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The Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions were recorded between 1925 and 1928 by
Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
with his
Hot Five Hot or the acronym HOT may refer to: Food and drink *Pungency, in food, a spicy or hot quality *Hot, a wine tasting descriptor Places *Hot district, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand **Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot District ...
and
Hot Seven Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven was a jazz studio group organized to make a series of recordings for Okeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, in May 1927. Some of the personnel also recorded with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, including Johnny Dodds ...
groups. According to the
National Recording Registry The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservati ...
, "Louis Armstrong was jazz's first great soloist and is among American music's most important and influential figures. These sessions, his solos in particular, set a standard musicians still strive to equal in their beauty and innovation." These recordings were added to the
National Recording Registry The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservati ...
in 2002, the first year of the institution's existence.
Ron Wynn Ron Wynn is a music critic, author, and AllMusic editor. Wynn was the editor of the first edition of '' The All Music Guide to Jazz'' (1994), and from 1993 to 1994 served as the jazz and rap editor of the ''All Music Guide''. Wynn is the former e ...
and Bruce Boyd Raeburn, writing for the ''
All Music Guide to Jazz ''All Music Guide to Jazz'' is a non-fiction book that is an encyclopedic referencing of jazz music compiled under the direction of All Media Guide. The first edition, ''All Music Guide to Jazz: the Best CDs, Albums & Tapes'', appeared in 1994 and ...
'', note that "these recordings radically altered jazz's focus; instead of collective playing, Armstrong's spectacular instrumental (and vocal) improvisations redefined the music." Armstrong helped popularize
scat singing In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice as an instrument rather than a speaking medium. ...
in " Heebie Jeebies," and his solo on "
Potato Head Blues "Potato Head Blues" is a Louis Armstrong composition regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was made by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven for Okeh Records in Chicago, Illinois on May 10, 1927. It was recorded during a remarkably productiv ...
" helped establish the
stop-time In tap dancing, jazz, and blues, stop-time is an accompaniment pattern interrupting, or stopping, the normal time and featuring regular accented attacks on the first beat of each or every other measure, alternating with silence or instrument ...
technique in
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
.


Recordings


1925–1926 Hot Five recordings

#"My Heart" (
Lil Armstrong Lillian Hardin Armstrong (née Hardin; February 3, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. She was the second wife of Louis Armstrong, with whom she collaborated on many recordings in ...
) #"Yes! I'm in the Barrel" #"Gut Bucket Blues" #"Come Back Sweet Papa" (
Paul Barbarin Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was an American jazz drummer from New Orleans. Career Barbarin grew up in New Orleans in a family of musicians, including his father, three of his brothers, and his nephew (Danny Barker) ...
,
Luis Russell Luis Russell (August 5, 1902 – December 11, 1963) was a pioneering Panamanian jazz pianist, orchestra leader, composer, and arranger. Career Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of African-Car ...
) #"Georgia Grind" (
Spencer Williams Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs " Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New B ...
) #" Heebie Jeebies" ( Boyd Atkins) #"Cornet Chop Suey" #"Oriental Strut" (
Johnny St. Cyr Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one. On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Pepp ...
) #"You're Next" #"
Muskrat Ramble "Muskrat Ramble" is a jazz composition written by Kid Ory in 1926. It was first recorded on February 26, 1926, by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and became the group's most frequently recorded piece. It was paired on the flip side with another ...
" (
Ray Gilbert Ray Gilbert (September 5, 1912 – March 3, 1976) was an American lyricist. He grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. Career Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar-winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film ''Song of the South'', w ...
,
Kid Ory Edward "Kid" Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973) was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz. He was ...
) #"Don't Forget to Mess Around" (Armstrong, Barbarin) #"I'm Gonna Gitcha" (
Lil Hardin Lillian Hardin Armstrong (née Hardin; February 3, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. She was the second wife of Louis Armstrong, with whom she collaborated on many recordings in ...
) #"Droppin' Shucks" (Hardin) #"Who' Sit" (
Richard M. Jones Richard M. Jones, born Richard Marigny Jones (sometimes written Richard Mariney Jones), (June 13, 1892 – December 8, 1945) was an American jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer. Numerous songs bear his name as author, includi ...
) #"He Likes It Slow" ( J. Edwards) #"The King of the Zulus" (Lil Armstrong) #"Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa" (
Richard M. Jones Richard M. Jones, born Richard Marigny Jones (sometimes written Richard Mariney Jones), (June 13, 1892 – December 8, 1945) was an American jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer. Numerous songs bear his name as author, includi ...
) #"Lonesome Blues" (Hardin) #"Sweet Little Papa" (Ory) #"Jazz Lips" (Hardin) #"Skid-Dat-De-Dat" (Hardin) #"
Big Butter and Egg Man "Big Butter and Egg Man" is a 1926 jazz song written by Percy Venable. Venable was a record producer at the Sunset Cafe and wrote the song for Louis Armstrong and singer May Alix.''Louis Armstrong: An American Genius''. James Lincoln Collier. Oxfo ...
" (Armstrong, Percy Venable) #"Sunset Cafe Stomp" (Armstrong, Venable) #"You Made Me Love You" (Armstrong, Venable) #"Irish Black Bottom" (Armstrong, Venable)


1927 Hot Seven recordings

#"
Willie the Weeper "Willie the Weeper" is a song about drug addiction. It is based on a standard vaudeville song, likely written in 1904. It is credited to Walter Melrose, Grant Rymal, Marty Bloom, who published it with Morris Edwin H & Co Inc in 1908. The first re ...
" (Marty Bloom,
Walter Melrose Walter Melrose (October 26, 1889– May 30, 1973) was a music publisher and lyricist in the 1920s and 1930s. Background He was born in Sumner, Illinois, and was the brother of Lester Melrose, with whom he established a music store in Chicago. Th ...
, Grant Rymal) #"Wild Man Blues" (Armstrong, "Jelly Roll" Morton) #"Chicago Breakdown" (Morton) #"Alligator Crawl" (
Joe Davis Joseph Davis (15 April 190110 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game i ...
,
Andy Razaf Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was an American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". Biography Razaf was born in Washi ...
, Thomas Waller) #"
Potato Head Blues "Potato Head Blues" is a Louis Armstrong composition regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was made by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven for Okeh Records in Chicago, Illinois on May 10, 1927. It was recorded during a remarkably productiv ...
" #"Melancholy Blues" (Bloom, Melrose) #"
Weary Blues "Weary Blues" is a 1915 tune by Artie Matthews. Despite the name, the form is a multi-strain ragtime rather than a conventional blues. (At the time it was published, many hot or raggy numbers were published with the word "Blues" in the title). It ...
" (
Artie Matthews Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 – October 25, 1958) was an American songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer. Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood, Illinois; his family moved to Springfield, Illinois in his youth. He learned to play p ...
) #"
Twelfth Street Rag "Twelfth Street Rag" is a ragtime musical composition published by Euday L. Bowman in 1914. Background A friend of Euday Bowman known as "Raggedy Ed" declared his intention to open a pawn shop on 12th Street in Kansas City while the two were wa ...
" ( Euday Bowman) #"Keyhole Blues" (
Wesley Wilson Wesley Shellie Wilson (October 1, 1893 – October 10, 1958), often credited as Kid Wilson, was an American blues and jazz singer and songwriter. His stagecraft and performances with his wife and musical partner, Coot Grant, were popular w ...
) #"S.O.L. Blues" #"Gully Low Blues" #"That's When I'll Come Back to You" (Biggs)


1927 Hot Five recordings

#"Put 'Em Down Blues" (E.J. Bennett) #"Ory's Creole Trombone" (Ory) #"The Last Time" (Ewing, Martin) #"Struttin' With Some Barbecue" (Hardin,
Don Raye Don Raye (born Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr., March 16, 1909 – January 29, 1985) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs for The Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", " The House of Blue Lights", "Just for a Thr ...
) #"Got No Blues" (Hardin) #"Once in a While" (William Butler) #"I'm Not Rough" (Armstrong, Hardin) #"Hotter Than That" (Armstrong, Hardin) #"Savoy Blues" (Ory)


1928 Hot Five recordings

#"Fireworks" (Spencer Williams) #"Skip the Gutter" (S. Williams) #"A Monday Date" (
Earl Hines Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, " ...
, Robin) #"Don't Jive Me" (Hardin) #"
West End Blues "West End Blues" is a multi-strain twelve-bar blues composition by Joe "King" Oliver. It is most commonly performed as an instrumental, although it has lyrics added by Clarence Williams. King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators made the first recor ...
" (
King Oliver Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver (December 19, 1881 – April 8/10, 1938) was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of Mute (music), mutes in jazz. Also a notable c ...
, C. Williams) #"Sugar Foot Strut" (Pierce) #"Two Deuces" (Hardin) #"
Squeeze Me "Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the ...
" (Waller, C. Williams) #"Knee Drops" (Hardin)


Recording dates


Personnel


1925–1926 Hot Five recordings


Tracks 1–6

*
Hociel Thomas Hociel Thomas (July 10, 1904 – August 22, 1952) was an American blues singer and pianist in the classic female blues style. Born in Houston, Texas, United States, her father, George Washington Thomas, was a musician, songwriter, and music publi ...
(
voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production in ...
) *
Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
(
cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ...
) *
Johnny Dodds Johnny Dodds (; April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was an American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist based in New Orleans, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, ...
(
clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
) *
Hersal Thomas Hersal Thomas (September 9, 1906 – June 2, 1926) was an American blues pianist and composer. He recorded a number of sides for Okeh Records in 1925 and 1926. Thomas was born in Houston, Texas, United States, and displayed an early talent ...
(
piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
) *
Johnny St. Cyr Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one. On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Pepp ...
(
banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
)


Tracks 7–20

* Louis Armstrong (cornet) *
Kid Ory Edward "Kid" Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973) was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz. He was ...
(
trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...
) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) *
Lil Hardin Armstrong Lillian Hardin Armstrong (née Hardin; February 3, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. She was the second wife of Louis Armstrong, with whom she collaborated on many recordings in ...
(piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)


Track 21

* Joe and Susie Edwards (
Butterbeans and Susie Butterbeans and Susie were an American comedy duo comprising Jodie Edwards (July 19, 1893 – October 28, 1967) and Susie Edwards (née Hawthorne; December 1894 – December 5, 1963). They married in 1917, and performed together until the ...
) (voice) * Louis Armstrong (cornet) * Kid Ory (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)


Tracks 22–25

* Clarence Babcock (voice) * Louis Armstrong (cornet, voice) * Kid Ory (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)


Tracks 26–27

* Louis Armstrong (cornet, voice) * Kid Ory (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)


Tracks 28–29

*
May Alix Liza Mae "May" Alix (August 31, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois - November 1, 1983) was an American cabaret and jazz vocalist. Biography She began her career as a teenager after winning a talent contest. She performed with the Jimmie Noone band in th ...
(voice) * Louis Armstrong (cornet, voice) * Kid Ory (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)


Tracks 30–31

* Louis Armstrong (cornet, voice) * Henry Clark (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)


1927 Hot Seven recordings


Tracks 32–33

* Louis Armstrong (cornet) * John Thomas (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo) *
Pete Briggs Pete Briggs (born 1904, date of death unknown) was an American jazz bass and tuba player. Briggs was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was related to bandleader Arthur Briggs. He first played professionally in the early 1920s with the J ...
(tuba) *
Baby Dodds Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He is regarded as one of the best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era, and one of the most important ...
(
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
)


Track 34

* Louis Armstrong (cornet) * Bill Wilson (cornet) *
Honoré Dutrey Honoré Dutrey (c. 1894 in New Orleans, Louisiana – July 21, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) was a dixieland jazz trombonist, probably best known for his work in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. In New Orleans, Dutrey played with the Excelsior Br ...
(trombone) * Boyd Atkins (clarinet,
alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
,
soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...
) * Joe Walker (alto saxophone,
baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...
) * Albert Washington (
tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...
) *
Earl Hines Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, " ...
(piano) * Rip Bassett (banjo,
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
) * Pete Briggs (tuba) *
Tubby Hall Alfred "Tubby" Hall (October 12, 1895 – May 13, 1945) was an American jazz drummer. Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana; his family moved to New Orleans in his childhood. His younger brother Minor "Ram" Hall also became a professional drummer ...
(drums)


Tracks 35–43

* Louis Armstrong (cornet) * John Thomas (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo, guitar) * Pete Briggs (tuba) * Baby Dodds (drums)


1927 Hot Five recordings


Tracks 44–50

* Louis Armstrong (cornet) * Kid Ory (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo, guitar)


Tracks 51–52

* Louis Armstrong (cornet, voice) * Kid Ory (trombone) * Johnny Dodds (clarinet) * Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) * Johnny St. Cyr (banjo, guitar) * Lonnie Johnson (guitar)


1928 Hot Five recordings


Tracks 53–56

* Lillie Delk Christian (voice) * Louis Armstrong (trumpet) *
Jimmy Noone Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. After beginning his career in New Orleans, he led Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, a Chicago band that recorded for Vocalion Records, Vocalion an ...
(clarinet) * Earl Hines (piano) * Mancy Carr (banjo)


Tracks 57–67

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet, voice) * Fred Robinson (trombone) * Jimmy Strong (clarinet, tenor saxophone) * Earl Hines (piano) * Mancy Carr (banjo) *
Zutty Singleton Arthur James "Zutty" Singleton (May 14, 1898 – July 14, 1975) was an American jazz drummer. Career Singleton was born in Bunkie, Louisiana, United States, and raised in New Orleans. According to his ''Jazz Profiles'' biography, his unusual ...
(drums)


Tracks 68–70

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet, voice) * Fred Robinson (trombone) * Jimmy Strong (tenor saxophone, clarinet) *
Don Redman Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964) was an American jazz musician, music arrangement, arranger, bandleader, and composer. Biography Redman was born in Piedmont, West Virginia, Piedmont, Mineral County, West Virginia, Un ...
(clarinet, alto saxophone) * Earl Hines (piano) *
Dave Wilborn David Buckley Wilborn (April 11, 1904 – April 25, 1982) was an American jazz singer and banjoist, best known for his time as a member of McKinney's Cotton Pickers. Early life Wilborn was born in Springfield, Ohio, on April 11, 1904. He started ...
(banjo, guitar) * Zutty Singleton (drums)


Track 71

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet) * Earl Hines (piano)


Track 72

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet) * Fred Robinson (trombone) * Jimmy Strong (clarinet) * Earl Hines (piano) * Mancy Carr (banjo) * Zutty Singleton (drums)


Tracks 73–75

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet, voice) * Fred Robinson (trombone) * Jimmy Strong (clarinet, tenor saxophone) * Don Redman (clarinet, alto saxophone) * Earl Hines (piano) * Mancy Carr (banjo) * Zutty Singleton (drums)


Track 76

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet) *
Jack Teagarden Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) was an American jazz trombonist and singer. According to critic Scott Yannow of Allmusic, Teagarden was the preeminent American jazz trombone player before the bebop era of the 19 ...
(trombone) *
Happy Caldwell Albert W. "Happy" Caldwell (sometimes incorrectly spelled Cauldwell) (July 25, 1903 in Chicago – December 29, 1978 in New York City) was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. Caldwell began on clarinet at age 16, playing in t ...
(tenor saxophone) *
Joe Sullivan Michael Joseph O'Sullivan (November 4, 1906 – October 13, 1971) was an American jazz pianist. Sullivan was the ninth child of Irish immigrant parents. He studied classical piano for 12 years and at age 17, he began to play popular music in si ...
(piano) *
Eddie Lang Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro, October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar. During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as p ...
(guitar) *
Kaiser Marshall Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall (June 11, 1902 in Savannah, Georgia – January 2, 1948 in New York City) was an American jazz drummer. Marshall was raised in Boston, where he studied under George L. Stone. He played with Charlie Dixon before movin ...
(drums)


Tracks 77–79

* Louis Armstrong (trumpet, voice) * J.C. Higginbotham (trombone) *
Albert Nicholas Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900 – September 3, 1973) was an American jazz clarinet player. Career Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Late ...
(alto saxophone) *
Charlie Holmes Charlie Holmes (January 27, 1910 near Boston, Massachusetts – September 19, 1985 in Stoughton, Massachusetts) was an American alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era. He also played clarinet and oboe for the Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra in ...
(alto saxophone) *
Teddy Hill Teddy Hill (December 7, 1909 in Birmingham, Alabama – May 19, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio) was an American big band leader and the manager of Minton's Playhouse, a seminal jazz club in Harlem. He played a variety of instruments, including dru ...
(tenor saxophone) *
Luis Russell Luis Russell (August 5, 1902 – December 11, 1963) was a pioneering Panamanian jazz pianist, orchestra leader, composer, and arranger. Career Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of African-Car ...
(piano) *
Eddie Condon Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang. Early years Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...
(banjo) * Lonnie Johnson (guitar) *
Pops Foster George Murphy "Pops" Foster (May 19, 1892 – October 30, 1969) was an American jazz musician, best known for his vigorous slap bass playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally. Biography Foster was born to ...
(bass) *
Paul Barbarin Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was an American jazz drummer from New Orleans. Career Barbarin grew up in New Orleans in a family of musicians, including his father, three of his brothers, and his nephew (Danny Barker) ...
(drums)


See also

*''
Hot Fives & Sevens ''Hot Fives & Sevens'' is a 2000 box set collection of recordings made by American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong with his Hot Five, Hot Seven, and other groups between 1925 and 1930. First released on JSP Records on 22 August 2000, the ...
'', a
box set A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands ...
comprising these sessions


References

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