Name: Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography by Louis Armstrong
Brand: Louis Armstrong
SKU: 073145438222
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Louis Armstrong's Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography was recorded as an oral memoir (with overdubbed background piano by Billy Kyle) combined with re-creations of many of his memorable recordings, as well as a few of the originals. Although such a project had the potential to become trite, the effort comes off very well indeed. This three-CD reissue has a few improvements as well. Almost every track that was previously edited to fit onto LPs has been restored to its original length. Louis Untermeyer's original liner notes have been augmented by excellent updated text by Joshua Berrett. And in spite of the warning about sound problems from using some deteriorated tapes and worn discs as source material, the audio experience is quite pleasing. While these re-creations aren't meant to take the place of Armstrong's historic recordings from earlier decades with King Oliver, Earl Hines, and other greats, they have stood the test of time rather well, except for the, at best, average vocals of Velma Middleton; Armstrong's furor with the suggestion that he omit the plump singer from his set during the 1957 Newport Festival is described in detail in Berrett's notes. While this collection isn't the initial purchase a neophyte jazz fan would pick up from Armstrong's immense catalog, his interesting narrative and the enjoyable renditions of tunes closely associated with him make this a very worthwhile purchase.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo

Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 1

1. Introduction To Dipper Mouth Blues

2. Dippermouth Blues - Sugar Foot Stomp

3. Introduction To Canal Street Blues

4. Canal Street Blues

5. Introduction To High Society

6. High Society

7. Introduction To All The Wrongs You've Done To Me

8. All The Wrongs You've Done To Me

9. Introduction To Everybody Loves My Baby

10. Everybody Loves My Baby

11. Introduction To Mandy, Make Up Your Mind

12. Mandy Make Up Your Mind

13. Introduction To See See Rider

14. See See Rider

15. Introduction To Reckless Blues

16. Reckless Blues

17. Introduction To Court House Blues

18. Court House Blues

19. Introduction To Trouble In Mind

20. Trouble In Mind

21. Introduction To New Orleans Function

22. New Orleans Function

23. Introduction To Gut Bucket Blues

24. Gut Bucket Blues

25. Introduction To Cornet Chop Suey

26. Cornet Chop Suey

27. Introduction To Heebie Jeebies

28. Heebie Jeebies

29. Introduction To Georgia Grind

30. Georgia Grind

31. Introduction To Muskrat Ramble

32. Muskrat Ramble

33. Introduction To King Of The Zulus

34. King Of The Zulus

35. Introduction To Snag It

36. Snag It

37. Frog-I-More Rag

Volume 2

1. Introduction To Wild Man Blues

2. Wild Man Blues

3. Introduction To Potato Head Blues

4. Potato Head Blues

5. Introduction To Weary Blues

6. Weary Blues

7. Introduction To Gully Low Blues

8. Gully Low Blues

9. Introduction To Struttin With Some Barbecue

10. Struttin' With Some Barbecue

11. Introduction To Hotter Than That

12. Hotter Than That

13. Introduction To Two Deuces

14. Two Deuces

15. Introduction To My Monday Date

16. My Monday Date

17. Introduction To Basin Street Blues

18. Basin Street Blues

19. Introduction To Knockin' A Jug

20. Knockin' A Jug

21. Introduction To I Can't Give You Anything But Love

22. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

23. Introduction To Mahogany Hall Stomp

24. Mahogany Hall Stomp

25. Introduction To Some Of These Days

26. Some Of These Days

27. Introduction To When You Are Smiling

28. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)

29. Introduction To Song Of The Islands

30. Song Of The Islands

31. Introduction To I Can't Believe That You Are In Love With Me

32. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

33. Introduction To Dear Old Southland

34. Dear Old Southland

35. Introduction To Exactly Like You