Louis Armstrong Ultimate Collection CD

Recorded between October 1924 and July 1968. Includes liner notes by Alun Morgan.

Digitally remastered by Kevin Reeves (Universal Mastering Studios-East).

Compilation producer: Bryan Koniarz.

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet, cornet); John Mills, Sr. (vocals, guitar); Edmond Hall (vocals, clarinet); Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Jack Teagarden, Pee Wee Hunt (vocals, trombone); Ella Fitzgerald, Frances Langford, Donald Mills, Harry Mills, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Herbert Mills (vocals); Dave Barbour, Everett Barksdale, Allen Hanlon, Willard Suyker, Lee Blair, Herb Ellis, Jack Blanchette, Art Ryerson, Allan Reuss, Roc Hillman, Tony Rizzi, Bernard Addison, Bill Jennings, Carl Kress, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Tony Gattuso, Johnny St. Cyr, Bud Scott, Charlie Dixon (banjo); Sidney Bechet, Buster Bailey (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Don Redman, Rupert Cole, Jimmy Dorsey, Milt Yaner, Charlie Holmes (clarinet, alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Fred Williams, Bingie Madison, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard, Al Klink (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Angelo Fernandez, Sid Stoneburn, Joe Muranyi, Joe Darensbourg, Johnny Dodds (clarinet); Jerome Richardson, Sam Marowitz (woodwinds); Stump Evans (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Willard Brown, John Brown , Jack Stacey, Art Ralston, Henry Jones, John Brown, Johnny Mince, Sid Cooper, George Dorsey (alto saxophone); Pat Nizza (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Dexter Gordon, Thomas Parshley, Eddie Miller, Dent Eckels, Fud Livingston, Norval Morton, Art Drelinger, Dan d'Andrea, Pat Davis, Joe Garland, Lucky Thompson, Teddy McRae, Skeets Herfurt, Josh Jackson, Greely Walton (tenor saxophone); Earnest Thompson, Raymond Stanfeld, Dave McRae , Kenny Sargent (baritone saxophone); Andrew Ferretti, Clark Terry, George Thow, Carl Poole, Bruce Hudson, Elmer Chambers, Leonard Davis, Howard Scott , Frank Zullo, Frank Beach, Bernard Flood, Bob Cusmano, Thomas Grider, Gus Aiken, Grady Watts, Otis Johnson, Howard Scott , Cappy Lewis, Louis Bacon, Aaron Izenhall, Joe Wilder, Murray McEachern, Sonny Dunham, Tutti Camarata, Yank Lawson, Billy Butterfield, Shelton Hemphill, Bernie Privin, Buddy Childers (trumpet); Milt Bernhart, Taswell Baird, Al Philburn, Joe Yukl, Phil Giardina, George Washington , Roy Palmer, Harry White, Adam Martin, J.C. Higginbotham, Jack Satterfield, Fayette Williams, Don Mattison, Marshal Cram, Larry Anderson , Jimmy Archey, Kid Ory, Lou McGarity, Tyree Glenn, Urbie Green, Wilbur DeParis, Will Bradley, Trummy Young, Claude Jones, Cutty Cutshall, Bobby Byrne, Charlie Green, Lloyd Ulyate (trombone); Ralph Escudero (tuba); Dick Cary, Teddy Weatherford, Fletcher Henderson, Nat Jaffe, Bobby Van Eps, Hank Jones , Howard Hall, Jimmy Blythe, Lil Armstrong, Luis Russell, Marty Napoleon, Oscar Peterson, Bernie Leighton, Billy Kyle , Bill Doggett, Charlie LaVere, Earl Hines (piano); Paul Barbarin (vibraphone, drums); Jimmy Bertrand (drums, washboard); Cozy Cole, Danny Barcelona, James Harris , Grady Tate, Ed Grady, Tony Briglia, Jimmy Crawford , Louie Bellson, Alvin Stoller, Nick Fatool, Ray McKinley, Sam Weiss, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Barrett Deems, Zutty Singleton,

Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet, cornet); Don Redman (vocals, alto saxophone, clarinet); Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Buster Bailey, Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone, clarinet); Jimmy Dorsey (alto saxophone, clarinet); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Barney Bigard, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Henry "Red" Allen (trumpet); J.C. Higginbotham, Kid Ory (trombone); Johnny Dodds (clarinet); Fletcher Henderson, Lil Armstrong, Earl Hines, Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Pops Foster, Ray Brown (bass); Kaiser Marshall, Baby Dodds, Ray McKinley, Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Louis Bellson (drums).

Producers include: Milt Gabler, Norman Granz, Michael Kapp, Bob Thiele.Q (3/01, p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Each side of the man is represented....proving that 'quality' Louis doesn't start and finish with those oft-lauded Hot Fives or Hot Sevens periods..."