Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars: 1954-56 Classic Studio & Live Performances (2 CDs)

AVID Entertainment’s love affair with the greatest jazzman of them all continues as we welcome Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars to the AVID JAZZ label.
After the Second World War big bands were no longer quite as popular so Armstrong decided to gather a small group around him consisting of some of the finest players of the day including Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines and hot drummer Big Sid Catlett.
This freewheeling group however did not really take off while playing the same old tired numbers as before until Columbia Producer George Avakian persuades Louis to go into the studio and record an album of WC Handy’s classic blues sides.
All musicians rose to the occasion and we feature the entire album here alongside it’s equally classic follow up devoted to the music of Fats Waller
Wonderfully remastered and with bonus tracks this is a great and essential addition to our growing Armstrong canon!

CD1
1. St. Louis Blues
2. Yellow Dog Blues
3. Loveless Love
4. Aunt Hagar’s Blues
5. Long Gone
6. The Memphis Blues
7. Beale Street Blues
8. Ole Miss
9. Chantez Les Bas
10. Hesitating Blues
11. Atlanta Blues
12. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
13. Indiana
14. Whispering
15. Bugle Blues/Ole Miss
16. Mack The Knife
17. Mahogany Hall Stomp

CD2
1. Honeysuckle Rose
2. Blue Turning Grey Over You
3. I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
4. Squeeze Me
5. Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now
6. All That Meat And No Potatoes
7. I Got A Feeling I’m Falling
8. Black And Blue
9. Ain’t Misbehavin’
10. Royal Garden Blues
11. The Faithful Hussar
12. West End Blues
13. Tiger Rag
14. Tin Roof Blues
15. Undecided
16. Muskrat Ramble
17. St. Louis Blues