The Best of Louis Armstrong/The Early Years

こんばんはJazzyIsshiです。今夜は1920-30年代のLouis Armstrongです。

The Best of Louis Armstrong/The Early Years

Odeon OR-8824

A

1  Heebie Jeebies (Atkins-Rich-Jones)

2  Muskrat Ramble (Ory)

3  Willie The Weeper (Rymel-Melrose-Bloom)

4  Potato Head Blues (Armstrong)

5  Weary Blues (Mathews)

6  Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong)

7  Hotter Than That (Hardin)

8  Savoy Blues (Ory)

B

1  West End Blues (Oliver-Williams)

2  Basin Street Blues (Williams)

3  Ain't Misbehavin' (Razaf-Waller)

4  St. Louis Blues (Handy)

5  Rockin' Chair (Carmichael)

6  Tiger Rag (ODJB)

7  I'm A Dind Dong Daddy From Dumas (Baxter)

8  When It's Sleepy Time Downsouth (Rene-Rene-Muse)

A1,2  1926 February 26

Louis Armstrong and Hot Five

Louis Armstrong (cor,vo), Kid Ory (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St. Cyr (bjo)

A3  1927 May 7

A4  1927 May 10

A5  1927 May 11

A6  1927 December 9

A7,8  1927 December 13

Louis Armstrong and Hot Seven

Louis Armstrong (cor,vo), John Thomas (tb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Pete Briggs (tuba), Baby Dodds (ds)

B1  1928 July 28

B2  1928 December 4

Louis Armstrong and Savoy Ball Room Five

Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Fred Robinson (tb), Jimmy Strong (cl), Earl Hines (p,celeste), Mancy Cara (bjo), Zutty Singleton (ds)

B4 1929 July 19

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Homer Hobson (tp), Fred Robinson (tb), Jimmy Strong (cl,ts), Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington (as), Carroll Dickerson (vln), Gene Anderson (p), Mancy Cara (bjo), Pete Briggs (tuba), Zutty Singleton (ds)

B5,6  1929 December 13

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Otis Johnson, Henry 'Red' Allen (tp), J.C.Higginbotham (tb), Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes (cl,as), Teddy Hill (ts), Louis Russell (p), Will Johnson (g), Pops Foster (b), Paul Barbarin (ds), Hoagy Carmichael (vo)

B7  1930 July 21

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Leon Elkins (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Leon Herriford, Willie Stark (as), William Franz (ts), L.Z.Cooper or Harvey Brooks (p), Ceele Burke (bjo), Reggie Jones (b), Lionel Hampton (ds)

B8  1931 April 20

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra

Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Zilmer Randolph (tp), Preston Jackson (tb), Lester Boone (cl,as), George James (cl,ss,as), Albert Washington (cl,ts), Charlie Alexander (p), Mik Mikendrick (bjo), John Lindsay (b), Tubby Hall (ds)

Satchimoの畢生の名演をずらりと並べたこのLPは、1970年代の初頭に発売されたもので、JazzyIsshiは1972年1月15日に購入しました。A1は史上初のスキャット録音です。A2はKid Oryの作曲になるDixie Standardです。A3-８はいずれ劣らぬ傑作です。B1,2はPianoのEarl Hinesを迎えた当時の最先端の演奏です。Fred Robinson（1901-1984）はそれなりに活躍していますが、Jimmy Strong(1906-1977)、Mancy Cara(1900-1946, Caraは誤植でCarrが正しいとする説もあります), Zutty Singleton (1898-1975)ともども当時のCarroll Dickerson (1895-1957) 楽団のメンバーでした。B3にはEllington楽団に加わる前のLawrence Brownとドラムを専門としていた頃のLionel Hamptonの名前が見られます。

Rockin' Chairでは作曲者のHoagy Carmichaelが登場して父親役を演じます。

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