Louis Armstrong - The Chronological Classics: 1954 '2005

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Basin Street Blues (5:48)
02. Otchi-tchor-ni-ya (5:30)
03. Struttin' with Some Barbecue (5:57)
04. Margie (2:19)
05. Bye and Bye (3:08)
06. Trees (3:06)
07. Spooks? (2:37)
08. The Whiffenpoof Song (2:57)
09. Aunt Hagar's Blues (4:59)
10. Hesitating Blues (5:22)
11. Ole Miss (3:27)
12. Beale Street Blues (4:59)
13. Loveless Love (4:30)
14. Long Gone (5:12)
15. The Memphis Blues (3:02)
16. St. Louis Blues (8:51)
17. Atlanta Blues (4:33) 

This 22nd volume in Classics Records' chronological survey of the complete
recordings of Louis Armstrong is a bit of a transitional one. It features
Armstrong's last recordings for Decca Records, opening with a handful of studio
versions of songs that were featured in the movie The Glenn Miller Story
(including yet another take on "Basin Street Blues") and moves on to a pair of
novelty songs, the utterly goofy "Spooks?" and a completely unnecessary
rendition of Joyce Kilmer's poem "Trees" turned into a song. The miracle is that
Armstrong's vocal almost -- almost -- makes "Trees" work as a legitimate song,
but in the end a boat won't float if its design prevents it from doing so, and
"Trees" just leaves one shaking one's head. What makes this installment
worthwhile, though, is that it closes out with nine of the 11 songs that were
featured on Armstrong's marvelous 1954 Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy LP from
Columbia Records, including fine versions of "Ole Miss," "Beale Street Blues,"
"Loveless Love," and what may well be the definitive version of "St. Louis
Blues," which comes in at just under nine minutes in length. The remaining two
tracks from the 1954 Handy sessions, "Yellow Dog Blues" and "Sing 'Em Low," will
presumably open Classics' 23rd installment of Armstrong's musical biography. The
only truly essential tracks here are the Handy tunes, which have been reissued
by Columbia anyway, complete with a full track listing and a couple of alternate
takes, so unless you're collecting the complete Classics Armstrong series, this
installment isn't particularly vital, although thanks to the Handy sides, it's a
solid listen.~Steve Leggett
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