Louis Armstrong - Highlights from His Decca Years '1994

Artist	Louis Armstrong Related artists
Album name	Highlights from His Decca Years
Country
Date	1994
Genre	Jazz
Play time	02:03:37
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	483 MB(+3\%)
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Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1:

01. Wild Man Blues (3:06)
02. Weary Blues (2:48)
03. Georgia Bo Bo (3:06)
04. Shanghai Shuffle (2:51)
05. Im in the Mood for Love (3:11)
06. Old Man Mose (2:33)
07. Skeleton in the Closet (3:11)
08. Shes the Daughter of a Planter from Havana (3:17)
09. Jubilee (2:39)
10. Struttin with Some Barbecue (3:01)
11. Jeepers Creepers (2:45)
12. Im Confessin (That I Love You) (3:17)
13. Wolverine Blues (3:14)
14. Perdido Street Blues (3:08)
15. When Its Sleepy Time Down South (3:14)
16. I Never Knew (2:47)
17. I Wonder (3:01)
18. Muskrat Ramble (6:19)
19. Black and Blue (4:14)

CD2:

01. The Song Is Ended (3:14)
02. You Wont Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (2:55)
03. You Cant Lose a Broken Heart (3:16)
04. You Rascal You (3:08)
05. Gone Fishin (2:34)
06. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) (3:07)
07. My Buckets Got a Hole in It (3:46)
08. La Vie en Rose (3:26)
09. Someday (4:00)
10. Baby, Its Cold Outside (5:44)
11. Your Cheatin Heart (2:44)
12. The Gypsy (3:19)
13. Tin Roof Blues (4:53)
14. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (3:31)
15. When Youre Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) (4:04)
16. Memories of You (3:34)
17. King of the Zulus (4:40)

Music aside (and there are many fine moments here), this two CD sampler is a
real mess. Rather than reissue complete sessions or at least repackage the music
in chronological order, the 36 selections are divided into four overlapping
sections (In the Beginning, The Decca Sessions, Part l, The Collaborations, The
Decca Sessions, Part 2 and range from sideman stints in the 1920s with
clarinetist Johnny Dodds and Fletcher Henderson (Shanghai Shuffle) to streaky
big-band performances from the swing era, five vocal duets and commercial
performances (including Your Cheatin Heart) from the 1950s. It is a real
mish-mash (with some classics like I Double Dare You being overlooked) and
Armstrongs important Decca recordings deserve much better. Get the CD releases
from the European Classics label instead.~Scott Yanow