The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 2 (2003)

About this title: The second volume of Legacy's brilliant collection of Louis Armstrong's complete Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings reveals the transition from quintet to septet. The first four tunes have May Alix added on vocals, and then Harry Clark replaces Kid Ory, who briefly went off to start his own band. In May of 1927, however, John Thomas takes over the trombone chair, Baby Dodds joins on drums, and Pete Briggs on tuba to round out the septet. But the band changes to a tentet a few days later on a different session with Earl Hines on the piano and bass added to the mix as well as a second cornetist. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Big Butter and Egg Man [Armstrong/Venable]
2. Sunset Cafe Stomp [Armstrong/Venable]
3. You Made Me Love You [Armstrong/Venable]
4. Irish Black Bottom [Armstrong/Venable]
5. Willie the Weeper [Melrose/Rymal/Bloom]
6. Wild Man Blues [Armstrong/Morton]
7. Chicago Breakdown [Morton]
8. Alligator Crawl [Razaf/Waller/Davis]
9. Potato Head Blues [Armstrong]
10. Melancholy [Melrose/Bloom]
11. Weary Blues [Matthews]
12. Twelfth Street Rag [Bowman]
13. Keyhole Blues [Wilson]
14. S.O.L. Blues [Armstrong]
15. Gully Low Blues [Armstrong]
16. That's When I'll Come Back to You [Biggs]
17. Put 'Em Down Blues [Bennett]
18. Ory's Creole Trombone [Ory]
19. The Last Time [Ewing/Martin]
20. Struttin' With Some Barbecue [Hardin/Raye]
21. Got No Blues [Hardin]
22. Once in a While [Butler]

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