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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. What a Wonderful World
2. Cabaret
3. Dream a Little Dream of Me
4. Mame
5. Solitude - (with Duke Ellington)
6. Hello Dolly
7. You Go to My Head
8. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
9. Fine Romance, A - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
10. Georgia on My Mind
11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
12. On the Sunny Side Side of the Street
13. Mack the Knife
14. Rockin' Chair
15. Basin Street Blues
16. Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
17. It Takes Two to Tango
18. Kiss to Build a Dream On, A
DISC 2:
1. Gone Fishin' - (with Bing Crosby)
2. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You - (with Louis Jordan)
3. La Vie en Rose
4. My Sweet Hunk O' Trash - (with Billie Holiday)
5. Blueberry Hill
6. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
7. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
8. I Wonder
9. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
10. I'm Confessin' (That I Love)
11. Ain't Misbehavin'
12. When the Saints Go Marching In
13. Struttin' With Some Barbeque
14. Swing That Music
15. Old Man Mose
16. I'm in the Mood For Love
17. St. Louis Blues
18. Lazy River
19. West End Blues
20. Potato Head Blues
21. Wild Man Blues
22. Heebie Jeebies
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel include: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby (vocals); Duke Ellington (piano).
Liner Note Author: Bob Porter.
Recording information: 1926 - 1967.
We all know Satchmo wrote the rulebook--not only for jazz, but for much of the swinging, raucous, good-time aesthetic of 20th-century popular music. The two-disc GOLD series usually does a commendable job rounding up a representative sampling of music's top artists, and while the GOLD treatment of Louis Armstrong skimps more than it should on his early recordings, it is still a vital, totally entertaining listen from back to front.
There are plenty of the showtunes and popular songs Armstrong spent the latter half of his career delivering in his lovable growl ("Cabaret;" "Hello Dolly"), but the classic instrumentals ("Saint Louis Blues;" "Potato Head Blues") are also here, showing off Satch's dazzling horn chops. Serious jazz fans will want to explore Armstrong early discography (the HOT FIVES AND SEVENS recordings, in particular), but GOLD should satisfy most anyone looking for a dose from the master.
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