Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy

Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
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) 		Satch Plays Fats
(1955)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[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

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Side 1

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  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

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  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

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  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

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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

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  1. ^ "The Louis Armstrong Discography: The All-Stars (1946 - 1956)".
  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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