Hot Fives and Sevens

by Louis Armstrong

Hot Fives and Sevens cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 26 October 1999
  • Label: JSP
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:43
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Hot Fives and Sevens' is a four-disc box of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings of 1925 to 1930. These sessions, among the most consequential in jazz, established the improvised solo as the music's centre and Armstrong as its first great virtuoso.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, acoustic, instrumental, complex, live

Tracklist

  1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3:26)
  2. Mahogany Stomp (3:18)
  3. Ain't Misbehavin' (3:16)
  4. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue? (3:04)
  5. That Rhythm Man (3:05)
  6. Sweet Savannah Sue (3:09)
  7. Some Of These Days (2:55)
  8. Some Of These Days (Vocal) (3:08)
  9. When You're Smiling (2:54)
  10. When You're Smiling (Vocal) (3:26)
  11. After You've Gone (3:18)
  12. I Ain't Got Nobody (2:41)
  13. Dallas Blues (3:11)
  14. St. Louis Blues (2:59)
  15. Rockin' Chair (3:18)
  16. A Song Of The Islands (3:33)
  17. Bessie Couldn't Help It (3:25)
  18. Blue, Turning Grey Over You (3:32)
  19. Dear Old Southland (3:21)
  20. Rockin' Chair (3:16)
  21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3:28)

Credits

  • Louis Armstrong - primary artist, trumpet, vocals
  • William Blue - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Pops Foster - bass [string bass]
  • Pete Briggs - brass bass
  • Jimmy Strong - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Paul Barbarin - drums, vibraphone
  • Gene Anderson - piano, celesta
  • Carroll Dickerson - violin, leader

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