The Louis Armstrong Story Volume 1: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five

by Louis Armstrong

The Louis Armstrong Story Volume 1: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1951
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This crucial Columbia reissue compiles the revolutionary 1925 to 1927 Hot Five sessions that fundamentally altered the trajectory of jazz. The recordings document Armstrong's unprecedented rhythmic freedom and technical brilliance, permanently shifting the genre's focus from collective polyphony to the virtuoso soloist.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Come Again
  2. Roughneck Rudeness
  3. Ease Back (New And Improved)
  4. Hardcore M-F's
  5. Somethin' Fo' They Asses
  6. Ut?
  7. Bud To The Jazz
  8. Where You From
  9. Ill State Of Mind
  10. 2 Ta Ya Jaw
  11. Ill Murder Epic
  12. Ease Back (Old And Improved)
  13. Funky Like This
  14. Bud To The Jazz
  15. 2 Ta Ya Jaw
  16. Ill Murder Epic
  17. Crosshair
  18. Dime Bag To The Jazz (Remix Instr)
  19. Ease Back Dub
  20. Bud To The Jazz Dub
  21. Demo Gets Blunted (Bonus Beats)

Credits

  • Merciful - rap [uncredited]
  • Mighty Infamous - rap [uncredited]
  • Ang 13 - voice [uncredited]
  • DJ Shawn - rap [uncredited], scratches [uncredited]
  • Cayex - rap [uncredited]
  • Kay-Tone - rap [uncredited]
  • Legendary Traxster - rap [uncredited]
  • Toxic - rap [uncredited]

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