Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy

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Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
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Studio album by
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Released1954
RecordedJuly 12-14, 1954[1]
GenreJazz
Length76:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars chronology
Satchmo at Pasadena
(1951) 		Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
(1954)
(1955)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]
Tom HullA[4]

Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy is a 1954 studio release by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, described by Allmusic as "Louis Armstrong's finest record of the 1950s" and "essential music for all serious jazz collections".[5] Columbia CD released the album on CD in 1986 in a much altered form, with alternative versions in place of many of the original songs, but restored the original with its 1997 re-issue, which also included additional tracks: a brief interview by the producer, George Avakian, with W. C. Handy; a joke told by Louis Armstrong; and several rehearsal versions of the songs.

Track listing[]

Side 1[]

  1. "St. Louis Blues" (Handy) - 8:50
  2. "Yellow Dog Blues" (Handy) - 4:16
  3. "Loveless Love" (Handy) - 4:28
  4. "Aunt Hagar's Blues" (Brymn, Handy) - 4:57
  5. "Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green)" (Handy, Chris Smith) - 5:08

Side 2[]

  1. "The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)" (Handy, George A. Norton) - 2:59
  2. "Beale Street Blues" (Handy) - 4:56
  3. "Ole Miss Blues" (Handy) - 3:25
  4. "Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low)" (Handy) - 4:48
  5. "Hesitating Blues" (Handy) - 5:20
  6. "Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet on Your Floor)" (Dave Elman, Handy) - 4:33

1997 CD bonus tracks[]

  1. "George Avakian's Interview with W. C. Handy" - 2:44
  2. "Loveless Love [Rehearsal Sequence]" (Handy) - 5:55
  3. "Hesitating Blues [Rehearsal Sequence]" (Handy) - 5:38
  4. "Alligator Story" - 0:47
  5. "Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green) [Rehearsal Sequence]" (Handy, Smith) - 7:53

Personnel[]

Production

  • George Avakian – producer, engineer, liner notes, reissue producer
  • Mark Wilder – engineer, digital mastering
  • Seth Rothstein – project director, project manager
  • Rene Arsenault – production assistant
  • Cozbi Sanchez-Cabrera – art direction, reissue art director
  • Steven Berkowitz – reissue series
  • Kevin Gore – reissue series
  • Randall Martin – reissue design

References[]

  1. ^ http://michaelminn.net/discographies/armstrong/all-stars/index.html
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy at AllMusic


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