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Suggested Listening Louis Armstrong was an extremely busy musician when it came to studio and live recordings. The majority of songs and performances discussed in the preceding pages are collected on the following CDs and box sets, all of which are currently available (sometimes as reissues by different labels) and many of which carry excellent liner notes. The vast archive of Armstrong recordings is meticulously catalogued in Jos Willems, All of Me: The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong (Lanham : Scarecrow, 2006). King Oliver. Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings. 1923. 2 CDs. Off the Record/Archeophone, 2007. Louis Armstrong. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. 1923–34. 4 CDs. Sony/Columbia /Legacy, 1994. Louis Armstrong. The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings. 1925–29. 4 CDs. Sony/Columbia/Legacy, 2006. Louis Armstrong. The Complete RCA Victor Recordings. 1932–56. 4 CDs. RCA, 2001. Louis Armstrong and Friends. Jazz in Paris. 1934. Universal France, 2007. Louis Armstrong. Fleischmann’s Yeast Show & Louis’ Home-Recorded Tapes. 1937/various . 2 CDs. Jazz Heritage, 2008. Louis Armstrong. The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes. 1935–39. 4 CDs. De‹nitive , 2004. Louis Armstrong. The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes. 1940–49. 2 CDs. De‹nitive , 2004. Louis Armstrong. Complete 1950–1951 All Stars Decca Recordings. 1950–51. 2 CDs. De‹nitive, 2004. Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. Fun with Bing and Louis. 1949–51. Jasmine Records, 1997. Louis Armstrong and His All Stars. Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy. 1954. Sony/Columbia/Legacy, 1997. 325 Louis Armstrong and His All Stars. Satch Plays Fats. 1955. Sony/Columbia/Legacy, 2000. Louis Armstrong and His All Stars. European Concert Recordings by Ambassador Jazz. 1956. Sony/Columbia/Legacy, 2000. Louis Armstrong and His All Stars. The Great Chicago Concert. 1956. Sony/Columbia /Legacy, 1997. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. 1956–57. Verve, 1997. Louis Armstrong. Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography. 1957. 3 CDs. Verve, 2001. Louis Armstrong. Satchmo the Great. 1957. Sony/Columbia/Legacy, 2000. Louis Armstrong. Louis and the Good Book. 1958. Verve, 2001. Louis Armstrong and the All Stars. Satchmo Plays King Oliver. 1959. Fuel Records, 2002. Louis Armstrong and His Band. With Dave Brubeck, Carmen McRae, and Lambert , Hendricks, and Ross. The Real Ambassadors. 1962. CBS, 1990. 326 suggested listening ...

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