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Louis Armstrong: Complete History 15 CD Box (CD08 • Swing, You Cats)

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Label: International Music Company
Released: 2000.10.04
Time:
 57:30
Category: New Orleans Jazz, Dixieland
Producer(s): See Artists ...
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.satchmo.net
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Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Mahogany Hall Stomp (Spencer Williams) - 2:34
[2] Swing, You Cats (Zilner Randolph) - 2:36
[3] Honey, Don't You Love Me Anymore? (Fred Meadows / Tony Shand) - 2:56
[4] Mississippi Basin (Reginald Foresythe / Andy Razaf) - 3:02
[5] Laughin' Louie (Clarence Gaskill) - 3:24
[6] Tomorrow Night (Louis Armstrong / Ralph Mathews / Clarence Williams) - 3:12
[7] Dusky Stevedore (J.C. Johnson / Andy Razaf) - 2:54
[8] There's a Cabin in the Pines (Billy Hill) - 3:15
[9] Mighty River (Billy Baskette) - 2:36
[10] Sweet Sue, Just You (Will J. Harris / Victor Young) - 2:44
[11] I Wonder Who (Louis Armstrong) - 3:04
[12] St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) - 2:39
[13] Don't Play Me Cheap (Harry Dial / Zilner Randolph) - 2:53
[14] I'm in the Mood for Love (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh) - 3:10
[15] You Are My Lucky Star (Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed) - 3:00
[16] La Cucaracha (Dominico Savino / Ned Washington) - 2:42
[17] Got a Bran' New Suit (Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz) - 2:53
[18] I've Got My Fingers Crossed (Ted Koehler / Jimmy McHugh) - 2:30
[19] Ol' Man Mose (Louis Armstrong / Zilner Randolph) - 2:33
[20] I'm Shooting High (Ted Koehler / Jimmy McHugh) - 2:53

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Louis Armstrong - Bandleader, Vocals, Trumpet

Gus Aiken - Trumpet
Jimmy Archey - Trombone
Louis Bacon - Trumpet
Paul Barbarin - Drums, Vibraphone
Charlie Beal - Piano
Lee Blair - Guitar
Scoville Brown - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Big Sid Catlett - Drums
Leonard Davis - Trumpet
Harry Dial - Drums
Pops Foster - Bass
Charlie Holmes - Alto Saxophone
Budd Johnson - Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
Keg Johnson - Trombone
Henry Jones - Alto Saxophone
Bingie Madison - Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Bill Oldham - Bass, Tuba
George Oldham - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Yank Porter - Drums
Zilner Randolph - Trumpet
Luis Russell - Piano
Greely Walton - Tenor Saxophone
Harry White - Trombone
Ellis Whiutlock - Trumpet
Teddy Wilson - Piano

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The eighth title in the History label's 15-CD box set Louis Armstrong and the fifth in the Past Perfect label's ten-CD box set Portrait (both imprints are part of the German firm the International Music Company), Swing, You Cats spans a lost period in Armstrong's career. The first 13 tracks, recorded in January and April 1933 in Chicago for RCA-Victor Records, find the trumpeter/vocalist fronting Zilner Randolph's band. There is then a break of almost two and a half years before Armstrong returns to the recording studio in New York for Decca, backed by Luis Russell's band, in October and November 1935 for the last seven tracks. In between is a lengthy trip to Europe (July 1933 to January 1935) and an extended layoff due to business and health problems. (An October 1934 session for Brunswick in Paris is not included.) Though both parts showcase Armstrong, with the backup bands given relatively little solo space, the performances differ. The RCA tracks feature a more uninhibited Armstrong, joking through "Laughin' Louie" and encouraging reed player Budd Johnson to sing in "viper's language" on "Sweet Sue, Just You," while the Decca tracks, using a slightly larger band, are more conventional swing performances, among them the hits "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "You Are My Lucky Star." (The Decca tracks have more surface noise than the RCA ones.) Although this material is in the public domain in Europe, it is claimed by RCA-Victor and Universal Music in the U.S.; nevertheless, the two box sets are readily available at modest prices domestically through mail order. The material can be found in better fidelity and with annotations on the four-CD box set The Complete RCA-Victor Recordings and on GRP's Rhythm Saved the World, but this album is less expensive.

William Ruhlmann - All Music Giude
 

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