Louis Armstrong - Definitive Collection
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Artist: Louis ArmstrongEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Music Label: Hip-O Records
Soundtracks:
- What A Wonderful World
- Cabaret
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- Hello, Dolly!
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
- Georgia On My Mind
- When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Mack The Knife
- Basin Street Blues
- Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
- It Takes Two To Tango
- Gone Fishin'
- A Kiss To Build A Dream On
- That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
- Blueberry Hill
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
- I Want A Little Girl
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Struttin' With Some Barbeque
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Live)
Music reviews of Definitive Collection
Music Review: An okay compilation, but certainly not deserving of the title 'Definitive'
Rating: 2 Stars
Louis Armstrong's recording career spanned five decades and 47 years. 1923 to 1970, Louis recorded albums and singles regularly. As of December 25, 2009, the only collection that has come close to summarizing all of his recordings is the 'Ken Burns JAZZ' collection, with 25 recordings. But that still doesn't do him justice.
So, in 2006, Hip-O Records (owned by the Universal Music Group, or UMG) decided to release the millionth-and-one Armstrong collection. The title was 'The Definitive Collection.' It looks like a nice set, judging by the packaging. There's Satchmo on the cover, with his signature trumpet. And to it's defense, the packaging is incredible. Good liner notes, good information about the tracks. Hip-O did outstanding in that regard.
But other than that, this is a pretty awful collection. A low point in the normally-outstanding 'The Definitive Collection' series.
First of all, while most of the music here is great, it is by no means a 'definitive collection.' To be truly definitive, you need his Hot Fives and Sevens from the 1925-1928 period, his recordings with Earl Hines from 1928-1930, his RCA victor period from 1933-1934 and again from 1945-1947. And while we're on the topic, why not include his early 1923 recordings with King Oliver? In order for it to be definitive, these recordings are absolutely necessary.
What that leaves are his Decca and Verve recordings. 'Struttin' With Some Barbecue' is here, albeit in it's 1938 remake of his recording ten years prior, but still in a smoking version nonetheless.
But all that's left now is the "easy listening" Louis. That means, 'What a Wonderful World,' 'Hello Dolly,' 'Blueberry Hill,' 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On,' etc. And while those are quite nice recordings and are definitive, they are just not enough for a compilation titled 'The Definitive Collection.'
A more appropriate title would be 'Louis Armstrong - The Definitive Decca/Verve Collection.' Because that's in retrospect what this is. It's not truly definitive. In my honest opinion, there is yet to be a truly "definitive" Louis Armstrong collection, and I doubt there ever will be. You'd need at least 12 CDs to do so.
Recommended for the latter day Louis Armstrong fan.
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