Hot Fives & Sevens

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Product Details

Artist : Louis Armstrong
Format : Best of, Box set
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0788065010027
Label : JSP RECORDS
Number of Discs : 4
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2002-02-27
UPC : 788065010027

ASIN : B00001ZWLP

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. My Heart
2. Yes! I'm in the Barrel
3. Gut Bucket Blues
4. Come Back Sweet Papa
5. Georgia Grind
6. Heebie Jeebies
7. Cornet Chop Suey
8. Oriental Strut
9. You're Next
10. Muskrat Ramble
11. Don't Forget to Mess Around
12. I'm Gonna Gitcha
13. Droppin' Shucks
14. Who' Sit
15. He Likes It Slow
16. King of the Zulus
17. Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa
18. Lonesome Blues
19. Sweet Little Papa
20. Jazz Lips
21. Skid-Dat-De-Dat
22. Big Butter and Egg Man
23. Sunset Cafe Stomp
24. You Made Me Love You
25. Irish Black Bottom
26. No One Else But You

Disc-2
1. Willie the Weeper
2. Wild Man Blues
3. Chicago Breakdown
4. Alligator Crawl
5. Potato Head Blues
6. Melancholy Blues
7. Weary Blues
8. Twelfth Street Rag
9. Keyhole Blues
10. S.O.L. Blues
11. Gully Low Blues
12. That's When I'll Come Back to You
13. Put 'Em Down Blues
14. Ory's Creole Trombone
15. Last Time
16. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
17. Got No Blues
18. Once in a While
19. I'm Not Rough
20. Hotter Than That
21. Savoy Blues

Disc-3
1. Fireworks
2. Skip the Gutter
3. Monday Date
4. Don't Jive Me
5. West End Blues
6. Sugar Foot Strut
7. Two Deuces
8. Squeeze Me
9. Knee Drops
10. Symphonic Raps
11. Savoyagers' Stomp
12. No, Papa, No
13. Basin Street Blues
14. No One Else But You
15. Beau Koo Jack
16. Save It, Pretty Mama
17. Weather Bird
18. Muggles
19. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
20. St. James Infirmary
21. Tight Like This
22. Knockin' a Jug

Disc-4
1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
2. Mahogany Hall Stomp
3. Ain't Misbehavin'
4. Black and Blue
5. That Rhythm Man
6. Sweet Savannah Sue
7. Some of These Days
8. Some of These Days
9. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
10. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
11. After You've Gone
12. Ain't Got Nobody
13. Dallas Blues
14. St. Louis Blues
15. Rockin' Chair
16. Song of the Islands
17. Bessie Couldn't Help It
18. Blue Turning Grey over You
19. Dear Old Southland
20. Rockin' Chair
21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

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Editorial Reviews

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Fact: Some 70-plus years ago, Louis Armstrong was bigger than the Beatles. Fact: Louis' record sales provided the seed money for some of today's great communications empires. Fact: Pops' startling trumpet prowess and ingratiating vocals transformed the phrasing of every instrumentalist and vocalist on earth--and these are the sessions that started it all. Having performed as the second cornet with spiritual father Joe "King" Oliver's legendary New Orleans band, he turned everybody's head in New York during his stint with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra in 1924. Then, at wife Lil Hardin's insistence, he returned to Chicago in 1925, which led to the first of his super sessions for the Okeh label--fronting an all-star band assembled just for the studio. Even amid the traditional New Orleans polyphony and ensemble work of "Gut Bucket Blues", the sheer power of Armstrong's cornet pulls along the rest of the band like a locomotive (and in setting the infectious closing riff, he not only anticipates the swing era but Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts"). By the time we get to the 1926 sessions, featuring his innovative "scat singing" on "Heebie Jeebies" and his dynamic stop-time phrases on "Cornet Chop Suey", Louis Armstrong is well on his way to transforming jazz into a soloist's art, and himself into the most influential musician of the 20th century. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews

Like opening the door to a beautiful room you've never seen (2004-05-21)

Finding out about this music has been a revelation. What unbelieveable music. I'm no expert but considering when and how this music was recorded it sounds pretty amazing. Rock on Mr.Armstrong.

Columbia or JSP? (2004-05-13)

The sound quality of these disks is amazing when you consider how long ago the music was recorded (1920's). Sure, it's a little noisy, but to eliminate it would require suppressing the high end. I think what it boils down to is this: If you object to some hiss and popping, and you value a nice booklet full of information and pictures, get the Columbia set. If you can tolerate some noise in exchange for the best possible sound, and you're willing to forfeit the booklet, this is what you want.

When Jazz became art in the horn of the first Jazz Giant (2003-06-07)

This JSP selection of 89 tracks comprehensively captures Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and 7s groups period in the 1920s. During this period, Louis Armstrong's virtuoso trumpet playing led the way for the transformation of the emerging music called Jazz from a primitive entertainment into a transcendent art. Apart from possessing great technical skill and a rhythmic sense ahead of his time, Armstrong exuded an infectious joy in his playing that somehow transported the listener into a sense of beauty and wonder. It is happy, uplifting music.

The sound of the set is clear for material recorded in the 1920s. Certain elements such as the simple piano rhythms and Kid Ory's non-stop trombone comping in Discs 1 and 2 may seen anachronistic to the modern post-bebop taste, but the datedness is dispelled the moment Mr Armstong blows his horn. I found Disc 3 to contain the best tracks of the lot, where Louis found in pianist Earl Hines a musical partner with a more modern rhythmic sensibility. The standout of the set is the classic, lyrical "West End Blues", with Armstrong's showstopping trumpet intro. All in all, The Hot Fives & Sevens JSP Box set is a good buy if you're a jazz fan or someone able to appreciate good music wherever it may be found.

Satch never sounded so good! (2002-12-17)

If you're in the market for some classic Louis Armstrong (and even if you're not!) get this set! Finally, all of Louis Armstrong's classic Hot 5's and Hot 7's (with existing alternates and some extras) are collected in stunning sound quality. Even though I already owned the Columbia set of these recordings, when I heard John R. T. Davies and JSP Records were offering this set, I hurried to buy my copy. At slightly more than six dollars per disc, it's a remarkable value! And the sound...

Unlike the folks at Columbia, who tried to remove every last trace of surface noise--often at the expense of losing the sharpness or clarity of the original recording, John R. T. Davies in restoring this set has allowed a little surface noise from the original records to remain in the final CD's. What you get, though, is unbelievable clarity and "presence" that is otherwise lost. The engineers at OKeh Records were top-notch in the 1920s and managed to capture Louis's rich, full-bodied tone. Happily, John R. T. Davies was able to bring out all those sparkling highs and warm, mellow lows from the old records for this set. The Columbia discs sound dull and lifeless next to these.

Keep in mind that these sides were recorded 75 years ago. If you absolutely detest the sound of record surface noise, and and are willing to put up with muffled, dampened sound, you may be better off with the Columbia discs, but if you don't mind the occasional light crackle, you will be well rewarded clarity and brilliance beyond any previous issues of these recordings.

One final comment: if you plan on reading the excellent liner notes that go along with this set, shop around for a good magnifying glass. Fortunately, I have good eyesight, but by the time I finished reading the liner notes, my eyes hurt. The print is tiny!

The true "King of Jazz" (2002-10-01)

This special priced set has all the recordings of Louis Armstrong with his Hot Fives and Sevens. I had them all on LP and considered them the pinnacle of my music collection, and the pinnacle of 20th century music in general.

These recordings feature Armstrong in a period when his trumpet playing received more attention than his singing. He did sing beautifully - as heard on "I am not Rough", "Gully Low Blues" etc. But the trumpet does lead the way. The trumpet on "Tight like That", "West End Blues", "Potatoe head Blues" - what a musical genius it took to produce such music !!! I feel that these recordings have the power to change people's whole view of life - it certainly changed mine.

There are guest appearances by the great blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson, great clarinet from Johnny Dodds, great piano work by Earl Hines, great ensamble playing. I use the word "great" here without fear of misuse - everything here is truly great.

People who are used to Armstrong's later work - Hello Dolly, Blueberry Hill - might need some time to get used to these 1920's recordings. I strongly advise them to make the effort - because the rewards are fantastic.

All tracks are great. I do feel like singling out "Tight like That", "West End Blues", "Potato head blues", "Muggles""Mahagoney Hall Stomp", "Cornet Chop Suey", "Hotter Than That"...I play them to my 4 years old child and she loves it !

The historic importance of these recordings has been correctly mentioned by others. But what it really comes down to is that here is a gift to humanity that we should all share and enjoy.

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