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The title of this compilation, All-Time Greatest Hits, is misleading. That's no disrespect to the material here, which is mostly very good. It's just not Louis Armstrong's all-time greatest. These 18 tracks come from Armstrong's "pop" era, the final decades of his career where, under the tutelage of producer Milt Gabler and arranger Gordon Jenkins, the jazz pioneer moved full-bore into a genial form of heavily orchestrated pop music. The Armstrong of this era, a large, bear-like man with an infectious laugh and a gravelly voice, immaculately dressed in a crisp suit with a white linen handkerchief in one hand and a rarely played trumpet in the other, has become the iconic image of the man, which unfairly relegates his best, most passionate and most influential work to the background. "What a Wonderful World," "Hello Dolly," "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," and "When You're Smiling" are masterful pop songs, and this well-annotated, perfectly remastered set does them justice. But when a compilation calls itself Louis Armstrong's All-Time Greatest Hits yet doesn't include "Dippermouth Blues," "Yes! I'm in the Barrel," or "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," just to name a few, it's difficult to agree with the name.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Tommy Goodman, Conductor - Unknown, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - J.J. Johnson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - George Douglas, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer - Joe Wilder, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Savakus, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - EDDIE BRACKETT, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Simpson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Trimboli, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Ryerson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Markowitz, Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Stanfield, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Hard, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arvell Shaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Unknown, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Herman, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Barcelona, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kapp, Producer - Tony Gattuso, Banjo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Jack Pleiss, Conductor - Jack Pleiss & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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.
Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hymie Schertzer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Benjamin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hoffman, ComposerLyricist - Dick Manning, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Jacobs, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Babe Fresk, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Holcombe, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Davidson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Tax, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1952 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 - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butterfield, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Kress, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Bernie Leighton, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Yank Lawson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Beasley Smith, ComposerLyricist - Will Bradley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jenkins Orchestra And Choir, MainArtist - 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.
Lester Allen, ComposerLyricist - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Hill, ComposerLyricist - Cozy Cole, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dale Jones, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Napoleon, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Phillips, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Ruffell, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorcas Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Lenny Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Sy Oliver, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Kenny, ComposerLyricist - Babe Russin, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Nick A. Kenny, ComposerLyricist - Unknown, Piano, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Perry Botkin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Ziggy Elman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Stephens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Taylor, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Red Nichols, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - John Scott Trotter, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Chaney, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Baker, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Wright, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY GUY, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Atkinson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wendell Mayhew, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Shunken, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Matlock, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Glazer, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Artist, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Participant - August Machona Msarugwa, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Geffen Records
Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hymie Schertzer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Unknown, Other - George Duvivier, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Edith Piaf, ComposerLyricist - Louiguy, ComposerLyricist - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mack David, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - PAUL WEBSTER, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Johnny Blowers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Privin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Holcombe, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Art Drelinger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Yaner, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Red Solomon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Morton Bullman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Ray Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Lew Brown, ComposerLyricist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Jack Pleiss, Conductor - Jack Pleiss Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Neil Moret, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Michael Kapp, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave McRae, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - MARK FISHER, ComposerLyricist - Joe Goodwin, ComposerLyricist - Larry Shay, ComposerLyricist - George Dorsey, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Lucky Thompson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver's Orchestra, MainArtist - Edmond Hall, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Jefferson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Squire Gersh, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 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.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Otis Rene, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra, MainArtist - Clarence Muse, ComposerLyricist - Leon T. Rene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The title of this compilation, All-Time Greatest Hits, is misleading. That's no disrespect to the material here, which is mostly very good. It's just not Louis Armstrong's all-time greatest. These 18 tracks come from Armstrong's "pop" era, the final decades of his career where, under the tutelage of producer Milt Gabler and arranger Gordon Jenkins, the jazz pioneer moved full-bore into a genial form of heavily orchestrated pop music. The Armstrong of this era, a large, bear-like man with an infectious laugh and a gravelly voice, immaculately dressed in a crisp suit with a white linen handkerchief in one hand and a rarely played trumpet in the other, has become the iconic image of the man, which unfairly relegates his best, most passionate and most influential work to the background. "What a Wonderful World," "Hello Dolly," "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," and "When You're Smiling" are masterful pop songs, and this well-annotated, perfectly remastered set does them justice. But when a compilation calls itself Louis Armstrong's All-Time Greatest Hits yet doesn't include "Dippermouth Blues," "Yes! I'm in the Barrel," or "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," just to name a few, it's difficult to agree with the name.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:33
- Main artists: Louis Armstrong
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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