Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, Vol. 2 [JSP] (1998)

About this title: For affordability and sound quality, JSP outshines Columbia and most other labels with its high protein four-disc Hot Fives & Sevens collection. Volume two of this set documents an especially fine segment of the Louis Armstrong story with 21 classic sides waxed in Chicago between May and December 1927. These are some of the best records Louis Armstrong ever made. They also rate among the most important jazz recordings of all time. "Willie the Weeper," for example, defines the artist, the genre and the entire human condition. Armstrong's Hot Seven swelled to ten pieces at the sessions held ... read more

Tracks:

1. Willie the Weeper [Bloom/Melrose/Rymal]
2. Wild Man Blues [Morton/Armstrong]
3. Chicago Breakdown [Morton]
4. Alligator Crawl [Davis/Razaf/Waller]
5. Potato Head Blues [Armstrong]
6. Melancholy [Bloom/Melrose]
7. Weary Blues [Matthews]
8. Twelfth Street Rag [Bowman]
9. Keyhole Blues [Wilson]
10. S.O.L. Blues [Armstrong]
11. Gully Low Blues [Armstrong]
12. That's When I'll Come Back to You [Biggs]
13. Put 'Em Down Blues [Bennett]
14. Ory's Creole Trombone [Ory]
15. The Last Time [Martin/Ewing]
16. Struttin' with Some Barbecue [Hardin/Raye]
17. Got No Blues [Hardin]
18. Once in a While [Butler]
19. I'm Not Rough [Armstrong/Hardin]
20. Hotter Than That [Armstrong/Hardin]
21. Savoy Blues [Ory]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.