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See larger image	Louis Armstrong - At His Very Best Louis Armstrong Label : Decca (UMO) Music   Binding : Audio CD Format : Box set Release : 2003-10-13   List Price:£14.99  Offer Price:£8.88	Sales Ranking 2717 th Rating ASIN:B0000CG3PA

See larger image	The Complete Collection Louis Armstrong Label : Commercial Marketing Music   Binding : Audio CD Format : Box set Release : 2007-04-30   List Price:£7.99  Offer Price:£3.99	Sales Ranking 5303 th Rating ASIN:B000NA2UVY

See larger image	Hot Fives and Sevens Louis Armstrong Label : JSP Music   Binding : Audio CD Format : Box set Release : 1999-10-04   List Price:£19.99  Offer Price:£14.00	Sales Ranking 2683 th Rating ASIN:B00001ZWLP
Fact: Some 70-plus years ago, Louis Armstrong was bigger than the Beatles. Fact: Louis' record sales provided the seed money for some of today's great communications empires. Fact: Pops' startling trumpet prowess and ingratiating vocals transformed the phrasing of every instrumentalist and vocalist on earth--and these are the sessions that started it all. Having performed as the second cornet with spiritual father Joe "King" Oliver's legendary New Orleans band, he turned everybody's head in New York during his stint with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra in 1924. Then, at wife Lil Hardin's insistence, he returned to Chicago in 1925, which led to the first of his super sessions for the Okeh label--fronting an all-star band assembled just for the studio. Even amid the traditional New Orleans polyphony and ensemble work of "Gut Bucket Blues", the sheer power of Armstrong's cornet pulls along the rest of the band like a locomotive (and in setting the infectious closing riff, he not only anticipates the swing era but Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts"). By the time we get to the 1926 sessions, featuring his innovative "scat singing" on "Heebie Jeebies" and his dynamic stop-time phrases on "Cornet Chop Suey", Louis Armstrong is well on his way to transforming jazz into a soloist's art, and himself into the most influential musician of the 20th century. --Chip Stern

See larger image	The Very Best Of Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Label : Verve Music   Binding : Audio CD Format : Box set Release : 2000-07-17   List Price:£13.99  Offer Price:£7.97	Sales Ranking 14159 th Rating ASIN:B00004TWRX

See larger image	What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong Label : Universal / Island Music   Binding : Audio CD Release : 1999-03-20   List Price:£8.99  Offer Price:£5.16	Sales Ranking 44671 th Rating ASIN:B000026E1N

See larger image	The Complete Studio Recorded Duets Ella Fitzgerald Label : Avid Music   Binding : Audio CD Release : 2008-03-31   List Price:£8.99  Offer Price:£3.99	Sales Ranking 3041 th Rating ASIN:B0015U7ZG6

See larger image	The Ultimate Collection Louis Armstrong Label : Bluebird Music   Binding : Audio CD Release : 1994-05-07   List Price:£13.99  Offer Price:£8.25	Sales Ranking 79007 th ASIN:B000026R3N
There are many Louis Armstrong anthologies, and this one is certainly outstanding, with 24 tracks running over 77 minutes, spanning all but the very earliest years of Satchmo's career. The majority of the album covers Armstong's various bands over the years, the Orchestra, Dixieland Seven and All Stars, but also featuring tracks such as "Only You" (1955) with the Benny Carter Orchestra, and "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" (1950) with Ella Fitzgerald and the Sy Oliver Orchestra. As the cover says "The sound quality is excellent for its period on all tracks, but inevitably various throughout the album. All tracks have been newly digitally remastered for this compilation from original source material." Thus "St. Louis Blues" from 1933 really swings, and "Pennies From Heaven" (1947) shines with authentic character despite a somewhat rough live recording. Well featured are trumpet-led tunes such as "Tiger Rag" (1947), as well as the later famous hits like "Mack The Knife" (1956) and "Moon River" (1964) dominated by that unmistakably rich voice. Most Armstrong anthologies include "What A Wonderful World", but this album also contains a fascinating alternative take from 1970. It's a difficult choice, but if you only have room for one Armstrong collection, this excellent release just might be it. --Gary S. Dalkin

See larger image	The Best of the Hot 5 and Hot 7 Recordings Louis Armstrong Label : Sony Jazz Music   Binding : Audio CD Release : 2002-08-05   List Price:£8.99  Offer Price:£5.67	Sales Ranking 16753 th Rating ASIN:B000068ZR2

See larger image	The Great Summit: The Master Takes Louis Armstrong Label : Roulette Jazz Music   Binding : Audio CD Format : Original recording remastered Release : 2001-01-08   List Price:£8.99  Offer Price:£4.99	Sales Ranking 19856 th Rating ASIN:B00005614N

See larger image	It's Louis Armstrong (10cd Set) Louis Armstrong Label : Membran Music   Binding : Audio CD Format : Box set Release : 2005-07-11   List Price:£21.99  Offer Price:£19.99	Sales Ranking 53806 th Rating ASIN:B0009V2C8I

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