With Johnny Dodds on clarinet and Kid Ory on trombone – plus a couple of tracks with pianist Earl Hines! CD

Includes 57 tracks on 3 CDs. CD

Includes "What A Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly", "Mack The Knife", "Kiss Of Fire", "La Vie En Rose", "Dummy Song", "Blueberry Hill", and more. CD

Ambassador Satch is a key statement of Armstrong's global power in the postwar years, a time when the State Department was using his talents to mend fences and open doors after WWII. The material is Armstrong at his best comeback stretch – and most of these recall the classic sound of his early years, without any of the pop inflections of other later recordings. Titles include "Muskrat Ramble", "All Of Me", "West End Blues", and "Tiger Rag". CD

With 16 tracks including "That' My Home", "High Society", "Basin Street Blues", "Blue Yodel No. 9", "Sugar", "Ain't Misbehavin", and "Mahogany Hall Stomp". CD

With Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Erskine Tate, Lil Armstrong, Teddy Weatherford, Johnny St Cyr, Fayette Williams, and Frank Ethridge. CD

With Orchestra Luic Russell, Orchestra Carroll Dickerson, Henry Allen, JC Higgenbotham, Albert Nicholas, Fred Robinson, Zutty Singelton, and Cas McCord. CD

A beautifully-done collection – all the early small combo material recorded by the early groups of Louis Armstrong – collected here with great sound and fantastic notes as well! CD

Includes the songs "What A Wonderful World", "Cabaret", "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", "Hello, Dolly!", "Our Love Is Here To Stay", "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues", "Georgia On My Mind", "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)", "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "Mack The Knife", "Basin Street Blues", "Someday (You'll Be Sorry)", "It Takes Two To Tango", "Gone Fishin'", "A Kiss To Build A Dream On", "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)", "Blueberry Hill", "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", "I Want A Little Girl", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Struttin' With Some Barbeque", "When The Saints Go Marching In", and "When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Live)". CD

A very cool little record – even though it's a bit out of the ordinary for the Louis Armstrong catalog! The set was recorded during that 60s stretch when Louis was emerging as a hell of a charming singer – one who scored a few big pop hits, in a mode that he also invokes here – providing vocal renditions of some of the best Disney theme tunes from the postwar years! The mix of material is very nice – some obvious numbers by the Shermans, mixed with more surprising earlier tracks – and arrangements are by Maxwell Davies, who keeps things groovier than most talents in the Disney studios might have. Titles include "Bout Time", "Bare Necessities", "Ten Feet Off The Ground", "When You Wish Upon A Star", "Chim Chim Cher-ee", "Heigh Ho", Zip A Dee Doo Dah", and "Bibbidi Bobbidi Bo". LP, Vinyl record album

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Includes 37 tracks to 2 CDs. CD

A key album in the career of Louis Armstrong – one that helped him forge the fourth or fifth great comeback in his career! As you'd guess by the title, the album's built around Louis' hit version of "Hello Dolly" – sung in a mode that at one level stretches back to his roots in trad jazz, but at another kind of peps the whole thing up with a mod 60s/20s retro sort of swing – more syncopated than before, with a choppy little groove that pushed Louis right back onto the charts. Backing is by a small group that includes Billy Kyle on piano, Arvell Shaw on bass, and Joe Darensbourg on clarinet – and the album's filled with other great numbers that include "A Kiss To Build A Dream On", "Moon River", "You Are Woman I Am Man", "Blueberry Hill", and "Be My Life's Companion". CD

... 7-inch, Vinyl record

Features Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, and work with the vocal duo Butterbeans and Suzie! Tracks include "Gut Bucket Blues", "Comet Chop Suey", "Heebie Jeebies", "He Likes It Slow", "King Of The Zulus", "Sweet Little Papa", "Big Butter And Egg Man From The West", and "Irish Black Bottom". 25 tracks total. CD

Includes the songs "Cabaret", "A Kiss To Build A Dream On", "Please Don't Talk About Me", "Blueberry Hill", "Hello Dolly", "St. Louis Blues", "That's My Desire", "Royal Garden Blues", "Mack The Knife", "Basin Street Blues", "King Porter Stomp", "Black And Blue", "Stompin' At The Savoy", and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love". CD

Mid 50s, and Louis is going back to his roots – playing a set of compositions by WC Handy – working with a small combo that includes Barrett Deems on drums, Arvell Shaw on bass, Trummy Young on trombone, and Barney Bigard on clarinet. Vocals are by Louis and Velma Middleton – and titles include "Atlanta Blues", "Chantez Les Bas", "Loveless Love", "Memphis Blues", "St Louis Blues", and "Beale Street Blues". Includes three rehearsal tracks and an interview with Handy. CD

Tracks include "Squeeze Me", "Body & Soul", "My Sweet", "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)", "All Of Me", and "I'm Crazy About My Baby" – 15 tracks total. CD

Tracks include "Now You Has Jazz", "Riff Blues", "High Society Calypso", "Lazy River", and "Mahogany Hall Stomp". CD

A classic live date from Satchmo – and expanded to include the complete performances on that legendary night at Boston's Symphony Hall – for the first time ever! Recorded in November of 1947 and originally released in '51, it's never before been issued with both the first and second sets that night. There's also a number of great tunes here that were released before in edited versions, but fully presented here. It's such wonderful stuff – both as a top-shelf document of this period of American jazz – and as a brilliant example of Satcho's charming stage presence. His trumpet and solo vocals are well captured, and you can here up humming along on the instrumentals, too. The players at this point who are All Stars, indeed, include Jack Teagarden on vocals and trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Dick Cary on piano, Arvell Shaw on bass, and Sid Catlett on drums – plus some great vocals by Velma Middleton. 29 songs on 2CDs – in a hardback package with a great booklet – and featuring "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "Stars Fell On Alabama", "Body And Soul", "Steak Face", "Back O'Town Blues", "St James Infirmary", "Mop Mop", "Jack Armstrong Blues", "That's My Desire", "C Jam Blues", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "Mahogany Hall Stomp" and more – many previously unreleased! CD

Interesting stuff, if not the kind of record you'd put on every day. The album's an interview with Louis Armstrong's wife Lil, and she talks at length about her famous days in the early years of jazz. Segments include "The Young Louis", "Early Life In Chicago", "Return To New Orleans", and "The End Of A Marriage" – and the whole thing's the kind of record that was perfect for the bespectacled jazzbo trad collector of the early 60s. LP, Vinyl record album

14 versions of "St Louis Blues" by performers including Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Eartha Kitt, Perez Prado, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Waller, and more. LP, Vinyl record album

That's Loos/Armstrong, not Louis Armstrong – a late 90s Dutch group who improvise freely on both electric and acoustic elements – with a style that makes the record one of the most offbeat albums ever released on the Okka Disk label! In some ways, the combo almost tie together Dutch traditions of free jazz and electronic experimentation – with a lineup that features Gerald Bowhuis on piano, Huib Emmer on guitar, Johan Faber on drums, Patricio Wang on bass and guitar, and Dennis Rudge on voice – plus leader Peter Van Bergen on tenor, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and some mighty cool electronics! At times, the use of voice adds almost a no wave element to the set – and on the set, Rudge reads from Sun Ra's "Endless Realm" , and "Amooooore", a 1916 text from Volt – on titles that include "FTE 1", "FA5 1", "FA 3", and "FL 1". CD

Includes 22 tracks and features Ella with the Ink Spots, Delta Rhythm Boys, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, Louis Armstrong, and Buddy Rich and his V-Disc Speed Demons! CD

A definite shot at the pop market by Ella Fitzgerald – quite possibly recorded as a follow-up to the 60s success of former singing partner Louis Armstrong, who's referenced nicely in Ella's rendition of the title hit! The first 4 tracks on the set were done in the UK, under the leadership of arranger Johnny Spence – and the remaining 8 were done back on Ella's home turf, with familiar backings by Frank DeVol, and an overall sound that's a bit more lush than those on the British numbers. Includes a hit reading of "Can't Buy Me Love", plus "Hello Dolly", "The Sweetest Sounds", "My Man", "Volare", "The Thrill Is Gone", "How High The Moon", and "Lullaby Of The Leaves". CD

Features work with Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Nelson Riddle, Oscar Peterson, and Marty Paich. Tracks include "I Hear Music", "Just You, Just Me", "Heat Wave", "How High The Moon", and "These Foolish Things". 16 tracks total. CD

Editor Nate Wooley and key collaborators take on the concept of mapping in identity and culture – and as usual, this issue of Sound American is full of well-penned prose that comes at the matter from a variety of different perspectives! In addition to a great introductory piece by Wooley, the issue has a piece on Louis Armstrong by Ben Lamar Gay, a look at Louis Harrison's "Four Strict Songs" by Matthe Welch, Kyla Rose Smith in conversation with Wooley, "My Shakuhachi Journey" by reedman Shabaka Hutchings, a piece on Milford Graves and Bill Dixon by Ben Hall, a look at Yarn/Wire by Peter Margasak, and a further conversion between Wooley and composer Annea Lockwood. Magazine

A cool session from Cootie Williams – working here as a vocalist as much as a trumpeter, often in the company of female singer Wini Brown! The set has both singers working together on some hip duets, then stepping apart and working on their own for some tracks too – an approach that's a bit like the Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald recordings over at Verve, but handled here with a bit more swing overall! Arrangements are by Quincy Jones, who knows how to make the record move nicely – and who also keeps things away from any too-hokey territory – and titles include "Around Midnight", "Bewitched", "That Old Feeling", "Goin Around", "Lover", and "Gone Again". LP, Vinyl record album

A nice collection – a set that not only features instrumental Bond themes by John Barry Monty Norman, and others – but also some vocal numbers by Wings, Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, Tom Jones, and Nancy Sinatra! LP, Vinyl record album

Music from the Armed Forces Radio Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Lena Horne, the Charioteers, Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Herb Jeffries, Mantan Moreland & Ben Carter, and Phil Moore with Benny Carter & His Orchestra. CD

Includes selections from the Esquire Metropoloitan Opera House Jam Session with Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett, and Billie Holiday; and more by Eddie Condon, V Disc All Stars, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and Sidney Bechet. LP, Vinyl record album

A collection of 16 songs that inspired Rod Stewart. Includes music from Brook Benton, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Four Tops, Patti Page, Billie Holiday, Dinah Shore, Dinah Washington, Django Reinhardt, Bob Hope, Dooley Wilson, Fred Astaire, Jeanette MacDonald, Duke Ellington, and Temptations. CD

Includes tracks by Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Harry James, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Cozy Cole, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and others! CD

Way more than just a rehash of Louis Armstrong modes– thanks to arrangements from Al Cohn, Ernie Wilkins, and Manny Albam! Joe Newman even sings a bit, too! LP, Vinyl record album

Includes 36 tracks by the Platters, Brenda Lee, Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Stephanie Mills, Brian McKnight, Vince Gill, Louis Armstrong, the Isley Brothers, Eartha Kitt, the Jackson 5, and others! CD

A massive collection of classic jazz– includes Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, and many others! LP, Vinyl record album

Spiritual soul and spoken word with instrumental inflections – a perfect illustration of the righteous sound of the Flying Dutchman label at the start of the 70s! The imprint was famously home to Gil Scott Heron, Lonnie Liston Smith, Leon Thomas, and other hip cats at the time – but also recorded a fair bit of work that was even more progressive and political – including key records from forces helping to carry the legacy of Civil Rights well into the 70s! This package offers up a perfect blend of those modes – great jazz tracks that carry the legacy of John Coltrane forth even further, and political records that were often more powerful than anything in the press at the time. Titles include "Sais" by Lonnie Liston Smith", "Nevertite" by The Esoteric Circle, "The Creator Has A Master Plan" by Louis Armstrong and Leon Thomas, "Lament For John Coltrane" by Bob Thiele Emergency, "Friends & Neighbors" by Ornette Coleman, "Sit Down" by Carl B Stokes with Oliver Nelson, "Echoes" by Leon Thomas, "The Giant Is Awakened"b y Horace Tapscot, "Gonna Get Some Right Now" by Chico Hamilton", and "We're Threatening The Oppressors" by Angela Davis. CD

A definite shot at the pop market by Ella Fitzgerald – quite possibly recorded as a follow-up to the 60s success of former singing partner Louis Armstrong, who's referenced nicely in Ella's rendition of the title hit! The first 4 tracks on the set were done in the UK, under the leadership of arranger Johnny Spence – and the remaining 8 were done back on Ella's home turf, with familiar backings by Frank DeVol, and an overall sound that's a bit more lush than those on the British numbers. Includes a hit reading of "Can't Buy Me Love", plus "Hello Dolly", "The Sweetest Sounds", "My Man", "Volare", "The Thrill Is Gone", "How High The Moon", and "Lullaby Of The Leaves". LP, Vinyl record album