LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1930-1931 | The Classics Chronological Series – 547 (1990) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

On May 4, 1930, Louis Armstrong cut a lively version of "Dinah" and a fierce little bit of "Tiger Rag" for the OKeh label in New York. His next recordings were made in Los Angeles several months later. Percussionist Lionel Hampton and trombonist Lawrence Brown, fresh from their tenure with Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders, show up in Armstrong's Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra, a tight session band named after a glorified saloon in Culver City. "Memories of You" contains what is said to be Hampton's first recorded solo on the vibraphone. "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)" perfectly demonstrates Armstrong's incredible ability to transform a fairly silly novelty into a glorious jazz performance that still endures even in a jaded age of humorlessness and postmodern cynicism. "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" is the perfect Louis Armstrong record, packed with warmth, ingenuity, rowdiness, raunchy humor, and red-hot trumpeting. Armstrong also demonstrated a remarkable ability to sing pretty love songs without copping out or diluting any of his wonderful potency. Many people are still ignorant of the fact that he was an accomplished crooner years before maturing into the famous contrabass chortler of the 1950s and '60s. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1     Dinah 3:20
Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young
2     Tiger Rag 3:12
Harry Da Costa / Eddie Edwards / Nick LaRocca / Henry W. Ragas / Tony Sbarbaro / Larry Shields
3     I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) 3:11
Phil Baxter
4     I'm in the Market for You 3:17
James F. Hanley / Joseph McCarthy
5     I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3:26
Doc Daugherty / Al J. Neiburg / Ellis Reynolds
6     If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) 3:42
Henry Creamer / James P. Johnson
7     Body and Soul 3:17
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
8     Memories of You 3:11
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
9     You're Lucky to Me 3:24
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
10     Sweethearts on Parade 3:20
Carmen Lombardo / Charles Newman
11     You're Drivin' Me Crazy! 3:09
Walter Donaldson
12     The Peanut Vendor 3:33
Louis Wolfe Gilbert / Moisés Simóns / Marion Sunshine
13     Just a Gigolo 3:15
Julius Brammer / Irving Caesar / Leonello Casucci
14     Shine 3:17
Lew Brown / Ford Dabney / Cecil Mack
15     Walkin' My Baby Back Home 3:07
Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk
16     I Surrender, Dear 3:07
Harry Barris / Gordon Clifford
17     When It's Sleepy Time Down South 3:21
Clarence Muse / Otis Rene / Leon René
18     Blue Again 3:09
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
19     Little Joe 3:09
Joselito
20     (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You 3:11
Sam Theard
21     Them There Eyes 3:03
Maceo Pinkard / Doris Tauber / William Tracey
22     When Your Lover Has Gone 3:06
Einar A. Swan