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Covering over 50 years of Louis Armstrong's career, this three-CD set from the Verve archives starts in the juke joints and speakeasies of the '20s and ends up documenting his pop hits of the '60s. Chronicling the achievements of a prolific and diverse performer of Anderson's caliber is difficult, but this release gives a strong, broad overview of one of the great pioneers of jazz. The Ultimate Collection features jazz greats such as Coleman Hawkins, "Fatha" Earl Hines, and Jack Teagarden, as well as vocal performances by Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
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Howard Scott, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Bass Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Fletcher Henderson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Melrose, ComposerLyricist - Charles Davis, ComposerLyricist - Don Redman, Alto Saxophone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Bailey, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Charlie Dixon, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Kaiser Marshall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Elmer Chambers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1924 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Rodemich, ComposerLyricist - Larry Conley, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JOE SMITH, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Fletcher Henderson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Don Redman, Alto Saxophone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Bailey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Kaiser Marshall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Elmer Chambers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1924 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Elmer Schoebel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1926 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Participant, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kid Ory, Participant - Johnny Dodds, Participant - Lil Armstrong, Participant - Johnny St. Cyr, Participant - Lil's Hot Shots, MainArtist - Philmore Holley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1926 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Walter Melrose, ComposerLyricist - Marty Bloom, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1927 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Participant, MainArtist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards, MainArtist
℗ 1927 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1935 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - EDGAR LESLIE, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Participant - JOE BURKE, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1936 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Barbarin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Kahn, Author - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Harry White, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Blair, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Russell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Bacon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Archey, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Holmes, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Jones, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Greely Walton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George "Pops" Foster, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bingie Madison, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Aiken, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1936 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1936 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - King Oliver, Composer - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1936 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Horace Gerlach, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1936 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arthur Johnston, Composer - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Johnny Burke, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Frances Langford, MainArtist - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1936 Geffen Records
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Participant - Luis Carl Russell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1937 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bud Green, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Edwards, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1937 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Gregson-Williams, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - The Mills Brothers, MainArtist - Egbert Van Alstyne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Barbarin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur De Paris, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Adams, ComposerLyricist - Henry Allen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Pete Clarke, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Blair, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Nicholas, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - George Washington, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Russell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Higginbotham, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Bacon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Shelton Hemphill, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Holmes, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George "Pops" Foster, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bingie Madison, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Chippie Willett, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Barbarin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Lee Blair, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Cole, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Carl Russell, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Higginbotham, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Holmes, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George "Pops" Foster, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bingie Madison, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Hemphill, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - ROBERT MACGIMSEY, ComposerLyricist - Lyn Murray, Conductor, Artist - The Decca Chorus, Choir, Artist
℗ 1938 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Harry Brooks, ComposerLyricist - Dave Barbour, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Sam Weiss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sid Stoneburn, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Jaffe, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Philburn, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cusumano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Haig Stephens, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Johnny McGee, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney Catlett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur De Paris, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Lee Blair, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Cole, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Nicholas, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George Washington, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Russell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Higginbotham, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Shelton Hemphill, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Holmes, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George "Pops" Foster, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Johnson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bingie Madison, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Casa Loma Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Joe "King" Olliver, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1939 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kid Ory, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Dougherty, Composer - Louis Armstrong, Producer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ellis Reynolds, Composer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Al Neiburg, Author
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - SAUL CHAPLIN, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney Catlett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jelly Roll Morton, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur De Paris, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Lee Blair, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rupert Cole, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Nicholas, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George Washington, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Russell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Higginbotham, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Shelton Hemphill, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Holmes, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Franklin Spikes, ComposerLyricist - John Curry Spikes, ComposerLyricist - George "Pops" Foster, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Johnson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bingie Madison, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1940 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Carmen Lombardo, Composer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Charles Newman, Author
℗ 1940 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Bechet, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Lilian Hardin Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - Claude Jones, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Addison, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Russell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wellman Braud, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1940 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mamie Desdume, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Mamie Deadume, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1940 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Lilian Hardin Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - Lilliam Arnstrong, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1940 UMG Recordings, Inc.
F. Brown, ComposerLyricist - Teddy McRae, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Brown, ComposerLyricist - R. I. O'Nan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1944 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist - Ernest Anderson, Producer - Peter Frutchey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist - Ernest Anderson, Producer - Peter Frutchey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hymie Schertzer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Lesberg, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Unknown, Choir - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Rose, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butterfield, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Kress, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Al Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Leighton, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Yank Lawson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Will Bradley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Stock, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins Orchestra And Choir, MainArtist - Michael Kapp, Producer - Artie Drelinger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Yaner, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carl A. Poole, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Parsley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bowers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Sy Oliver, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - James P. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Flourney E. Miller, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arvell Shaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Jack Teagarden, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Lambert, ComposerLyricist - Arvell Shaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gerald Dolin, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arvell Shaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - George Frederick Root, ComposerLyricist - Bob Cole, ComposerLyricist - Rosamond J. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Mary S.B. Dana, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Sam Theard, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arvell Shaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Teagarden, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Sid Robin, ComposerLyricist - Cozy Cole, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Bert Kalmar, ComposerLyricist - Harry Ruby, ComposerLyricist - George Dorsey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Klink, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Cutty Cutshall, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Shawker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Freddy Williams, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Yaner, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Block, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Charles Gates Dawes, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butterfield, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - The Commanders, MainArtist - Bernie Leighton, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Lou McGarity, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Satterfield, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Klink, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Cutty Cutshall, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Camarata, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Carmen Mastren, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Grady, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Ferretti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Block, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Carl A. Poole, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Giardina, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Hymie Scherzer, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arvell Shaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist - Kenny John, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Rene, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Muse, ComposerLyricist - Leon T. Rene, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Artist, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1993 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Bob Haggart, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Artie Matthews, Composer, Author
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jelly Roll Morton, ComposerLyricist - Bob Haggart, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Haggart & His Orchestra, Participant
℗ 1983 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Covering over 50 years of Louis Armstrong's career, this three-CD set from the Verve archives starts in the juke joints and speakeasies of the '20s and ends up documenting his pop hits of the '60s. Chronicling the achievements of a prolific and diverse performer of Anderson's caliber is difficult, but this release gives a strong, broad overview of one of the great pioneers of jazz. The Ultimate Collection features jazz greats such as Coleman Hawkins, "Fatha" Earl Hines, and Jack Teagarden, as well as vocal performances by Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
© Zac Johnson /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 59 track(s)
- Total length: 03:20:18
- Main artists: Louis Armstrong
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2000 UMG Recordings Inc.
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