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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 /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 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John Kander, Composer - Fred Ebb, Author - Buddy Catlett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Barcelona, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Tyree Glenn, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist - Art Ryerson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Napoleon, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Muranyi, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Kahn, Author - Buddy Catlett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Barcelona, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Wilbur Schwandt, Composer - Fabian Andre, Composer - EDDIE BRACKETT, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyree Glenn, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist - Bob Simpson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Art Ryerson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Napoleon, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Muranyi, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 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.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Bellson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Garcia, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Garcia's Orchestra, Orchestra - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave McRae, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Gorrell, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - 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
℗ 1957 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.
Everett Barksdale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave McRae, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - 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 - Squire Gersh, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Paul Barbarin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur De Paris, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, MainArtist - Pete Clark, Bass Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Nicholas, Bass Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Lilian Hardin Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - George Washington, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - J.C. Higginbotham, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Bacon, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Henry "Red" Allen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Holmes, Bass Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - George "Pops" Foster, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bingie Madison, Bass Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Hemphill, Trumpet, 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.
Arvell Shaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Rene, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Muse, ComposerLyricist - Leon T. Rene, ComposerLyricist - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:51
- Main artists: Louis Armstrong
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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