The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection

by Louis Armstrong
The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection

by Louis Armstrong

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Overview

The Definitive Collection devoted to Louis Armstrong takes a reverse chronological view of the pop giant's career, a format that functions surprisingly well considering its intended purpose. Beginning with his last major performance, 1967's "What a Wonderful World," the disc takes listeners on a 75-minute tour that pays closest attention to his pop and vocal landmarks of the '50s and '60s with his All-Stars group, but also reaches back to 1938 to pick up the best moments of his excellent big band. (That leaves, of course, his seminal Hot Five sides out in the cold, to be picked up elsewhere.) Also briefly surveyed are his multi-album collaboration with Ella Fitzgerald, his lush "Louis with strings" albums arranged by Russ Garcia, his hit duet with Bing Crosby on "Gone Fishin'," and the series of songs ("Blueberry Hill," "Mack the Knife") that lengthened his sheet to include not only Jazz Age hero and swing progenitor, but also postwar pop stalwart. Clearly, the career of Louis Armstrong the jazz artist can't be covered thoroughly with anything but a box set that selects material from his entire working life, but as an overview of Louis Armstrong the pop singer, The Definitive Collection is peerless. One caveat: Armstrong's best latter-day pop song, "We Have All the Time in the World" (from the 1969 James Bond vehicle On Her Majesty's Secret Service), is sadly missing in action. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date: 01/24/2006
Label: Hip-O/Verve
UPC: 0602498828892
Rank: 15226

Tracks

  1. What a Wonderful World
  2. Cabaret
  3. Dream a Little Dream of Me
  4. Hello, Dolly!
  5. Our Love Is Here to Stay
  6. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  7. Georgia on My Mind
  8. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You)
  9. On the Sunny Side of the Street
  10. Mack the Knife
  11. Basin Street Blues
  12. Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
  13. It Takes Two to Tango
  14. Gone Fishin'
  15. A Kiss to Build a Dream On
  16. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
  17. Blueberry Hill
  18. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
  19. I Want a Little Girl
  20. Ain't Misbehavin'
  21. Struttin' with Some Barbecue
  22. When the Saints Go Marching In
  23. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist,Trumpet,Vocals
The Commanders   Primary Artist
Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven   Primary Artist
Russell Garcia   Primary Artist,Conductor
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong With The Commanders   Primary Artist
Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven   Primary Artist
Sy Oliver's Orchestra   Primary Artist
The All Stars   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong's Orchestra and Chorus   Primary Artist
Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra and Choir   Primary Artist
Commanders   Primary Artist
Bing Crosby   Primary Artist
Kid Ory   Trombone
Al Klink   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
J.C. Higginbotham   Trombone
Jack Lesberg   Bass
J.J. Johnson   Trombone
Everett Barksdale   Guitar
Toots Camarata   Conductor
Clark Terry   Trumpet
Joe Benjamin   Bass
Edmond Hall   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Vic Dickenson   Trombone
Carmen Mastren   Guitar
John Scott Trotter   Conductor
Dick Taylor   Trombone
Jerome Richardson   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Louie Bellson   Drums
Sam Weiss   Drums
Urbie Green   Trombone
Lucky Thompson   Sax (Tenor)
Luis Russell   Piano
Ray Brown   Bass
Nick Fatool   Drums
Red Callender   Bass
Oscar Peterson   Piano
Arvell Shaw   Bass
George Washington   Trombone
George Dorsey   Sax (Alto)
Hank Jones   Piano
Dave Barbour   Guitar
Sandy Block   Bass
Carl Poole   Trumpet
Albert Nicholas   Reeds
Buddy Catlett   Bass
Bud Scott   Guitar
Herb Ellis   Guitar
Henry "Red" Allen   Trumpet
Trummy Young   Trombone
Yank Lawson   Trumpet
Allan Reuss   Guitar
Billy Kyle   Piano
Paul Barbarin   Drums
Sy Oliver   Conductor
Bernie Leighton   Piano
Babe Russin   Saxophone
Tyree Glenn   Trombone
The Russell Garcia Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Zutty Singleton   Drums
Cutty Cutshall   Trombone
Lou McGarity   Trombone
Norris "Bunny" Shawker   Drums
Pops Foster   Bass
Red Nichols   Trumpet
Milt Yaner   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Gordon Jenkins   Conductor
Danny Barcelona   Drums
Hilton Jefferson   Sax (Alto)
Will Bradley   Trombone
Al Philburn   Trombone
Paul "Scooby" Smith   Piano
Bill Atkinson   Trombone
Daniel Trimboli   Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Louis Bacon   Trumpet
Art Ryerson   Guitar
Ed Grady   Drums
Dave McRae   Sax (Baritone)
Phillip Shuken   Saxophone
Larry Wright   Saxophone
Haig Stephens   Bass
Tony Gattuso   Banjo,Guitar
Perry Borkin   Guitar
Jack Satterfield   Trombone
Sam Markowitz   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Hymie Schertzer   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Charlie Holmes   Reeds,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Wilbur De Paris   Trombone
Dick Jacobs   Sax (Alto)
Joe Wilder   Trumpet
Phil Stephens   Bass
Robert Davidson   Drums
Raymond Stanfeld   Sax (Baritone)
Bingie Madison   Reeds,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Rupert Cole   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Russell Savkas   Bass
Pete Clark   Reeds
Lee Blair   Guitar
Kenny John   Drums
Minor Hall   Drums
Art Drelinger   Sax (Tenor)
Willard Suyker   Guitar
Bob Cusmano   Trumpet
Nat Jaffe   Piano
Phil Giardina   Trombone
Melvin Tax   Sax (Tenor)
Joe Muranyi   Clarinet
Allen Hanlon   Guitar
Freddy Williams   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Sid Stoneburn   Clarinet
Tommy Goodman   Conductor
Wendell Mayhew   Trombone
Bobby Guy   Trumpet
Jack Chaney   Saxophone
Bill Holcombe   Sax (Baritone)
Squire Gersh   Bass
Babe Fresk   Sax (Tenor)
Warren Hard   Percussion
Warren Baker   Saxophone
Ziggy Elman   Trumpet
Andrew Ferretti   Trumpet
Billy Butterfield   Trumpet
Barney Bigard   Clarinet
Joe Darensbourg   Clarinet
Carl Kress   Guitar
Grady Tate   Drums
Charlie Beal   Piano

Technical Credits

Bob Thiele   Composer,Producer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Commanders   Performer
Jerry Herman   Composer
Fred Ebb   Composer
Clarence Muse   Composer
Larry Stock   Composer
Joe Goodwin   Composer
Toots Camarata   Arranger
Larry Shay   Composer
Pat Lawrence   Executive Producer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Fabian Andre   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
John Scott Trotter   Arranger
George Gershwin   Composer
Erick Labson   Digital Remastering
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Louis Armstrong   Composer
Leon Rene   Composer
Lil Armstrong   Composer
Luis Russell   Arranger
Michael "Mickey" Kapp   Producer
Nick A. Kenny   Composer
Otis Rene   Composer
Norman Granz   Producer
Stuart Gorrell   Composer
Milt Gabler   A&R
Al Lewis   Composer
Harry Brooks   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Will Friedwald   Essay
Spencer Williams   Composer
Traditional   Composer
John Kander   Composer
Sy Oliver   Arranger
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Andy McKaie   Compilation Producer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bob Willoughby   Photography
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Russell Garcia   Arranger
Vincent Rose   Composer
Louis Alter   Composer
Adam Starr   Product Manager
Al Hoffman   Composer
Murray Mencher   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Arranger
Meire Murakami   Design
Wilbur Schwandt   Composer
Dick Manning   Composer
Lil Hardin Armstrong   Composer
Mark Fisher   Composer,Composer
Adam Abrams   Production Coordination
David Redfern   Back Cover
Harry Beasley Smith   Composer
Donna Ranieri   Photo Research
Herb Snitzer   Photography
Jean-Pierre Leloir   Cover Photo,Photography
Tommy Goodman   Arranger
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Charles Kenny   Composer
Lawrence Stock   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Billy Moll   Composer
Marc Blitzstein   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
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