Hot Fives & Sevens Volume 1

by Louis Armstrong

Hot Fives & Sevens Volume 1 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: JSP
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The first volume of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings from the 1920s, among the most influential sessions in jazz. Armstrong's trumpet and scat singing redirect a dance-band music toward the soloist.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, virtuosic, improvisation, saxophone, piano, traditional

Tracklist

  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. Dropping Shucks
  14. Who's It
  15. He Likes It Slow
  16. The 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 From The West
  23. Sunset Cafe Stomp
  24. You Made Me Love You
  25. Irish Black Bottom

Credits

  • Louis Armstrong - primary artist, cornet, slide whistle, vocals
  • Johnny Dodds - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Lil Hardin-Armstrong - piano, vocals
  • Clarence Babcock - speech

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