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Louis Armstrong - Plays W.C. Handy: Complete Edition [CD]

Plays W.C. Handy: Complete Edition
Louis Armstrong
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EU-only two CD set. This release presents, for the first time ever on a single set, all of the music issued from the perennial Louis Armstrong LP celebrating the music of W. C. Handy: Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy. To the eleven tracks that constituted the original LP release, we have added all of the alternate, rehearsal, and partially alternate tracks ever issued, many of which have been long unavailable. Louis is backed here by one of the best formations of his All Stars, with such outstanding musicians as Trummy Young, Barney Bigard and Billy Kyle. As a further bonus, we have added Louis' earliest readings of W. C. Handy tunes (backing Bessie Smith in 1925), as well as alternative studio recordings of 'St. Louis Blues' and 'Ole Miss', and his wonderful 1956 live recording of 'St. Louis Blues' with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

Tracklist:

  1. St. Louis Blues (Feat. Velma Middleton)
  2. Yelow Dog Blues
  3. Loveless Love (Feat. Velma Middleton)
  4. Aunt Hagar's Blues
  5. Long Gone John (From Bowlin' Green) [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  6. The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)
  7. Beale Street Blues
  8. Ole Miss Blues
  9. Chantez Le Bas (Sing ‘em Low)
  10. Hesitating Blues (Feat. Velma Middleton)
  11. Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)
  12. Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss (1950) [Bonus Track]
  13. St. Louis Blues (Concerto Grosso) [With Leonard Bernstein] [1956] [Bonus Track]
  14. St. Louis Blues (Partially Alternate Take) [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  15. Loveless Love (Partially Alternate Take)
  16. Loveless Love (Rehearsal) [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  17. Aunt Hagar's Blues (Partially Alternate Take)
  18. Long Gone John (From Bowlin' Green) [Alternate Take] [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  19. Long Gone John (From Bowlin' Green) [Rehearsal] [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  20. Beale Street Blues (Partially Alternate Take)
  21. Ole Miss Blues (Alternate Take)
  22. Hesitating Blues (Partially Alternate Take) [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  23. Hesitating Blues (Rehearsal) [Feat. Velma Middleton]
  24. Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor) [Partially Alternate Take]
  25. Alligator Story
  26. George Avakian Interview With W. C. Handy
  27. Careless Love (Loveless Love) [With Bessie Smith] [1925] [Bonus Track]
  28. St. Louis Blues (With Bessie Smith) [1925] [Bonus Track]
  29. St. Louis Blues (1929) [Bonus Track]
  30. St. Louis Blues (1933) [Bonus Track]

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