The Hot Fives & Sevens

Louis Armstrong - The Hot Fives & Sevens

The Hot Fives & Sevens
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Artist: Louis Armstrong
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1999-10-26
Music Label: Jsp Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. My Heart
  2. Yes! I'm In The The Barrel
  3. Gut Bucket Blues
  4. Come Back, Sweet Papa
  5. Georgia Grind
  6. Heebie Jeebies
  7. Comet Chop Suey
  8. Oriental Strut
  9. You're Next
  10. Muskrat Ramble
  11. Don't Forget To Mess Around
  12. I'm Gonna Gitcha
  13. Dropping Shucks
  14. Who' Sit
  15. He Likes It Slow
  16. The King Of The Zulus
  17. Big Fat Ma And Skinny Pa
  18. Lonesome Blues
  19. Sweet Little Papa
  20. Jazz Lips
  21. Skid-Dat-De-Dat
  22. Big Butter And Egg Man From The West
  23. Sunset Cafe Stomp
  24. You Made Me Love You
  25. Irish Black Bottom
Music CD 2
  1. Willie The Weeper
  2. Wild Man Blues
  3. Chicago Breakdown
  4. Alligator Crawl
  5. Potato Head Blues
  6. Melancholy Blues
  7. Weary Blues
  8. Twelfth Street Rag
  9. Keyhole Blues
  10. S.O.L. Blues
  11. Gully Low Blues
  12. That's When I'll Come Back To You
  13. Put 'Em Down Blues
  14. Ory's Creole Trombone
  15. The Last Time
  16. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
  17. Got No Blues
  18. Once In A While
  19. I'm Not Rough
  20. Hotter Than That
  21. Savoy Blues
Music CD 3
  1. Fireworks
  2. Skip The Gutter
  3. A Monday Date
  4. Don't Jive Me
  5. West End Blues
  6. Sugar Foot Strut
  7. Two Deuces
  8. Squeeze Me
  9. Knee Drops
  10. Symphonic Raps
  11. Savoyagers' Stomp
  12. No (No, Papa, No)
  13. Basin Street Blues
  14. No-One Else But You
  15. Beau Koo Jack
  16. Save It, Pretty Mama
  17. A Weather Bird
  18. Muggles
  19. A Heah Me Talkin' To Ya?
  20. James Infirmary
  21. Tight Like This
  22. Knockin' A Jug
Music CD 4
  1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five
  2. Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five
  3. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  4. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue? - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  5. That Rhythm Man - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  6. Sweet Savannah Sue - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  7. Some Of These Days - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  8. Some Of These Days - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  9. When You're Smiling - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  10. When You're Smiling - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  11. After You've Gone - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  12. I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  13. Dallas Blues - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  14. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  15. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  16. A Song Of The Islands - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  17. Bessie Couldn't Help It - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  18. Blue, Turning Grey Over You - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  19. Dear Old Southland - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  20. Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
  21. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five

Free Music Notes for The Hot Fives & Sevens

Free Music Review: Rockin' the Hooverville
Hit: 5 Stars

The stateside legality of this box set may be a bit dubious- this music is public domain in England, where copyright laws are a bit less stingy- but I don't think that you need to worry about federal agents kicking down your door. Like most import compilations of American pre-war music, these four discs live in a legal grey area here in the states, and it's a fairly light grey, at that. And there's hardly anything immoral about it: The people who created this music don't have much use for royalty payments, what with their being dead and all. In any case, purchasing this box set instead of the inferior and overpriced Sony package sends a good message to the big companies while providing monetary support to one of the greatest reissue labels in the history of mankind. Anyway, the fact that it's 2008 and you still pay for your music already makes you something akin to a saint.

But then again, maybe you should buy whichever set you're comfortable with. I'm not here to extol the virtues of JSP or denounce Sony. The purpose of this review is to praise Louis Armstrong's recordings with the Hot Five and the Hot Seven, and that's exactly what I intend to do. This is some of the most joyous music in the history of mankind, a freewheeling evocation of a lost world bursting at the seams with thrill and rebellion and sweat and booze and love and melody, with horns swirling and speaking and singing over and around each other while pianos twinkle drunkenly beneath. Without ever sounding dated, these recordings effortlessly evoke a magical world of fun-filled speakeasies, irreverent flapper girls. And boundless investment opportunities in Florida land. You need to get this.
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The Hot Fives & Sevens Poster

Between 1925 and 1929, Louis Armstrong created one of the first great bodies of work in jazz. While he worked regularly as a soloist with big bands, he began his career as a leader with the first all-star studio group in jazz, the Hot Five. The other four musicians were Armstrong's wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong, on piano; Johnny Dodds on clarinet; Kid Ory on trombone; and Johnny St. Cyr on banjo. The music's first great soloist, Armstrong was reshaping jazz by sheer improvisational magic, gradually diminishing the role of the traditional New Orleans ensemble with the clarion brilliance of his trumpet. Possessing an uncanny blend of exuberance and creativity, he combined virtuosic declarations with a talent for the subtlest shifts in phrasing and melodic variation, creating rich emotional statements that could hint at loss in the midst of joy or the promise of better things in the most sorrowful blues. The band expands here, to the Hot Seven and larger ensembles, and it gains soloists who applied Armstrong's lessons to their own instruments--musicians such as pianist Earl Hines and trombonist Jack Teagarden--but all come under the imprint of Armstrong's flowering genius, as both trumpeter and singer.

It's almost impossible to overrate this material. It may be the most influential music in jazz history, establishing standards for originality and sustained invention that have rarely been matched. The JSP set is a superb reissue of Armstrong's essential work. The remastering is by John R.T. Davies, widely acknowledged as the dean of engineers in the field of early jazz, and the resultant sound is simply the best this work has ever enjoyed. There are alternate takes of the later material on Columbia Legacy (including Louis in New York and St. Louis Blues), so collectors will want both. But this recording is superior listening, at a price that also makes it an ideal introduction to one of the few titans of jazz. --Stuart Broomer

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