Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Louis Armstrong
by Louis Armstrong
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 7 November 2000
- Label: Verve
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:17:28
- Community rating: 4.14/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Ken Burns Jazz volume for Louis Armstrong, issued by Verve, surveys the trumpeter's career from the Hot Five sessions to his later vocal hits. It presents both the revolutionary improviser and the entertainer in a single disc.
Genres
Descriptors: compilation, classic, charismatic, crooning, historical
Tracklist
- Chimes Blues (2:51)
- Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) (2:55)
- Heebie Jeebies (2:52)
- Potato Head Blues (2:55)
- West End Blues (3:18)
- Tight Like This (3:16)
- Mahogany Hall Stomp (3:15)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (3:11)
- Black And Blue (3:08)
- St. Louis Blues (3:00)
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South (3:21)
- Blue Again (3:10)
- Lazy River (3:03)
- Chinatown, My Chinatown (3:15)
- Star Dust (3:33)
- Shadrack (2:33)
- I Double Dare You (2:56)
- When The Saints Go Marching In (2:43)
- Marie (2:22)
- Rockin' Chair (5:08)
- Blueberry Hill (2:51)
- Mack The Knife (3:21)
- A Fine Romance (3:50)
- Hello, Dolly! (2:23)
- What A Wonderful World (2:18)
Credits
- Traditional - written-by [release credit]
- Gordon Jenkins - arranged by
- Ken Burns - compilation producer
- Michael Brooks - compilation producer
- Harry Coster - engineer [sound restoration]
- Doug Ramsey - liner notes
- Darcy Proper - mastered by
- Matt Cavaluzzo - mastered by [78 transfers]
- King Oliver - written-by
- Chris Smith - written-by
- Clarence Williams - written-by
- Henry Troy - written-by
- Boyd Atkins - written-by
- Langston Curl - written-by
- Spencer Williams - written-by
- Andy Razaf - written-by
- Fats Waller - written-by
- Harry Brooks - written-by
- W. C. Handy - written-by
- Clarence Muse - written-by
- Leon Rene - written-by
- Otis Rene - written-by
- Dorothy Fields - written-by
- Jimmy McHugh - written-by
- Hoagy Carmichael - written-by
- Sidney Arodin - written-by
- Jean Schwartz - written-by
- William Jerome - written-by
- Mitchell Parish - written-by
- Robert MacGimsey - written-by
- Jimmy Eaton - written-by
- Terry Shand - written-by
- Irving Berlin - written-by
- Al Lewis - written-by
- Larry Stock - written-by
- Vincent Rose - written-by
- Bertolt Brecht - written-by
- Kurt Weill - written-by
- Marc Blitzstein - written-by
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- Jerry Herman - written-by
- Bob Thiele - written-by
- George David Weiss - written-by
- George Douglas - written-by