The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946)

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  I’m in the Mood for Love
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 2
  You Are My Lucky Star
  2:59
• 3
  La Cucaracha
  2:41
• 4
  Got a Bran’ New Suit
  2:48
• 5
  I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed
  2:32
• 6
  Old Man Mose
  2:31
• 7
  I’m Shooting High
  2:55
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Was I to Blame for Falling in Love With You
  3:07
• 9
  Red Sails in the Sunset
  3:04
• 10
  On Treasure Island
  3:06
• 11
  Thanks a Million
  2:38
• 12
  Shoe Shine Boy
  3:19
• 13
  Solitude
  3:05
• 14
  I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
  3:19
• 15
  The Music Goes ’Round and Around
  3:17
• 16
  Rhythm Saved the World
  2:54
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Got a Bran’ New Suit (alternate take A)
  2:45
• 18
  I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed (alternate take A)
  2:50
• 19
  Old Man Mose (alternate take A)
  2:57
• 20
  Old Man Mose (alternate take D)
  2:36
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Thanks a Million (alternate take B)
  2:38
• 22
  Solitude (alternate take C)
  3:07
• 23
  Solitude (alternate take B)
  3:00
• 24
  I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music (alternate take C)
  3:16
• 25
  Rhythm Saved the World (alternate take B)
  3:05
• CD 2
• 1
  I’m Puttin’ All My Eggs in One Basket
  2:56
• 2
  Yes–Yes! My–My! (She’s Mine)
  2:34
• 3
  Somebody Stole My Break
  2:43
• 4
  I Come From a Musical Family
  2:57
• 5
  If We Never Meet Again
  3:05
• 6
  Lyin’ to Myself
  3:12
• 7
  Ev’ntide
  2:53
• 8
  Swing That Music
  2:52
• 9
  Thankful
  2:57
• 10
  Red Nose
  3:04
• 11
  Mahogany Hall Stomp
  2:53
• 12
  The Skeleton in the Closet
  3:09
• 13
  When Ruben Swings the Cuban
  2:36
• 14
  Hurdy Gurdy Man
  2:59
• 15
  Dipper Mouth
  2:44
• 16
  Swing That Music
  2:50
• 17
  “Pennies From Heaven” Medley: Let’s Call a Heart a Heart / So Do I / The Skeleton in the Closet
  4:24
• 18
  Pennies From Heaven
  4:20
• 19
  To You, Sweetheart Aloha
  2:59
• 20
  On a Cocoanut Island
  3:09
• 21
  On a Little Bamboo Bridge
  3:15
• 22
  Hawaiian Hospitality
  3:07
• 23
  When Ruben Swings the Cuban (alternate take B)
  2:34
• 24
  Hurdy Gurdy Man (alternate take B)
  2:54
• 25
  “Pennies From Heaven” Medley: Let’s Call a Heart a Heart / So Do I / The Skeleton in the Closet (alternate take B)
  4:26
• CD 3
• 1
  Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
  2:59
• 2
  Darling Nelly Gray
  2:44
• 3
  In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
  2:18
• 4
  The Old Folks at Home
  2:24
• 5
  Public Melody Number One
  3:10
• 6
  Yours and Mine
  2:53
• 7
  Red Cap
  3:10
• 8
  She’s the Daughter of a Planter From Havana
  3:18
• 9
  Alexander’s Ragtime Band
  2:35
• 10
  Cuban Pete
  3:08
• 11
  I’ve Got a Heart Full of Rhythm
  3:10
• 12
  Sun Showers
  2:41
• 13
  Once in a While
  3:11
• 14
  On the Sunny Side of the Street
  2:58
• 15
  Satchel Mouth Swing
  2:36
• 16
  Jubilee
  2:36
• 17
  Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
  2:59
• 18
  The Trumpet Player’s Lament
  2:54
• 19
  Darling Nelly Gray (alternate take B)
  2:47
• 20
  In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (alternate take B)
  2:17
• 21
  The Old Folks at Home (alternate take B?)
  2:23
• 22
  Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (alternate take B)
  3:00
• 23
  The Trumpet Player’s Lament (alternate take C)
  2:54
• CD 4
• 1
  I Double Dare You
  2:57
• 2
  True Confession
  3:07
• 3
  Let That Be a Lesson to You
  2:35
• 4
  Sweet as a Song
  3:07
• 5
  So Little Time (So Much to Do)
  2:42
• 6
  Mexican Swing
  2:38
• 7
  As Long as You Live You’ll Be Dead If You Die
  2:15
• 8
  When the Saints Go Marching In
  2:45
• 9
  On the Sentimental Side
  2:26
• 10
  It’s Wonderful
  2:36
• 11
  Something Tells Me
  2:32
• 12
  Love Walked In
  2:31
• 13
  The Flat Foot Floogee
  2:58
• 14
  The Song Is Ended
  3:12
• 15
  My Walking Stick
  2:42
• 16
  Shadrack
  2:34
• 17
  Going to Shout All Over God’s Heaven
  2:48
• 18
  Nobody Knows De Trouble I’ve Seen
  3:12
• 19
  Jonah and the Whale
  2:48
• 20
  I Double Dare You (alternate take B)
  3:00
• 21
  True Confession (alternate take B)
  3:06
• 22
  Let That Be a Lesson to You (alternate take B)
  2:36
• 23
  Going to Shout All Over God’s Heaven (alternate take B)
  2:54
• CD 5
• 1
  Naturally
  2:47
• 2
  I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams
  2:55
• 3
  I Can’t Give You Anything but Love (with pre‐groove chatter)
  3:05
• 4
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  2:58
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Elder Eatmore’s Sermon on Throwing Stones
  4:20
• 6
  Elder Eatmore’s Sermon on Generosity
  4:25
• 7
  Jeepers Creepers
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 8
  What Is This Thing Called Swing?
  3:07
• 9
  Rockin’ Chair
  3:17
• 10
  Lazybones
  3:16
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya
  3:06
• 12
  Save It Pretty Mama
  2:59
• 13
  West End Blues
  3:10
• 14
  Savoy Blues
  3:12
• 15
  Confessin, That I Love You
  3:15
• 16
  Our Monday Date
  2:27
• 17
  If It’s Good (Than I Want It)
  2:36
• 18
  Me and Brother Bill
  2:44
• 19
  Happy Birthday
  2:02
• 20
  Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
  3:18
• 21
  Poor Old Joe
  2:55
• 22
  Shanty Boat on the Mississippi
  3:19
• CD 6
• 1
  Poor Old Joe
  3:03
• 2
  You’re a Lucky Guy
  3:16
• 3
  You’re Just a No Account
  2:52
• 4
  Bye and Bye
  2:32
• 5
  Hep Cats’ Ball
  3:17
• 6
  You’ve Got Me Voodoo’d
  2:58
• 7
  Harlem Stomp
  3:01
• 8
  Wolverine Blues
  3:18
• 9
  Lazy ’Sippi Steamer
  3:17
• 10
  W.P.A.
  2:48
• 11
  Boog‐It
  2:37
• 12
  Cherry
  2:48
• 13
  Marie
  2:24
  2.0 ★
• 14
  Sweethearts on Parade
  2:52
• 15
  You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business
  2:59
• 16
  Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty
  2:31
• 17
  Cain and Abel (with pre‐groove warm‐up)
  3:11
• 18
  Perdido Street Blues
  3:06
  3.0 ★
• 19
  2:19 Blues
  2:51
• 20
  Down in Honky Tonk Town
  3:05
• 21
  Coal Cart Blues
  2:56
• 22
  Ev’rything’s Been Done Before
  3:05
• 23
  I Cover the Waterfront
  3:15
• 24
  In the Gloaming
  2:57
• 25
  Long, Long Ago
  2:52
• 26
  Down in Honky Tonk Town (alternate take B)
  3:02
• CD 7
• 1
  Hey Lawdy Mama
  3:00
• 2
  I’ll Get Mine Bye and Bye
  3:04
• 3
  New Do You Call That a Buddy
  3:21
• 4
  Yes Suh!
  2:21
• 5
  When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
  3:12
• 6
  Leap Frog
  2:59
• 7
  I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now)
  3:00
• 8
  (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You
  2:59
• 9
  (Get Some) Cash for Your Trash
  3:03
• 10
  Among My Souvenirs
  2:47
• 11
  Coquette
  2:36
• 12
  I Never Knew
  2:46
• 13
  Groovin’
  2:50
• 14
  Baby Don’t You Cry
  2:55
• 15
  Whatcha Say
  3:07
• 16
  Jodie Man
  3:17
• 17
  I Wonder
  2:59
• 18
  You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 19
  The Frim Fram Sauce
  3:12
• 20
  I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now) (alternate take A)
  2:50
• 21
  Among My Souvenirs (alternate take B)
  2:29
• 22
  Coquette (alternate take B)
  2:38
• 23
  You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (breakdown)
  1:42
• 24
  The Frim Fram Sauce (alternate take B?)
  3:21

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Release credits

• Adam Martin
  trombone [13-15]
• Al Philburn
  trombone [1-2], valve trombone [1-4]
• Albert Nicholas
  reeds [5-12, 15-18, 22-23], tenor saxophone [7-8]
• Alfred Moore
  bass [13-15]
• Andrew “Fats” Ford
  trumpet [13-15]
• Andy Iona
  ukulele [21-22]
• Andy Iona and His Islanders
  performer [21-22]
• Art Drelinger
  tenor saxophone [18-19, 23-24]
• Art Ralston
  alto saxophone [9-10], reeds [9-10]
• Art Rollini
  tenor saxophone [16-17]
• Bernard Addison
  guitar [6.18-21, 6.26, 3.1-4, 3.19-21]
• Bernard Flood
  trumpet [6.1-9, 5.15-22, 7.9-12, 7.21-22]
• Bill Stegmeyer
  alto saxophone [18-19], clarinet [18-19], reeds [16-19, 23-24]
• Billy Butterfield
  trumpet [16-19, 23-24]
• Billy Rauch
  trombone [9-10]
• Bing Crosby
  vocal [17-18, 25]
• Bingie Madison
  clarinet [8], reeds [1.1-7, 1.9-25, 5.11-19, 3.5-18, 3.22-23], saxophone [1-4, 20-22], tenor saxophone [5.7-8, 5.20-22, 6.1-9, 2.3-11, 4.5-12]
• Bob Cusumano
  trumpet [1-4]
• Bob Haggart
  arranger [18-19, 23-24], bass [16-17], conductor [18-19], double bass [16]
• Bob Haggart and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [18-19, 23-24]
• Bob Mayhew
  trumpet [1-2]
• Bobby Byrne
  trombone [12-18, 23-25]
• Bull City Red
  trombone [7-8]
• Bunny Berigan
  trumpet [1-2]
• Carl Frye
  alto saxophone [5-11, 20], reeds [8-9, 12, 21-22]
• Carl Kress
  guitar [16-17]
• Casa Loma Orchestra
  performing orchestra [9-10]
• Chappie Willett
  arranger [17]
• Charlie Holmes
  alto saxophone [4.1-12, 4.20-22, 1.8, 2.3-4, 3.13-18, 3.22-23, 5.7-8, 5.20-22, 6.1-9, 6.14-17], reeds [1.1-7, 1.9-25, 2.5-11, 3.5-12, 5.11-19]
• Clarence Hutchenrider
  alto saxophone [9-10]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [18-20, 26]
• Cozy Cole
  drums (drum set) [18-19, 23-24]
• Danny Perri
  guitar [18-19, 23-24]
• Danny d'Andrea
  tenor saxophone [9-10]
• Dave Barbour
  guitar [2.1-2, 5.1-4]
• Dave Bowman
  piano [16-17]
• Dexter Gordon
  tenor saxophone [13-15]
• Don Matteson
  trombone [12-18, 23-25]
• Donald Mills
  tenor vocals [3.1-3, 4.13-15, 6.10-13], vocal [6.10-13, 3.4, 3.19-21]
• Dorothy Dandridge
  vocal [14-15]
• Ed Swanston
  piano [13-15]
• Ella Fitzgerald
  vocal [18-19, 23-24]
• Emitt Slay Trio
  guitar [13-15]
• Ernest Thompson
  baritone saxophone [13-15]
• Frances Langford
  vocal [17-18, 25]
• Frank Galbreath
  trumpet [5-12, 20-22]
• Frank Ryerson
  trumpet [9-10]
• Fud Livingston
  reeds [12-18, 23-25]
• Fulton McGrath
  piano [1-2]
• Gene Price
  trumpet [8]
• Gene Prince
  trumpet [5-8, 20]
• George "Pops" Foster
  bass [5.8, 5.16-22, 3.6, 3.17, 3.22-23, 1.1, 1.13, 1.18-22, 1.24-25, 6.1-9, 6.14-17, 4.2, 4.20-23], double bass [3.5, 3.7-12, 3.15-16, 3.18, 1.2-12, 1.14-17, 1.23, 2.3-11, 4.1-12, 4.17-19, 4.21, 5.7, 5.11-15]
• George Archer
  guitar [19-22], vocal [19-20]
• George Koenig
  alto saxophone [18-19, 23-24]
• George Matthews
  trombone [5-12]
• George Thow
  trumpet [12-18, 23-25]
• George Washington
  trombone [3.5-12, 3.15-18, 3.22-23, 7.1-12, 7.20-22, 5.11-22, 6.1-9, 6.22-25]
• Glen Gray
  alto saxophone [9-10]
• Grady Watts
  trumpet [9-10]
• Greely Walton
  reeds [5-11], tenor saxophone [1.1-25, 2.3-4]
• Gus Aiken
  trumpet [2.3-11, 1.1-25]
• Haig Stephens
  double bass [1-4]
• Harry Baty
  guitar [19-22], vocal [19-20]
• Harry Mills
  baritone vocals [6.10-13, 3.1-3, 4.13-15], organ [5-6], spoken vocals [5-6], vocal [6.10-13, 3.4, 3.19-21]
• Harry White
  trombone [1-25]
• Hayes Alvis
  bass [5-8, 20], double bass [5-8, 8]
• Henderson Chambers
  trombone [5-12, 20-22]
• Henry Moon
  reeds [17]
• Henry “Moon” Jones
  alto saxophone [1.8, 2.3-4], reeds [1.1-7, 1.9-25, 2.5-11]
• Henry “Red” Allen
  trumpet [5.7-8, 5.11-22, 3.5-12, 3.15-18, 3.22-23, 6.1-9]
• Herbert Mills
  tenor vocals [3.1-3, 4.13-15, 6.10-13], vocal [3.4, 3.19-21, 6.10-13]
• J.C. Higginbotham
  trombone [3.5-18, 3.22-23, 6.1-9, 4.1-12, 4.20-22, 5.7-8, 5.11-22]
• Jack Blanchette
  guitar [9-10]
• Jack Greenberg
  tenor saxophone [18-19, 23-24]
• Jack Stacey
  reeds [12-18, 23-25]
• James Harris
  drums (drum set) [13-15]
• James Whitney
  trombone [9-12, 21-22]
• Jesse Brown
  trumpet [13-15]
• Jimmy Archey
  trombone [2.3-11, 1.1-25]
• Jimmy Dorsey
  clarinet [15], reeds [12-18, 23-25]
• Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [12-18, 23-25]
• Joe Bushkin
  piano [18-19, 23-24]
• Joe Garland
  reeds [5.11-19, 7.8-9, 7.12, 7.21-22], saxophone [7.5-8, 7.20, 5.20-22, 6.1-9, 6.14-17], tenor saxophone [5-11]
• Joe Hall
  piano [9-10]
• Joe Nawahi
  double bass [19-22], vocal [19-20]
• Joe Yukl
  trombone [12-18, 23-25]
• John Brown
  alto saxophone [13-15]
• John Mills, Sr.
  bass vocals [3.1-3, 4.13-15, 6.10-13], guitar [1-3], vocal [3.4, 3.19-21, 6.10-13]
• John Simmons
  bass [9, 11-12, 21-22], double bass [9-11]
• Johnny Blowers
  drums (drum set) [16-17]
• Johnny McGee
  trumpet [1-4]
• Johnny Williams
  bass [6.22-25, 7.2-4], double bass [7.1-2, 7.4, 6.23-25]
• Jules Rubin
  alto saxophone [16], reeds [16-17]
• Kenny Sargent
  alto saxophone [9-10], baritone saxophone [9-10]
• Larry Anderson
  trombone [13-15]
• Lawrence Lucie
  guitar [6.22-25, 7.1-12, 7.20-22]
• Lee Blair
  guitar [2.3-11, 3.5-18, 3.22-23, 1.1-25, 5.7-8, 5.11-22, 4.1-12, 4.17-23, 6.1-9, 6.14-17]
• Leonard "Ham" Davis
  trumpet [2.3-11, 1.1-25]
• Lester Currant
  trumpet [13-15]
• Lionel Hampton
  drums (drum set) [19-20], vibraphone [19-20]
• Louis Armstrong
  lead vocals [4, 15], performer [6.12, 5.20], solo [18], spoken vocals [5-6], trumpet [2.1-25, 3.1-23, 6.1-26, 7.1-18, 7.18-24, 4.1-15, 4.20-22, 5.1-4, 5.7-22, 1.1-25], vocal [7.1-4, 7.8-12, 7.14-19, 7.21-24, 1.1-5, 1.7-18, 1.21-25, 2.1-10, 2.12-25, 3.1-23, 4.1-23, 5.1-4, 5.7-13, 5.15-22, 6.1-7, 6.9-17, 6.19, 6.21-25]
• Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  instrument [8], performer [7], performing orchestra [3.5-18, 3.22-23, 4.1-12, 4.20-22, 2.1-11, 5.1-4, 5.7, 5.11-13, 5.13-22, 6.1-7, 6.7-9, 6.14-26, 7.1-17, 7.20-22, 1.1-25]
• Louis Bacon
  trumpet [1.1-25, 2.3-11, 3.5-12, 3.15-18, 3.22-23]
• Luis Russell
  arranger [15], piano [2.3-11, 5.7-8, 5.11-22, 6.1-9, 6.14-20, 6.22-26, 3.5-18, 3.22-23, 4.1-12, 4.17-23, 7.1-12, 7.20-22, 1.1-25]
• Lyn Murray
  arranger [16-19, 23]
• Lyn Murray Choir
  vocal [16-19, 23]
• Milton Schatz
  baritone saxophone [18-19, 23-24]
• Murray McEachern
  alto saxophone [9-10], trombone [9-10]
• Nat Jaffe
  piano [1-4]
• Norman Brown
  guitar [6.10-13, 4.13-15]
• Norman Greene
  trombone [5-8, 20]
• Otis Johnson
  trumpet [7-8, 11-14]
• Pat Davis
  tenor saxophone [9-10]
• Paul Barbarin
  bell [17-19, 23], drums (drum set) [1.1-25, 2.3-11, 3.5-18, 3.22-23, 4.1-12, 4.17-23], vibraphone [17-19, 23], xylophone [17-19, 23]
• Paul Ricci
  baritone saxophone [16-17], tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Pee Wee Hunt
  trombone [9-10], vocal [9-10]
• Pete Clark
  alto saxophone [5-12, 15-18, 22-23]
• Pete Peterson
  bass [2], double bass [1]
• Phil Waltzer
  alto saxophone [1-2]
• Prince Robinson
  clarinet [7.2-4, 6.22-25], reeds [8-9, 12, 21-22], tenor saxophone [1-2, 2-4, 4-11, 20]
• Ray McKinley
  drums (drum set) [12-18, 23-25]
• Red Callender
  double bass [13-14]
• Roc Hillman
  guitar [12-18, 23-25]
• Rupert Cole
  alto saxophone [4.8, 4.10, 7.5-11, 5.7-8], reeds [5.11-22, 6.1-9, 4.5-7, 4.9, 4.11-12, 7.5, 7.7-9, 7.12, 7.20-22]
• Sam Koki
  steel guitar [19-22]
• Sam Weiss
  drums (drum set) [1-4]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [4.5-12, 6.1-9, 5.7-8, 5.11-22, 7.5-12, 7.20-22, 3.5-12, 3.15-18, 3.22-23]
• Sid Catlett
  drums (drum set) [6.1-9, 6.14-17, 6.22-25, 7.1-8, 7.8-12, 7.20-22, 5.7-8, 5.11-22]
• Sid Stoneburn
  alto saxophone [16], clarinet [1-4], reeds [16-17]
• Sid Trucker
  clarinet [1], reeds [2]
• Sidney Bechet
  reeds [18-21, 26]
• Skeets Herfurt
  reeds [12-18, 23-25]
• Slim Taft
  bass [23-25], double bass [12-18]
• Snub Mosley
  trombone [3-11]
• Sonny Dunham
  trumpet [9-10]
• Stan King
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Stanley Dennis
  double bass [9-10]
• Taswell Baird
  trombone [13-15]
• Teddy McRae
  tenor saxophone [13-15]
• The Mills Brothers
  vocal [4.14-15, 3.1-4, 3.19-21, 6.10-13]
• Thomas Grider
  trumpet [13-15]
• Tony Briglia
  drums (drum set) [9-10]
• Trigger Alpert
  bass [18-19, 23-24], double bass [18-19]
• Tutti Camarata
  trumpet [12-18, 23-25]
• Wellman Braud
  double bass [18-21, 26]
• Wilbur de Paris
  trombone [5.7-8, 5.11-22, 6.1-9, 3.15-18, 3.22-23]
• Willard Brown
  alto saxophone [13-15]
• Zutty Singleton
  drums (drum set) [18-20, 26]
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Issues

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  T
  The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946)

  7x CD (replaced CD 1 version)
  2009
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  T
  The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946)

  7x CD (mispressed CD 1 version)
  2009