Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography (1957)

About this title: Louis Armstrong's Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography was recorded as an oral memoir (with overdubbed background piano by Billy Kyle) combined with re-creations of many of his memorable recordings, as well as a few of the originals. Although such a project had the potential to become trite, the effort comes off very well indeed. This three-CD reissue has a few improvements as well. Almost every track that was previously edited to fit onto LPs has been restored to its original length. Louis Untermeyer's original liner notes have been augmented by excellent updated text by Joshua Berrett. And in ... read more

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Dippermouth Blues [King Oliver]
3. Introduction
4. Canal Street Blues [Armstrong/King Oliv]
5. Introduction
6. High Society [Melrose/Steele]
7. Introduction
8. All the Wrongs You've Done to Me [Smith/Dowell/Burris]
9. Introduction
10. Everybody Loves My Baby [Williams/Palmer]
11. Introduction
12. Mandy, Make up Your Mind [Clarke/Johnston/Mey]
13. Introduction
14. See See Rider [Rainey]
15. Introduction
16. Reckless Blues [Gee/Longshaw]
17. Introduction
18. Court House Blues [Smith]
19. Introduction
20. Trouble in Mind [Jones]
21. Introduction
22. New Orleans Function/Free as a Bird [Handy]
23. Introduction
24. Gut Bucket Blues [Armstrong]
25. Introduction
26. Cornet Chop Suey [Armstrong]
27. Introduction
28. Heebie Jeebies [Atkins/Stothart]
29. Introduction
30. Georgia Grind [Williams]
31. Introduction
32. Muskrat Ramble [Gilbert/Ory]
33. Introduction
34. King of the Zulus [Armstrong]
35. Introduction
36. Snag It [King Oliver]
37. Frog-I-More Rag [Morton]
38. Introduction
39. Wild Man Blues [Armstrong/Morton]
40. Introduction
41. Potato Head Blues [Armstrong]
42. Introduction
43. Weary Blues [Matthews]
44. Introduction
45. Gully Low Blues [Armstrong]
46. Introduction
47. Struttin' With Some Barbecue [Hardin/Raye]
48. Introduction
49. Hotter Than That [Armstrong/Hardin]
50. Introduction
51. Two Deuces [Hardin]
52. Introduction
53. My Monday Date [Hines/Robin]
54. Introduction
55. Basin Street Blues [Williams]
56. Introduction
57. Knockin' a Jug [Armstrong/Condon]
58. Introduction
59. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [McHugh/Fields]
60. Introduction
61. Mahogany Hall Stomp [Williams]
62. Introduction
63. Some of These Days [Brooks]
64. Introduction
65. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) [Fisher/Goodwin/Shay]
66. Introduction
67. Song of the Islands [King]
68. Introduction
69. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me [McHugh/Gaskill]
70. Introduction
71. Dear Old Southland [Creamer/Layton]
72. Introduction
73. Exactly Like You [McHugh/Fields]
74. Introduction
75. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [Creamer/Johnson]
76. Introduction
77. Body and Soul [Eyton/Green/Heyman/]
78. Introduction
79. Memories of You [Blake/Razaf]
80. Introduction
81. You Rascal You [Theard]
82. Introduction
83. When It's Sleepy Time Down South [Muse/Rene/Rene]
84. Introduction
85. I Surrender, Dear [Barris/Clifford]
86. Introduction
87. Introduction

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