Der in New Orleans geborene Trompeter und Sänger Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) war der erste große Star des Jazz. Früh begann er sich für Musik zu interessieren und mit dem Kornett die populäre Musik seiner Heimatstadt zu spielen. Der berühmte Trompeter King Oliver unterrichtete den jungen Armstrong, der während eines Heimaufenthaltes eine erste Musikausbildung erworben hatte. Auf den Mississippi Dampfern spielten damals Brass Bands und bald landete Armstrong beim Orchester von Fate Marable, wo er seine technischen Fähigkeiten entscheidend erweiterte und später auch schwierigste Partituren problemlos meistern konnte. Nachdem er King Oliver in Kid Orys Band ersetzt hatte, folgte er seinem Lehrer bald nach Chicago, dem Jazz Zentrum der 1920er Jahre. Armstrong war einer der ersten Musiker, der sich aus den Kollektivimprovisationen des frühen Jazz als Solist mit eigenem Stil und längeren Soli profilierte. 1923 konnte er mit Kid Oliver sein Debüt als Plattenkünstler feiern. In New York leitete der Pianist Fletcher Henderson das beste afro-amerikanische Orchester, dem Armstrong 1924 für folgenreiche 14 Monate angehören sollte. Dazu kamen Aufnahmesessions mit den großen Blues Sängerinnen wie Ma Rainey und Bessie Smith. Nach seiner Rückkehr begann Armstrong in Chicago als Hot Five und Hot Seven mit seiner ersten wichtigen Band, der seine Frau Lil Harding - hier mit einem seltenen Interview über diese Zeit zu hören - und später Earl Hines als Pianisten angehörten, viele seiner großartigsten Aufnahmen einzuspielen. Ab den 1930er Jahren war Armstrong ein weltweit gefeierter Star-Trompeter und Sänger, der mit einem breit gefächerten Repertoire und meistens in Bigband-Begleitung erfolgreiche Platten aufnahm, in vielen Filmen auftrat und mit seinen All Stars ausgedehnte Welt-Tourneen unternahm. Einige der besten und seltensten Alben des Jazz-Superstar inkl. bisher erstmals auf CD erhältlicher Aufnahmen.
CD 1 | |||
1 | Muskrat Ramble | 00:02:33 | |
2 | Heebie Jeebies | 00:02:54 | |
3 | Gut Bucket Blues | 00:02:42 | |
4 | Skid-Dat-De-Dat | 00:03:05 | |
5 | Yes! I'm In The Barrel | 00:02:39 | |
6 | Cornet Chop Suey | 00:02:57 | |
7 | Struttin' With Some Barbecue | 00:03:06 | |
8 | I'm Not Rough | 00:03:04 | |
9 | The Last Time | 00:03:29 | |
10 | Got No Blues | 00:03:25 | |
11 | Hotter Than That | 00:03:04 | |
12 | Ory's Creole Trombones | 00:03:05 | |
13 | Potato Head Blues | 00:02:58 | |
14 | Wild Man Blues | 00:03:03 | |
15 | S.O.L. Blues | 00:02:53 | |
16 | Gully Low Blues | 00:03:16 | |
17 | Melancholy Blues | 00:03:08 | |
18 | Weary Blues | 00:03:00 | |
19 | Twelfth Street Rag | 00:03:04 | |
20 | Willie The Weeper | 00:03:08 | |
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21 | Keyhole Blues | 00:03:28 | |
22 | That's When I'll Come Back To You | 00:02:57 | |
23 | Alligator Crawl | 00:03:03 | |
24 | Chicago Breakdown | 00:03:21 | |
CD 2 | |||
1 | Basin Street Blues | 00:03:17 | |
2 | Weather Bird | 00:02:47 | |
3 | No, Papa, No | 00:02:53 | |
4 | Muggles | 00:02:52 | |
5 | St. James Infirmary | 00:03:14 | |
6 | Tight Like This | 00:03:14 | |
7 | West End Blues | 00:03:21 | |
8 | Skip The Gutter | 00:03:09 | |
9 | Two Deuces | 00:02:58 | |
10 | Sugar Foot Strut | 00:03:21 | |
11 | Squeeze Me | 00:03:25 | |
12 | Don't Jive Me | 00:02:49 | |
13 | Learning The Piano | 00:04:07 | |
14 | Early Life In Chicago | 00:03:06 | |
15 | With The New Orleans Creole Jazz Band | 00:03:33 | |
16 | King Oliver Appears On The Scene... With Louis | 00:06:49 | |
17 | First Recording Date | 00:01:40 | |
18 | Courtship | 00:01:08 | |
19 | The Young Louis | 00:03:05 | |
20 | Marriage | 00:03:03 | |
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21 | First Trumpet, At Last | 00:02:29 | |
22 | With Fletcher Henderson In New York | 00:03:52 | |
23 | The Hot Five | 00:02:35 | |
24 | Return To New Orleans | 00:01:04 | |
25 | The End Of A Marriage | 00:01:12 | |
26 | Epilogue | 00:02:24 | |
CD 3 | |||
1 | Dipper Mouth Blues | 00:04:41 | |
2 | Canal Street Blues | 00:03:37 | |
3 | High Society | 00:04:20 | |
4 | All The Wrongs You've Done To Me | 00:03:37 | |
5 | Everybody Loves My Baby | 00:04:03 | |
6 | Mandy Make Up Your Mind | 00:02:25 | |
7 | See See Rider | 00:04:31 | |
8 | Reckless Blues | 00:03:06 | |
9 | Court House Blues | 00:03:15 | |
10 | Trouble In Mind | 00:03:09 | |
11 | Oh, Didn't He Ramble | ||
12 | Gut Bucket Blues | 00:04:20 | |
13 | Cornet Chop Suey | 00:03:30 | |
14 | Heebie Jeebies | 00:02:57 | |
15 | Georgia Grind | 00:03:42 | |
16 | Muskrat Ramble | 00:07:00 | |
17 | King Of The Zulus | 00:04:35 | |
18 | Snag It | 00:04:00 | |
19 | Wild Man Blues | 00:04:44 | |
CD 4 | |||
1 | Potato Head Blues | 00:02:49 | |
2 | Weary Blues | 00:03:25 | |
3 | Gully Low Blues | 00:04:55 | |
4 | Struttin' With Some Barbeque | 00:06:30 | |
5 | Hotter Than That | 00:03:45 | |
6 | Two Deuces | 00:03:52 | |
7 | My Monday Date | 00:06:51 | |
8 | Basin Street Blues | 00:06:13 | |
9 | Knockin' A Jug | 00:04:14 | |
10 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 00:04:51 | |
11 | Mahagony Hall Stomp | 00:04:16 | |
12 | Some Of These Days | 00:03:41 | |
13 | When You're Smiling | 00:04:48 | |
14 | Song Of The Islands | 00:04:32 | |
15 | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | 00:03:51 | |
16 | Dear Old Southland | 00:04:17 | |
17 | Exactly Like You | 00:04:37 | |
CD 5 | |||
1 | If I Could Be With You | 00:03:35 | |
2 | Body And Soul | 00:05:21 | |
3 | Memories Of You | 00:03:58 | |
4 | You Rascal You | 00:03:36 | |
5 | When It's Sleepy Time Down South | 00:03:51 | |
6 | I Surrender Dear | 00:05:02 | |
7 | Them There Eyes | 00:03:28 | |
8 | Up A Lazy River | 00:04:11 | |
9 | Georgia On My Mind | 00:03:18 | |
10 | That's My Home | 00:03:58 | |
11 | Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train | 00:03:35 | |
12 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | 00:06:11 | |
13 | Take The "A" Train | 00:02:14 | |
14 | Battle Royal | 00:04:31 | |
15 | Birdie Jungle | 00:01:59 | |
16 | Mood Indigo | 00:03:15 | |
17 | Autumnal Suite | 00:03:14 | |
18 | Nite | 00:03:32 | |
19 | Wild Man Moore | 00:01:49 | |
20 | Paris Stairs | 00:03:05 | |
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21 | Guitar Amour | 00:02:02 | |
22 | Paris Blues | 00:03:22 | |
CD 6 | |||
1 | Panama / New Orleans Function | 00:05:04 | |
2 | Flee As A Bird / Oh, Didn't He Ramble | 00:06:40 | |
3 | Struttin' With Some Barbeque | 00:06:00 | |
4 | Basin Street Blues | 00:05:50 | |
5 | My Bucket's Got A Hole In It | 00:03:42 | |
6 | Bugle Call Rag | 00:08:45 | |
7 | I Love Jazz | 00:02:27 | |
8 | Twelfth Street Rag | 00:05:44 | |
9 | Basin Street Blues | 00:07:20 | |
10 | Skokiaan (South African Song) | 00:03:50 | |
11 | Frog-I-More Rag | 00:02:28 | |
12 | Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya | 00:07:29 | |
13 | Tenderly / You'll Never Walk Alone | 00:07:24 | |
14 | Pretty Little Missy | 00:03:31 | |
CD 7 | |||
1 | Everybody's Comin' | 00:01:51 | |
2 | Cultural Exchange | 00:04:42 | |
3 | Good Reviews | 00:02:09 | |
4 | Remember Who You Are | 00:02:33 | |
5 | My One Bad Habit | 00:02:41 | |
6 | Summer Song | 00:03:18 | |
7 | King For A Day | 00:03:41 | |
8 | Blow Satchmo | 00:00:48 | |
9 | The Real Ambassador | 00:03:12 | |
10 | In The Lurch | 00:02:32 | |
11 | One Moment Worth Years | 00:04:22 | |
12 | They Say I Look Like God | 00:05:30 | |
13 | Since Love Had Its Way | 00:02:34 | |
14 | I Didn't Know Until You Told Me | 00:03:02 | |
15 | Finale | ||
16 | Music To Shave To | 00:03:49 | |
CD 8 | |||
1 | When Your Lover Has Gone | 00:04:41 | |
2 | You're The Top | 00:02:33 | |
3 | You Turned The Tables On Me | 00:02:37 | |
4 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 00:03:40 | |
5 | Little Girl Blue | 00:05:44 | |
6 | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | 00:04:54 | |
7 | We'll Be Together Again | 00:04:06 | |
8 | I've Got The World On A String | 00:02:52 | |
9 | Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me | 00:04:13 | |
10 | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues | 00:04:04 | |
11 | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | 00:03:04 | |
12 | Shadrack | 00:02:47 | |
13 | Go Down Moses | 00:03:41 | |
14 | Rock My Soul (In The Bossom Of Abraham) | 00:02:58 | |
15 | Ezekiel Saw De Wheel | 00:02:34 | |
16 | On My Way (Got On My Travelin' Shoes) | 00:03:06 | |
17 | Down By The Riverside | 00:03:12 | |
18 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 00:03:11 | |
19 | Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child | 00:03:30 | |
20 | Jonah And The Whale | 00:02:41 | |
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21 | Didn't It Rain | 00:02:51 | |
CD 9 | |||
1 | When Did You Leave Heaven? | 00:03:19 | |
2 | You're A Heavenly Thing | 00:03:06 | |
3 | I Married An Angel | 00:03:42 | |
4 | A Sinner Kissed An Angel | 00:03:33 | |
5 | Angela Mia | 00:03:13 | |
6 | Angel Child | 00:02:56 | |
7 | And The Angels Sing | 00:03:44 | |
8 | Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) | 00:03:23 | |
9 | String Along With You | 00:02:43 | |
10 | Angel | 00:03:23 | |
11 | The Prisoner's Song | 00:03:43 | |
12 | Goodnight, Angel | 00:02:56 | |
13 | Muskrat Ramble | 00:03:03 | |
14 | Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine) | 00:05:13 | |
15 | The Preacher | 00:02:21 | |
16 | Dardanella | 00:02:50 | |
17 | Let's Sing Like A Dixieland Band | 00:02:21 | |
18 | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | 00:03:09 | |
19 | Brother Bill | 00:03:01 | |
20 | Little Ol' Tune | 00:03:07 | |
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21 | At The Jazz Band Ball | 00:03:02 | |
22 | Rocky Mountain Moon | 00:03:41 | |
23 | Bye Bye Blues | 00:03:44 | |
CD 10 | |||
1 | St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) | 00:05:01 | |
2 | I Want A Big Butter & Egg Man | 00:03:49 | |
3 | I Ain't Got Nobody | 00:04:04 | |
4 | Panama | 00:04:11 | |
5 | Dr. Jazz | 00:02:45 | |
6 | Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight | 00:03:42 | |
7 | Frankie And Johnny | 00:04:04 | |
8 | I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll | 00:04:07 | |
9 | Drop That Sack | 00:02:55 | |
10 | Jelly Roll Blues | 00:02:55 | |
11 | Old Kentucky Home | 00:04:38 | |
12 | Chimes Blues | 00:03:31 | |
13 | Carry Me Back To Old Virginny | 00:03:01 | |
14 | Darling Nelly Gray | 00:02:48 | |
15 | In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree | 00:02:22 | |
16 | The Old Folks At Home | 00:02:25 | |
17 | The Flat Foot Flogee | 00:03:01 | |
18 | The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) | 00:03:12 | |
19 | My Walking Stick | 00:02:44 | |
20 | W.P.A. | 00:02:52 | |
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21 | Boog-It | 00:02:39 | |
22 | Cherry | 00:02:48 | |
23 | Marie | 00:02:25 |