From the Big Band to the All Stars (1946–1956)

Compilation by Louis Armstrong

Released 1984

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Long Long Journey
    Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
    4:22
  • 2
    Snafu
    Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
    4:14
  • 3
    Linger in Your Arms a Little Longer
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 4
    Whatta ya Gonna Do?
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:57
  • 5
    No Variety Blues
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 6
    Joseph and His Brudders
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 7
    Back o’ Town Blues
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:17
  • 8
    Endie
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:52
  • 9
    The Blues Are Brewin’
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 10
    Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
    Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
    3:02
  • 11
    Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans
    Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
    3:09
  • 12
    Mahogany Hall Stomp
    Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
    2:57
  • 13
    I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:34
  • 14
    I Believe
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:00
  • 15
    Why Doubt My Love?
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:21
  • CD 2
  • 1
    It Takes Time
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:40
  • 2
    You Don’t Learn That in School
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:43
  • 3
    Jack Armstrong Blues
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 4
    Rockin’ Chair
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 5
    Some Day (You’ll Be Sorry)
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 6
    Fifty‐Fifty Blues
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:59
  • 7
    A Song Was Born
    The Leader's Band
    4:15
  • 8
    A Song Was Born (alt. take)
    The Leader's Band
    4:55
  • 9
    A Song Was Born
    Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars
    3:20
  • 10
    Please, Stop Playing Those Blues
    Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars
    3:19
  • 11
    Before Long
    Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars
    2:53
  • 12
    Lovely Weather We’re Having
    Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars
    3:19
  • 13
    Rain, Rain
    Louis Armstrong with Hal Mooney & His Orchestra
    2:38
  • 14
    I Never Saw a Better Day
    Louis Armstrong with Hal Mooney & His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 15
    Hobo, You Can’t Ride This Train
    Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
    2:58

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