The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings

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The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Studio album by Louis Armstrong

Publication
(s)

2000

admission

11.11.1925 - 5.3.1929

Label (s) Columbia Records

Format (s)

4xCD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

89

running time

271: 01

occupation see bands, musicians and their instruments

production

Richard M. Jones, Tommy Rockwell

Location (s)

Chicago , New York City

Louis Armstrong (1953)

The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings is a four-CD music collection containing recordings of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, released in 2000 by Columbia Records . In addition to all 65 recordings of Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven from 1925 to 1928, the compilation also contains 24 recordings of similarly cast bands in which Armstrong was active between 1926 and March 1929 (like Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four , Louis Armstrong And His Stompers, Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Four, Johnny Dodds ' Black Bottom Stompers, Lil's Hot Shots and Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five and Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra). The box set contains important recordings of early hot jazz.

album

History of origin

Louis Armstrong returned to Chicago in November 1925 from New York, where he had played with Fletcher Henderson . While he performed the evening with various groups in clubs and theaters, he reached for his first recordings under his own name to musicians at back which he from his time with King Oliver knew in 1923, as well as Kid Ory , with whom he already in New Orleans played would have. The line-up of his first Hot Five band consisted of Kid Ory (trombone), Johnny Dodds (clarinet), Johnny St. Cyr (banjo), Lil Hardin (piano) and Armstrong himself on the cornet. Armstrong recorded with these Hot Five , which were expanded to the Hot Seven in 1927 , for OKeh Records in their studios in Chicago (and in 1929 in New York City ). "The recordings of the" Hot Five "can be divided into four groups in a broader sense: From November 12, 1925 to November 27, 1926, recordings were made with the authentic" Hot Five ", including two on May 28, 1926 under the Name "Lil's Hot Shots" for Vocalion . ... From May 7th to 14th, 1927 recordings were made with the "Hot Seven", which were a supplement to the "Hot Five" by Pete Briggs (tuba) and Baby Dodds (drums). John Thomas was temporarily the trombonist. From September 2 to December 13, 1927, the old "Hot Five" formed again. Eventually the new “Hot Five”, called “Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five”, with Earl Hines (piano, celesta and vocals), Fred Robinson (trombone), Jimmy Strong (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Mancy Carr (banjo), Zutty emerged Singleton (drums), which made sound recordings from June 27 to December 7, 1928. ”The recordings from March 1929, which Louis Armstrong made after moving to New York, were made with his band Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five JC Higginbotham (trombone), Albert Nicholas (alto saxophone), Charlie Holmes (alto saxophone), Teddy Hill (tenor saxophone), Luis Russell (piano), Eddie Condon (banjo), Lonnie Johnson (guitar), Pops Foster (bass) and Paul Barbarin (Drums).

Edition history

The individual music titles were initially published on shellac records . It was not until the 1950s that the recordings were combined into long-playing records . The first collections of recordings of the Hot Five and Hot Seven brought the Dutch Philips (1956) and, more extensively, the British Parlophone and the German Odeon label onto the market in the 1960s. In 2000 the complete edition was released by Columbia Records as well as the 4-CD box Hot Fives & Sevens by JSP Records.

meaning

Armstrong's studio quintet Hot Five went "down in jazz history ". Between 1925 and 1927, in the golden age of jazz, the original line-up produced “a series of recordings that are still unsurpassed today.” For Ralf Dombrowski , the recordings of the Hot Five and Hot Seven are “one of the foundations of jazz in general . ”In contrast to Armstrong's later recordings, his virtuoso playing is still integrated into the band as primus inter pares ; he is not yet the dominant soloist. “That's what makes this studio ensemble so big .” “With this dynamic combo, the level of interpretation suddenly jumped to a new level.” The band not only achieved numerous hits such as Heebie Jeepies (with the first virtuoso scat song in jazz history) , the Muskrat Ramble or Basin Street Blues , but rather the interpretation of pieces such as Cornet Chop Suey or Potato Head Blues showed an artistic potential that could "help jazz to become a serious music". The critic Odilo Clausnitzer judges Armstrong's Hot Five : "If only he had made these recordings and nothing else, he would still be one of the most important personalities in the history of jazz."

Track list

  • Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia - C4K 63527)

CD 1

  1. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Gut Bucket Blues (Louis Armstrong) - 2:28
  2. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - My Heart (Lil Armstrong) - 2:34
  3. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Yes! I'm in the Barrel (Louis Armstrong) - 2:54
  4. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Come Back Sweet Papa ( Paul Barbarin / Luis Russell ) - 2:57
  5. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Georgia Grind ( Spencer Williams ) - 3:02
  6. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Heebie Jeebies ( Boyd Atkins / Herbert Stothart ) - 3:16
  7. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Cornet Chop Suey (Louis Armstrong) - 2:32
  8. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Oriental Strut (Johnny St. Cyr) - 2:42
  9. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - You're Next (Louis Armstrong) - 2:25
  10. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Muskrat Ramble (Ray Gilbert / Kid Ory) - 2:39
  11. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Don't Forget to Mess Around (Louis Armstrong / Paul Barbarin) - 3:03
  12. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - I'm Gonna Gitcha (Lil Hardin) - 2:45
  13. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Droppin 'Shucks (Lil Hardin) - 2:52
  14. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Who's It ( Richard M. Jones ) - 2:46
  15. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Clarence Babcock) - King of the Zulus (Lil Armstrong) - 3:05
  16. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Clarence Babcock) - Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa (Richard M. Jones) - 3:01
  17. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Clarence Babcock) - Lonesome Blues (Lil Hardin) - 3:04
  18. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Clarence Babcock) - Sweet Little Papa (Kid Ory) - 2:45
  19. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Jazz Lips (Lil Hardin) - 3:02
  20. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Skid-Dat-De-Dat (Lil Hardin) - 3:05
  21. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with May Alix) - Big Butter and Egg Man (Louis Armstrong / Percy Venable) - 3:00
  22. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with May Alix) - Sunset Cafe Stomp (Louis Armstrong / Percy Venable) - 2:45
  23. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Henry Clark (trombone)) - You Made Me Love You (Louis Armstrong / Percy Venable) - 2:54
  24. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Henry Clark (trombone)) - Irish Black Bottom (Louis Armstrong / Percy Venable) - 2:40

CD 2

  1. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Put 'Em Down Blues (EJ Bennett) - 3:15
  2. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Ory's Creole Trombone (Kid Ory) - 3:05
  3. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - The Last Time (Bill Ewing / Sara Martin ) - 3:29
  4. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast ) - Struttin 'With Some Barbecue (Lil Hardin / Don Raye ) - 3:06
  5. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Got No Blues (Lil Hardin) - 3:25
  6. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast plus Lonnie Johnson ) - Once in a While (William Butler) - 3:17
  7. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast plus Lonnie Johnson) - I'm Not Rough (Louis Armstrong / Lil Hardin) - 3:04
  8. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast plus Lonnie Johnson) - Hotter Than That (Louis Armstrong / Lil Hardin) - 3:04
  9. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast plus Lonnie Johnson) - Savoy Blues (Kid Ory) - 3:28
  10. Butterbeans and Susie accompanied by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - He Likes It Slow (J. Edwards) - 2:44
  11. Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four - Gambler's Dream (Hociel Thomas) - 2:27
  12. Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four - Sunshine Baby (Hociel Thomas) - 2:45
  13. Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four - Adam and Eve Had the Blues (Hociel Thomas) - 3:16
  14. Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four - Put It Where I Can Get It (Hociel Thomas) - 2:57
  15. Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four - Washwoman Blues (Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner / Hociel Thomas) - 2:58
  16. Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four - I've Stopped My Man (Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner / Hociel Thomas) - 2:53
  17. Lil's Hot Shots - Georgia Bo Bo (Jo Trent / Fats Waller ) - 3:04
  18. Lil's Hot Shots - Drop That Sack (Louis Armstrong) - 2:49
  19. Lil's Hot Shots - Drop That Sack (Louis Armstrong) - 2:47
  20. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast) - Cornet Chop Suey (Louis Armstrong) - 3:17

CD 3

  1. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Willie the Weeper (Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose / Grant Rymal) - 3:08
  2. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Wild Man Blues (Louis Armstrong / Jelly Roll Morton ) - 3:11
  3. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Alligator Crawl (Joe Davis / Andy Razaf / Fats Waller) - 3:03
  4. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues (Louis Armstrong) - 2:58
  5. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Melancholy (Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose) - 3:03
  6. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Weary Blues (Artie Matthews) - 3:00
  7. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Twelfth Street Rag (Euday L. Bowman) - 3:04
  8. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Keyhole Blues - 3:28
  9. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - SOL Blues (Louis Armstrong) - 2:53
  10. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Gully Low Blues (Louis Armstrong) - 3:16
  11. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - That's When I'll Come Back to You (Frank Biggs) - 2:57
  12. Louis Armstrong and His Stompers - Chicago Breakdown (Jelly Roll Morton) - 3:20
  13. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - Weary Blues (Artie Matthews) - 2:50
  14. Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - New Orleans Stomp (Louis Armstrong / Lil Hardin) - 2:46
  15. Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Wild Man Blues (Louis Armstrong / Jelly Roll Morton) - 3:03
  16. Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Wild Man Blues (Louis Armstrong / Jelly Roll Morton) - 3:08
  17. Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Melancholy (Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose) - 3:08
  18. Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers - Melancholy (Marty Bloom / Walter Melrose) - 3:23
  19. Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Four - You're a Real Sweetheart ( Irving Caesar / Cliff Friend) - 3:11
  20. Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Four - Too Busy! (Chester Cohn / Ned Miller ) - 2:57
  21. Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Four - Was It a Dream? (Coslow Spier) - 3:02
  22. Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Four - Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me ( Gus Kahn / Carmen Lombardo ) - 3:10

CD 4

  1. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - Fireworks ( Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams ) - 3:11
  2. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - Skip the Gutter (Spencer Williams) - 3:09
  3. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - A Monday Date (Earl Hines / Sydney Robin) - 3:14
  4. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (follow-up cast) - Don't Jive Me (Lil Hardin) - 2:49
  5. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (follow up) - West End Blues ( King Oliver / Clarence Williams) - 3:21
  6. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - Sugar Foot Strut ( Billie Pierce ) - 3:21
  7. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - Two Deuces (Lil Hardin) - 2:58
  8. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (follow-up cast) - Squeeze Me (Fats Waller / Clarence Williams) - 3:25
  9. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - Knee Drops (Lil Hardin) - 3:26
  10. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (follow-up cast) - No, Papa, No ( Victoria Spivey ) - 2:53
  11. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (next cast) - Basin Street Blues ( Spencer Williams ) - 3:17
  12. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five - No One Else But You ( Don Redman ) - 3:23
  13. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five - Beau Koo Jack (Louis Armstrong / Alex Hill / Walter Melrose) - 3:01
  14. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five - Save It, Pretty Mama (Joe Davis / Paul Denniker / Don Redman) - 3:17
  15. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (Instrumentation 1) - Muggles (Louis Armstrong / Earl Hines) - 2:52
  16. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 2) - Hear Me Talkin 'to Ya? (Louis Armstrong / Don Redman) - 3:18
  17. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 2) - St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose / Traditional) - 3:14
  18. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 2) - Tight Like This (Louis Armstrong / Langston Curl) - 3:14
  19. Louis Armstrong (with Earl Hines) - Weather Bird (Louis Armstrong) - 2:47
  20. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 3) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love ( Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh ) - 3:25
  21. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 3) - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh) - 3:29
  22. Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (cast 3) - Mahogany Hall Stomp (Spencer Williams) - 3:16
  23. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (Instrumentation 2) - Knockin 'a Jug (Louis Armstrong / Eddie Condon ) - 3:16

Contributors

Bands, musicians and their instruments

  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (original cast):
  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with Clarence Babcock:
    • Louis Armstrong (cornet, vocals )
    • Clarence Babcock (vocals)
    • Kid Ory (trombone)
    • Johnny Dodds (clarinet)
    • Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano)
    • Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with May Alix
    • Louis Armstrong (cornet, vocals)
    • May Alix (vocals)
    • Kid Ory (trombone)
    • Johnny Dodds (clarinet)
    • Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano)
    • Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (cast with Henry Clark):
    • Louis Armstrong (cornet, vocals)
    • Henry Clark (trombone)
    • Johnny Dodds (clarinet)
    • Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano)
    • Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo)
  • Butterbeans and Susie accompanied by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five:
    • Joe and Susie Edwards ( Butterbeans and Susie ) (vocals)
    • Louis Armstrong (cornet)
    • Kid Ory (trombone)
    • Johnny Dodds (clarinet)
    • Lil Hardin (piano)
    • Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo)
  • Hociel Thomas accompanied by Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four:
  • Lil's Hot Shots:
    • Louis Armstrong
    • Lil Hardin
    • Further
  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven:
    • Louis Armstrong (cornet)
    • John Thomas (trombone)
    • Johnny Dodds (clarinet)
    • Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano)
    • Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo)
    • Pete Briggs ( tuba )
    • Baby Dodds (drums)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Stompers
  • Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers:
    • Louis Armstrong
    • Johnny Dodds
    • Further
  • Lillie Delk Christian with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Four
  • Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (follow-up cast)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five
    • Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocals)
    • Fred Robinson (trombone)
    • Jimmy Strong (tenor saxophone, clarinet)
    • Don Redman (clarinet, alto saxophone)
    • Earl Hines (piano)
    • Dave Wilborn (banjo, guitar)
    • Zutty Singleton (drums)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (Cast 1)
    • Louis Armstrong (trumpet)
    • Fred Robinson (trombone)
    • Jimmy Strong (clarinet)
    • Earl Hines (piano)
    • Mancy Carr (Banjo)
    • Zutty Singleton (drums)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 2)
    • Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocals)
    • Fred Robinson (trombone)
    • Jimmy Strong (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
    • Don Redman (clarinet, alto saxophone)
    • Earl Hines (piano)
    • Mancy Carr (Banjo)
    • Zutty Singleton (drums)
  • Louis Armstrong (with Earl Hines)
    • Louis Armstrong (trumpet)
    • Earl Hines (piano)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Cast 3)
  • Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (Cast 2)

Production staff

  • Seth Rotstein - producer of the compilation
  • Phil Schaap - producer of the compilation
  • Richard M. Jones - producer
  • Tommy Rockwell - producer

reception

The collection received very positive reviews from the critics. At the 2001 Grammy Awards , Seth Rothstein 's edition The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings was honored in the category of best historical album . It has received five (out of five) stars from Allmusic . Its critic Cub Koda noted that the CD box, the material of which was already available several times in advance in a different form, was characterized by an excellent sound processing. He also states: "You can't have a Louis Armstrong record collection without this historic set".

Since Columbia's The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings CD collection was released in the same year as the Hot Fives & Sevens collection on JSP Records, many critics compared the two editions. Richard Cook and Brian Morton think the remastering of John RT Davies on Hot Fives & Sevens deserves superlatives. The collection is just as good as the Columbia edition, which many fans thought was definitive. In 2008, Jazz: The Basics came to the same conclusion, especially when the price-performance ratio is taken into account . On the other hand, Ben Ratliff found Hot Fives & Sevens only a "tolerable alternative" to the edition The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings from Columbia, whose clear sound he preferred. Ralf Dombrowski also recommends the Columbia edition. Michael Minn, on the other hand, stated in his Armstrong discography that the noise reduction software from Sony-Cedar used in the Columbia collection would not only have eliminated the surface noise, but also some of the harmonic imbalance that was part of these recordings made them more real.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings. In: discogs.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f R. Dombrowski Basis-Diskothek Jazz . Stuttgart 2005, p. 14f.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Ilse Storb: Louis Armstrong. With testimonials and photo documents . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-50443-X .
  4. ↑ Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five No. 1. In: discogs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  5. ^ Louis Armstrong - His Greatest Years. In: discogs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  6. ^ Armstrong's Greatest Years. In: discogs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  7. ^ Hot Fives & Hot Sevens. In: discogs.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b Dietrich Schulz-Köhn ( Liner Notes :) Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven. Volume 1 Odeon C-062-04-873 M
  9. ↑ The Big Bang: Louis Armstrong's legendary Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. In: SWR2 , October 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ Louis Armstrong. In: redhotjazz.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five. In: redhotjazz.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  12. ^ Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. In: redhotjazz.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  13. ↑ According to RedHotJazz , these were John Thomas (trombone), Natty Dominique or George Mitchell (cornet), Barney Bigard (tenor saxophone), Earl Hines or Charlie Alexander (piano), Bud Scott (banjo) and Baby Dodds (drums).
  14. ↑ a b Bob Belden : Obituary in JazzTimes
  15. ↑ Cub Koda: Hot Fives & Sevens (review) . allmusic . Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  16. ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton [1992]: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings ( English ) (=  The Penguin Guide to Jazz ), 9th edition, Penguin, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 , p 41.
  17. ^ Christopher Meeder: Jazz: the basics . Taylor & Francis, 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-96693-1 , p. 258.
  18. ↑ Ben Ratliff: Jazz: a critic's guide to the 100 most important recordings . Macmillan, November 6, 2002, ISBN 978-0-8050-7068-2 , p. 14.
  19. ↑ Michael Minn: The Louis Armstrong Discography: Releases