Milestones of a Jazz Legend

~ Release by Louis Armstrong (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Attention:
some tracks are listed in place and order of the original back cover art replicas but placed on other mediums of this release. Those are indicated as "Listen CD x #y" at the end of line

Annotation last modified on 2020-11-10 18:21 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Satchmo Sings / Satchmo Serenades
2▶CD: Jazzin’ With Armstrong / Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
3▼CD: Louis Armstrong Sings the Blues / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
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1I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
3:00
2Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:24
3St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:41
4The Blues Are Brewing
recording of:
The Blues Are Brewin’
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Louis Alter
2:55
5Rockin’ Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
3:03
6Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans
recording of:
Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans
writer:
Bob Carleton and Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist)
3:05
7Blues for Yesterday
recording of:
Blues for Yesterday
writer:
Leroy Carr
2:35
8Jack Armstrong Blues
recording of:
Jack‐Armstrong Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden
2:58
9Blues in the South
2:56
10Back O’ Town Blues
recording of:
Back o’ Town Blues
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Luis Russell
3:14
11Fifty-Fifty Blues
recording of:
Fifty-Fifty Blues
writer:
Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
2:57
12Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
recording of:
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange and Cathrine Legardh
writer:
Louis Alter and Eddie DeLange
composer:
Louis Alter
2:59
13A Foggy Day
4:33
14Stars Fell on Alabama
recording of:
Stars Fell on Alabama
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Frank S. Perkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Mills Music
3:34
15Cheek to Cheek
recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 nominee)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
5:54
16The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
5:42
17April in Paris
recording of:
April in Paris
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
6:32
18Can’t We Be Friends
recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends?
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
3:48
19Isn’t This a Lovely Day
recording of:
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? (from “Top Hat”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
6:18
20Moonlight in Vermont
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1956-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1956-08-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1956-08-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1956-08-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-16)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-16)
cover recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont (on 1956-08-16)
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Chappell, Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
53:41
4▶CD: Satchmo the Great / Porgy & Bess
5▶CD: Ella & Louis Again
6▶CD: Louis and the Angels / Swing Low Sweet Satchmo
7▶CD: Under the Stars / Satchmo in Style
8▶CD: The Five Pennies
9▶CD: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson / Satchmo Plays King Oliver
10▶CD: Louis Armstrong & The Dukes of Dixieland / Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

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Release group

part of:10 CD Collection (order: 11)