The Essential Louis Armstrong

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  When the Saints Go Marching In
  2:45
• 2
  Red Sails in the Sunset
  3:03
• 3
  Ain't Misbehavin'
  2:57
  3.0 ★
• 4
  What Is That Thing Called Swing
  3:07
• 5
  Lazy Bones
  3:16
  5.0 ★
• 6
  In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
  2:19
• 7
  Rockin' Chair
  3:17
• 8
  Sweet as a Song
  3:05
• 9
  The Flat Foot Floogie
  2:59
• 10
  Once in a While
  3:09
• 11
  Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
  3:12
• 12
  I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams
  2:55
• 13
  It's Wonderful
  2:37
• 14
  Heah Me Talkin' to Ya?
  3:06
• 15
  Naturally
  2:48
• 16
  Thanks a Million
  2:38
• 17
  Mexican Swing
  2:39
• 18
  The Old Folks at Home
  2:23
• 19
  So Little Time (So Much to Do)
  2:44
• 20
  The Song Is Ended
  3:10
• CD 2
• 1
  Save It, Pretty Mama
  2:59
• 2
  My Walking Stick
  2:42
• 3
  Something Tells Me
  2:32
• 4
  All of Me
  3:03
• 5
  Jeepers Creepers
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 6
  La Cucharacha
  2:41
• 7
  Alexander's Ragtime Band
  2:37
• 8
  I Double Dare You
  2:57
• 9
  Let That Be a Lesson to You
  2:35
• 10
  True Confession
  3:06
• 11
  Shadrack
  2:30
• 12
  Cuban Pete
  3:08
• 13
  Jonah and the Whale
  2:48
• 14
  Sun Showers
  2:42
• 15
  On the Sunny Side of the Street
  2:57
• 16
  The Trumpet Player's Lament
  2:54
• 17
  Satchel Mouth Swing
  2:36
• 18
  Yours and Mine
  2:43
• 19
  I Can't Give You Anything but Love
  2:56
• 20
  I've Got a Heartful of Rhythm
  3:08
• CD 3
• 1
  Jubilee
  2:38
• 2
  Public Melody Number One
  3:10
• 3
  Love Walked In
  2:31
• 4
  Wrap Your Thought in Dreams
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Red Cap
  3:10
• 6
  She's the Daughter of a Planter From Havana
  3:19
• 7
  Struttin' With Some Barbeque
  2:58
• 8
  As Long as You Live, You'll Be Dead If You Die
  2:15
• 9
  A Kiss to Build a Dream On
  3:03
  4.0 ★
• 10
  That Lucky Old Sun
  3:06
• 11
  Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
  3:02
• 12
  Before Long
  2:54
• 13
  I Want a Little Girl
  3:05
• 14
  SNAFU
  4:15
• 15
  Coquette
  2:38
• 16
  You Rascal You
  3:00
• 17
  Long, Long Ago
  2:54
• 18
  Perdido Street Blues
  3:05
• 19
  Blueberry Hill
  2:55
• 20
  It Takes Time
  2:38

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Release credits

• Al Philburn
  trombone [19], valve trombone [3, 12, 15]
• Albert Nicholas
  reeds [2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-17, 3.1-2, 3.5-7], tenor saxophone [5, 18]
• Albert Washington
  tenor saxophone [2.4, 3.4]
• Art Ralston
  alto saxophone [5], reeds [5]
• Bernard Addison
  guitar [6, 18]
• Big Mike McKendrick
  guitar [2.4, 3.4]
• Billy Rauch
  trombone [5]
• Billy Strayhorn
  piano [14]
• Bingie Madison
  reeds [1.2, 1.10, 1.14, 1.16, 2.1, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14-17, 3.1-2, 3.5-7], saxophone [1.8, 2.8-10], tenor saxophone [1.1, 1.13, 1.17, 1.19, 2.3, 2.5, 2.18, 3.3, 3.8]
• Bob Cusumano
  trumpet [1.3, 1.12, 1.15, 2.19]
• Bull City Red
  trombone [5]
• Casa Loma Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5]
• Chappie Willett
  arranger [7]
• Charlie Alexander
  piano [3.4, 2.4]
• Charlie Holmes
  alto saxophone [2.3, 2.5, 2.8-10, 2.15-18, 3.1, 3.3, 3.7-8, 1.1, 1.8, 1.10, 1.13, 1.17, 1.19], reeds [1.2, 1.14, 1.16, 2.1, 2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 3.2, 3.5-6]
• Charlie Shavers
  trumpet [14]
• Chubby Jackson
  double bass [14]
• Clarence Hutchenrider
  alto saxophone [5]
• Danny d'Andrea
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Dave Barbour
  guitar [2.19, 1.3, 1.12, 1.15]
• Don Byas
  tenor saxophone [14]
• Donald Mills
  tenor vocals [1.6, 1.9, 1.20, 2.2], vocal [18]
• Frank Ryerson
  trumpet [5]
• George "Pops" Foster
  bass [2.10, 3.7], double bass [3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.8, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13-14, 1.16-17, 1.19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5-10, 2.12-14, 2.16-18]
• George James
  alto saxophone [4], clarinet [4]
• George Matthews
  trombone [2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.18, 3.2, 3.5-6]
• George Washington
  trombone [2.1, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-18, 1.14, 3.1-2, 3.5-7]
• Glen Gray
  alto saxophone [5]
• Grady Watts
  trumpet [5]
• Greely Walton
  tenor saxophone [2.6, 1.2, 1.16]
• Gus Aiken
  trumpet [2.6, 1.2, 1.16]
• Haig Stephens
  double bass [2.19, 1.3, 1.12, 1.15]
• Harry Mills
  baritone vocals [2.2, 1.6, 1.9, 1.20], vocal [18]
• Harry White
  trombone [1.2, 1.16, 2.6]
• Henry “Moon” Jones
  reeds [1.2, 1.16, 2.6]
• Henry “Red” Allen
  trumpet [1.14, 3.1-2, 3.5-7, 2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-18]
• Herbert Mills
  tenor vocals [1.6, 1.9, 1.20, 2.2], vocal [18]
• J.C. Higginbotham
  trombone [1.1, 1.8, 1.10, 1.13-14, 1.17, 1.19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-10, 2.12, 2.14-18, 3.1-3, 3.5-8]
• Jack Blanchette
  guitar [5]
• Jimmy Archey
  trombone [2.6, 1.2, 1.16]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  clarinet [14]
• Joe Garland
  reeds [2.1, 1.14]
• Joe Hall
  piano [5]
• John Lindsay
  double bass [2.4, 3.4]
• John Mills, Sr.
  bass vocals [2.2, 1.6, 1.9, 1.20], guitar [6], vocal [18]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [14]
• Johnny McGee
  trumpet [3, 12, 15]
• Johnny McGhee
  trumpet [19]
• Kenny Sargent
  alto saxophone [5], baritone saxophone [5]
• Lee Blair
  guitar [3.1-3, 3.5-8, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13-14, 1.16-17, 1.19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5-10, 2.12-18]
• Leonard "Ham" Davis
  trumpet [2.6, 1.2, 1.16]
• Lester Boone
  alto saxophone [3.4, 2.4]
• Louis Armstrong
  lead vocals [1.3, 3.9], trumpet [2.1-10, 2.12, 2.14-19, 3.1-9, 3.14, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-20], vocal [3.1-8, 3.14, 1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8-20, 2.1-19]
• Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  performer [5], performing orchestra [1.1-3, 1.8, 1.10, 1.12-17, 1.19, 3.1-3, 3.5-8, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5-10, 2.12, 2.14-17]
• Louis Bacon
  trumpet [2.6-7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-18, 1.2, 1.16, 3.1-2, 3.5-7]
• Luis Russell
  piano [1.1-2, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13-14, 1.16-17, 1.19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5-10, 2.12-18, 3.1-3, 3.5-8]
• Lyn Murray
  arranger [2.11, 2.13, 1.11]
• Lyn Murray Choir
  vocal [1.11, 2.11, 2.13]
• Murray McEachern
  alto saxophone [5], trombone [5]
• Nat Jaffe
  piano [2.19, 1.3, 1.12, 1.15]
• Norman Brown
  guitar [1.9, 1.20, 2.2]
• Otis Johnson
  trumpet [1.14, 2.1, 2.5]
• Pat Davis
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Paul Barbarin
  bell [2.13, 1.11], drums (drum set) [2.3, 2.6-10, 2.12-18, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 1.16-17, 1.19, 3.1-3, 3.5-8], vibraphone [1.11, 2.13], xylophone [1.11, 2.13]
• Pee Wee Hunt
  trombone [5], vocal [5]
• Pete Clark
  alto saxophone [2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-18, 3.1-2, 3.5-7]
• Preston Jackson
  trombone [2.4, 3.4]
• Red Callender
  double bass [1.10, 2.15]
• Remo Palmier
  guitar [14]
• Rupert Cole
  alto saxophone [2.5, 1.1, 1.13], reeds [1.14, 1.17, 1.19, 3.3, 3.8, 2.1, 2.3]
• Sam Weiss
  drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.12, 1.15, 2.19]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  trumpet [3.1-3, 3.5-8, 1.1, 1.13-14, 1.17, 1.19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16-18]
• Sid Catlett
  drums (drum set) [1.14, 2.1, 2.5]
• Sid Stoneburn
  clarinet [2.19, 1.3, 1.12, 1.15]
• Sonny Dunham
  trumpet [5]
• Sonny Greer
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Stanley Dennis
  double bass [5]
• Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
  performer [9]
• The Mills Brothers
  vocal [1.6, 1.18, 1.20, 2.2]
• Tony Briglia
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Tubby Hall
  drums (drum set) [2.4, 3.4]
• Wilbur de Paris
  trombone [2.1, 2.5, 2.16-17, 3.1, 3.7, 1.14]
• Zilner Randolph
  trumpet [3.4, 2.4]
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Issues

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  The Essential Louis Armstrong

  3x CD
  2003