Masters of Jazz: 1926-1941

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Heebie Jeebies
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1926-02-26)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1926-02-26)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1926-02-26)
cornet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1926-02-26)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1926-02-26)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1926-02-26)
recording of:
Heebie Jeebies (on 1926-02-26)
lyricist and composer:
Boyd Atkins
2:54
2Muskrat Ramble
recording of:
Muskrat Ramble (1926 original instrumental version)
composer:
Kid Ory (in 1926)
sub-publisher:
Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
2:34
3Big Butter and Egg Man
recording of:
Big Butter and Egg Man
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Percy Venable (in 1926)
3:05
4Wild Man Blues
recording of:
Wild Man Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong and Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
3:05
5Willie the Weeper
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-05-07)
banjo and guitar:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-05-07)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-05-07)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-07)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1927-05-07)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1927-05-07)
trombone:
John Thomas (early jazz trombonist) (on 1927-05-07)
tuba:
Pete Briggs (on 1927-05-07)
performer:
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven (in 1927)
recording of:
Willie the Weeper (on 1927-05-07)
writer:
Marty Bloom, Walter Melrose and Grant Rymal
3:13
612th Street Rag
recording of:
12th Street Rag
publisher:
Euday L. Bowman (on 1914-01-30)
lyricist:
James S. Sumner
composer:
Euday L. Bowman
arrangement of:
Twelfth Street Rag
3:09
7Ory's Creole Trombone
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-09-02)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-09-02)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-09-02)
cornet and trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-09-02)
piano:
Lil Armstrong (on 1927-09-02)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1927-09-02)
recording of:
Ory’s Creole Trombone (on 1927-09-02)
composer:
Kid Ory
3:11
8Struttin' With Some Barbecue
recording of:
Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:08
9Savoy Blues
recording of:
Savoy Blues
writer:
Kid Ory
3:39
10West End Blues
recording of:
West End Blues (Armstrong recording)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1928)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong (in 1928)
arrangement of:
West End Blues (original instrumental)
3:21
11Basin Street Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-04)
banjo:
Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-04)
celesta [celeste]:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-04)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-04)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-04)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-04)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-04)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-04), Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-04) and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-04)
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1928-12-04)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:17
12St James Infirmary
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
3:19
13I Can't Give You Anything but Love
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:26
14Ain't Misbehavin'
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:20
15Black and Blue
recording of:
Black and Blue
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:05
16Some of These Days
recording of:
Some of These Days
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
2:57
17After You've Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
3:26
18St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:56
19The Peanut Vendor
recording of:
The Peanut Vendor
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert and Marion Sunshine
composer:
Moisés Simons
translated version of:
El manisero
3:35
20Just a Gigolo
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1931-03-09)
celesta [celeste] and piano:
Henry Prince (on 1931-03-09)
clarinet:
Les Hite (on 1931-03-09) and Charlie Jones (jazz clarinet/sax) (on 1931-03-09)
double bass and tuba:
Joe Bailey (US double bassist and songwriter) (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set) and vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1931-03-09)
guitar:
Bill Perkins (jazz guitar and banjo) (on 1931-03-09)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Jones (jazz clarinet/sax) (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
Luther Craven (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-03-09), McClure Morris (on 1931-03-09) and Harold Scott (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-03-09)
conductor:
Les Hite (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Just a Gigolo (English version) (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Julius Brammer
composer:
Leonello Casucci
translator:
Irving Caesar
translated version of:
Schöner Gigolo
3:18
▼ CD 2
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1Shine
recording of:
Shine
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (, in 1910)
3:30
2Lazy River
recording of:
Lazy River
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Sidney Arodin and Hoagy Carmichael
3:07
3Chinatown My Chinatown
recording of:
Chinatown, My Chinatown
lyricist:
William Jerome (in 1910)
composer:
Jean Schwartz (in 1910)
publisher:
Beuscher and Sim (Related to Éditions Sim)
3:20
4Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:22
5All of Me
cover recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部
3:03
6Sweet Sue, Just You
recording of:
Sweet Sue, Just You
lyricist:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist)
composer:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist) and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
2:48
7Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
3:09
8La Cucaracha
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-10-03)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1935-10-03)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1935-10-03)
guitar:
Lee Blair (on 1935-10-03)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1935-10-03)
reeds:
Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1935-10-03), Henry “Moon” Jones (swing era reeds) (on 1935-10-03) and Bingie Madison (on 1935-10-03)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1935-10-03)
trombone:
Jimmy Archey (on 1935-10-03) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1935-10-03)
trumpet:
Gus Aiken (on 1935-10-03), Louis Armstrong (on 1935-10-03), Louis Bacon (on 1935-10-03) and Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1935-10-03)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1935-10-03)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1935-10-03)
recording of:
La cucaracha (on 1934-10-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
La Cucaracha (arr. James Last)
2:38
9Solitude
recording of:
(In My) Solitude
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
3:04
10Mahogany Hall Stomp
recording of:
Mahogany Hall Stomp
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
2:58
11Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-04-07)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1937-04-07) and John Mills, Sr. (on 1937-04-07)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-04-07)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1937-04-07)
bass vocals:
John Mills, Sr. (on 1937-04-07)
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1937-04-07) and Herbert Mills (on 1937-04-07)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-04-07) and The Mills Brothers (on 1937-04-07)
recording of:
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (on 1937-04-07)
composer:
James A. Bland
3:00
12The Old Folks at Home
recording of:
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
anthem of:
Florida, United States (from 1935 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1851)
publisher:
Carlin Music Group
2:24
13Alexander's Ragtime Band
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-07-07)
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-07-07)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1937-07-07)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1937-07-07)
guitar:
Lee Blair (on 1937-07-07)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1937-07-07)
reeds:
Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1937-07-07), Bingie Madison (on 1937-07-07) and Albert Nicholas (on 1937-07-07)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1937-07-07), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1937-07-07) and George Washington (jazz trombonist) (on 1937-07-07)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1937-07-07), Louis Armstrong (on 1937-07-07), Louis Bacon (on 1937-07-07) and Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1937-07-07)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-07-07)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1937-07-07)
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1937-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
2:38
14On the Sunny Side of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
3:02
15When the Saints Go Marching In
recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In (Louis Armstrong’s version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
2:42
16Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
recording of:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
C. Mose Music
3:11
17Jeepers Creepers
recording of:
Jeepers Creepers
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
The 11th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:42
18Baby Won't You Please Come Home
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3:16
19Perdido Street Blues
recording of:
Perdido Street Blues
composer:
Lil Armstrong
3:03
20You, Rascal You
3:02
▼ CD 3
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1Just Gone
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2Canal Street Blues
recording of:
Canal Street Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong
composer:
Joseph Oliver (jazz cornetist)
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3Mandy Lee Blues
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4I'm Going Away to Wear You Off My Mind
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5Chimes Blues
recording of:
Chimes Blues (jazz standard)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1923)
instruments arranger:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (in 1923)
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6Weather Bird Rag
recording of:
Weather Bird
composer:
Louis Armstrong
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7Dipper Mouth Blues
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
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8Froggie Moore
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9Snake Rag
recording of:
Snake Rag
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-06)
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10Sweet Lovin' Man
recording of:
Sweet Lovin’ Man
composer:
Lil Hardin and Walter Melrose
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11High Society Rag
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12Sobbin' Blues
recording of:
Sobbin' Blues
composer:
Berton and Kassel
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13Where Did You Stay Last Night?
recording of:
Where Did You Stay Last Night
lyricist:
Louis Armstrong and Lil Hardin Armstrong
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
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14Dipper Mouth Blues
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
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15Jazzin' Babies Blues
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16Mabel's Dream
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17The Southern Stomps
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18Riverside Blues
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19Alligator Hop
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1923-10-05)
bass saxophone:
Charlie Jackson (1920s saxophonist) (on 1923-10-05)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1923-10-05)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1923-10-05) and King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-10-05)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1923-10-05)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1923-10-05)
saxophone:
Paul "Stump" Evans (1920s US saxophonist) (on 1923-10-05)
trombone:
Honoré Dutrey (on 1923-10-05)
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20Zulus Ball
recording of:
Zulu’s Ball
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) and Jim Robinson (New Orleans jazz trombonist)
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21Workingman Blues
recording of:
Working Man Blues
writer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
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22Krooked Blues
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