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a r t i s t : Louis Armstrong

t i t l e : The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 2

d a t e : 2003

l a b e l : Columbia/Legacy

g e n r e : Jazz

r l s.  d a t e : Jul/2003

t r a c k s : 22

b i t r a t e : 192kbps

s i z e : 93,9 MB

The second volume of Legacy's brilliant collection of Louis Armstrong's

complete Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings reveals the transition from

quintet to septet. The first four tunes have May Alix added on vocals,

and then Harry Clark replaces Kid Ory, who briefly went off to start

his own band. In May of 1927, however, John Thomas takes over the

trombone chair, Baby Dodds joins on drums, and Pete Briggs on tuba to

round out the septet. But the band changes to a tentet a few days later

on a different session with Earl Hines on the piano and bass added to

the mix as well as a second cornetist. The personnel changes were

confusing during this era, but the music wasn't. The sound here

developed into something so gloriously complex and rich that neither

New Orleans nor anyone else had heard anything like it before. Duke

Ellington, who was leading his first real band in 1927, was deeply

enamored with these recordings - especially "Wild Man Blues," "Chicago

Breakdown," and "Melancholy." In September of that year, the original

band reunited, bringing it back down to the Hot Five for the remainder

of 1927 and, as such, on tracks such as "Ory's Creole Trombone," "The

Last Time," and the amazing "Got No Blues." The sound quality is

slightly better here in that there is a bit less hiss. The fidelity and

integrity of the tracks themselves are nearly flawless. - Thom Jurek

01-Big Butter And Egg Man                                 [03:00]

02-Sunset Cafe Stomp                                      [02:45]

03-You Made Me Love You                                   [02:53]

04-Irish Black Bottom                                     [02:40]

05-Willie The Weeper                                      [03:08]

06-Wild Man Blues                                         [03:11]

07-Chicago Breakdown                                      [03:20]

08-Alligator Crawl                                        [03:02]

09-Potato Head Blues                                      [02:58]

10-Melancholy                                             [03:02]

11-Weary Blues                                            [03:00]

12-Twelfth Street Rag                                     [03:04]

13-Keyhole Blues                                          [03:28]

14-S.O.L. Blues                                           [02:53]

15-Gully Low Blues                                        [03:16]

16-That's When I'll Come Back To You                      [02:56]

17-Put 'Em Down Blues                                     [03:14]

18-Ory's Creole Trombone                                  [03:05]

19-The Last Time                                          [03:29]

20-Struttin' With Some Barbecue                           [03:06]

21-Got No Blues                                           [03:25]

22-Once In A While                                        [03:15]

68:10 min

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