seriously disappointed listening to it.The Columbia reissue is a superlative one,and it offers you a magnificent booklet with plenty of rare photographs, and great reading. Forget this one.
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I just love early traditional jazz and of course Louis Armstrong's classic Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings are a must. The sound quality is great, as good as it can be and there is a bit of information about every song (three pages in each little booklet). For the price, this additional feature is quite nice to have, it's not too much, but at least there is some well-researched info.
Louis' trumpet playing is stunning, the solos are simply magnificent and his singing is unique. He set standards in both fields. You can appreciate his talent even more when comparing these recordings with other early jazz formations who recorded some of the same tunes. In comparison, Armstrong's recordings always come out superior, he was simply the best trumpet and cornet player of his time, probably in all of jazz history.
As a drummer myself, my only issue with early jazz recordings in general is that it was very hard to record drums decently at the time. On some recordings, Armstrong didn't even use a drummer, so this would be the only area where these recordings could have been better. Some other early jazz recordings made slightly better use of drums. If only Louis and his Hot Fives and Sevens could have been recorded with modern technology, it would be a dream come true.
Louis' trumpet playing is stunning, the solos are simply magnificent and his singing is unique. He set standards in both fields. You can appreciate his talent even more when comparing these recordings with other early jazz formations who recorded some of the same tunes. In comparison, Armstrong's recordings always come out superior, he was simply the best trumpet and cornet player of his time, probably in all of jazz history.
As a drummer myself, my only issue with early jazz recordings in general is that it was very hard to record drums decently at the time. On some recordings, Armstrong didn't even use a drummer, so this would be the only area where these recordings could have been better. Some other early jazz recordings made slightly better use of drums. If only Louis and his Hot Fives and Sevens could have been recorded with modern technology, it would be a dream come true.
By jeremy blunt
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an excellent quality remastering of the (complete?) Hot Fives & Hot Sevens recordings.
i have most of these track on other discs, but this collection has a much cleaner sound ... and have also enjoyed the liner notes, which are a step up from most collections of early jazz.
i have most of these track on other discs, but this collection has a much cleaner sound ... and have also enjoyed the liner notes, which are a step up from most collections of early jazz.
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Like opening the door to a beautiful room you've never seen
Finding out about this music has been a revelation. What unbelieveable music. I'm no expert but considering when and how this music was recorded it sounds pretty amazing. Read more
Published on May 20 2004
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Columbia or JSP?
The sound quality of these disks is amazing when you consider how long ago the music was recorded (1920's). Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by D. Allen
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When Jazz became art in the horn of the first Jazz Giant
This JSP selection of 89 tracks comprehensively captures Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and 7s groups period in the 1920s. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2003 by Luke Lim
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Satch never sounded so good!
If you're in the market for some classic Louis Armstrong (and even if you're not!) get this set! Finally, all of Louis Armstrong's classic Hot 5's and Hot 7's (with existing... Read more
Published on Dec 16 2002 by "Gimpy" Peach Johnson
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The true "King of Jazz"
This special priced set has all the recordings of Louis Armstrong with his Hot Fives and Sevens. I had them all on LP and considered them the pinnacle of my music collection, and... Read more
Published on Oct 1 2002 by nadav haber
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Louis in his transition from jazz titan to vaudevillian
...I would only point out that this fine collection includes, in its fourth and final CD, a series of pieces which are not in fact drawn from the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens. Read more
Published on Aug 22 2002 by bukhtan
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THIS IS THE ONE TO GET.
Make no mistake, this release is the finest ever of the Louis Armstrong Hot Fives & Sevens, and the price is more than reasonable. Read more
Published on Jun 25 2002
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Essential Early Jazz
As the Amazon.com reviewer said, it is hard to overrate this material. But let me try. Ah, now this is stuff to set your toes tapping, your feet moving across the floor, your arms... Read more
Published on May 10 2002 by Paul Beaulieu
5.0 out of 5 stars
Red Beans and Ricely Yours
Hearing these recordings for the first time is like being present at the very birth of American jazz music. Read more
Published on May 3 2002 by Scott Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars
No Satch, no us
this is the bloke who taught us timing and phrasing - everything.
Published on Mar 7 2002 by bert
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