West End Blues 1926-1933 (EPM)

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Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); May Alix (vocals); Johnny Dodds, Don Redman (alto saxophone, clarinet); Jimmy Strong (tenor saxophone, clarinet); John Thomas, Fred Robinson (trombone); Lil Harding Armstrong, Earl Hines (piano); Lonnie Johnson (guitar); Johnny St. Cyr, Mancy Cara, Dave Wilborn (banjo); Pete Briggs (bass); Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton (drums); Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra, Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra, Les Hite Orchestra. Recorded from 1926 to 1933. Includes liner notes by Les Fancourt. Includes liner notes by Fred Dellar. Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet, cornet); Mancy Carr (vocals, banjo); Earl Hines (vocals, cello, piano); May Alix (vocals); "Big" Mike McKendrick, Bill Perkins (guitar, banjo); Will Johnson, John Trueheart, Lonnie Johnson (guitar); Eddie Condon, Dave Wilborn, Johnny St. Cyr (banjo); Carroll Dickerson (violin); Gene Anderson (cello, piano); Jimmy Strong (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Lester Boone, Don Redman, George James, Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes (clarinet, alto saxophone); Charlie Jones , Albert Washington (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Johnny Dodds (clarinet); Edgar Sampson, George Oldham, Pete Clark, Scoville Brown, Elmer "Skippy" Williams, Budd Johnson (saxophone); Les Hite (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington, Marvin Johnson (alto saxophone); Teddy Hill (tenor saxophone); Billy Hicks, George Orendorff, Homer Hobson, Otis Johnson, Henry "Red" Allen, Ellis Whiutlock, Harold Scott, Louis Bacon, Louis Hunt, Zilner Randolph (trumpet); Fred Robinson , John Thomas , J.C. Higginbotham, Luther Graven, Keg Johnson, Kid Ory, Preston Jackson, Charlie Green (trombone); Elmer James, Bill Oldham, Pete Briggs, Joe Bailey (tuba); Henry Prince, Charlie Alexander , Don Kirkpatrick, Teddy Weatherford, Lil Armstrong, Lil Hardin, Luis Russell, Teddy Wilson, Buck Washington (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, drums); Chick Webb, Paul Barbarin, Baby Dodds, Tubby Hall, Zutty Singleton, Yank Porter (drums). Liner Note Authors: Francois Billard; Les Fancourt. Recording information: Camden, NJ (02/26/1926-01/26/1933); Chicago, IL (02/26/1926-01/26/1933); LA, CA (02/26/1926-01/26/1933); New York, NY (02/26/1926-01/26/1933). Illustrator: Chris Myers. Arranger: Don Redman. WEST END BLUES is an almost perfect compilation of Louis Armstrong's early work. Culled from the first studio recordings with his own groups--the incomparably innovative Hot Fives and Sevens--WEST END BLUES focuses on what is unquestionably Armstrong's most inspired, ground-breaking material. There is not one of these 24 tracks where his trumpet doesn't swing like a fist, or project its shining tone and gorgeous vibrato. Satch is in prime singing form too, on tracks such as "I'm Not Rough," "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy" and "Heebie Jeebies" (which features the first ever scat solo). The instrumentals far outweigh the vocal numbers however, and it is on tunes like "Potato Head Blues," "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" and "Beau Koo Jack" that one truly marvels not only at Armstrong's prodigious gifts, but those of sidemen like guitarist Lonnie Johnson and pianist Earl Hines. WEST END BLUES is soulful, intelligent, eminently enjoyable and wholly original. What can touch Armstrong's version of King Oliver's "West End Blues?" Outside of owning all of of the original discs on which these recordings first appeared, one would be hard pressed to find a better sample of Armstrong's earliest, and finest, period.
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