Though lacking in annotation, this 22-track British CD is drawn from Louis Armstrong's big-band recordings for Decca Records in the late 1930s and early 1940s. [more]
The final volume of Louis Armstrong's Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings features 25 tracks. These recordings reveal how deeply and [more]
The Louis Armstrong volume in Columbia's Jazz Moods: Hot series isn't a career overview, but it benefits from the narrowed focus. It concentrates on a very specific period in his [more]