Hot Fives And Sevens
Louis
Armstrong
JSP
4 CDs £19.50
These four CDs contain one of the most important bodies of recorded work
in the entire history of jazz.
Louis Armstrong (t) with:
Homer Hobson, Otis Johnson, Henry Allen (t);
Kid Ory, John Thomas, Honore Dutrey, Fred Robinson, Jack Teagarden, J.C.
Higginbotham (tb);
Johnny Dodds (cl, as), Bill Wilson, Boyd Atkins, Jimmy Strong, Don Redman,
WIlliam Blue (cl);
Joe Walker, Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington, Albert Nicholas, Charlie
Holmes (as);
Albert Washington, Happy Caldwell, Teddy Hill (ts);
Lil Hardin Armstrong, Earl Hines, Joe Sullivan, Luis Russell, Gene Anderson,
Buck Washington (p);
Carroll Dickerson (v, dir);
Johnny St Cyr (b), Rip Bassett (b, g), Mancy Cara, Dave Wilborn, Eddie
Condon (b); Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson (g);
Pops Foster (sb); Pete Briggs (bb); Paul Barbarin (b);
Baby Dodds, Tubby Hall, Zutty Singleton, Kaiser Marshall (d);
Butterbeans & Susie, Hoagy Carmichael (v)
Recorded
VOL 1: Nov 1925, Feb 1926, June 1926, Nov 1926
VOL 2: May 1927, Sept 1927, Dec 1927
VOL 3: June 1928, July 1928, Dec 1928
Vol 4: March 1929, July 1929, Sept 1929, Nov 1929, Dec 1929, Jan 1930,
Feb 1930, April 1930
Also included are July 1928 recording of the CARROLL DICKERSON'S SAVOYAGERS;
LOUIS ARMSRONG & HIS ORCHESTRA; LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS SAVOY BALLROOM
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