Louis Armstrong Gold CD

We all know Satchmo wrote the rulebook--not only for jazz, but for much of the swinging, raucous, good-time aesthetic of 20th-century popular music. The two-disc GOLD series usually does a commendable job rounding up a representative sampling of music's top artists, and while the GOLD treatment of Louis Armstrong skimps more than it should on his early recordings, it is still a vital, totally enter

Recording information: Chicago, IL (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); Hollywood, CA (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); Las Vegas, NV (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); Los Angeles, CA (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); New York, NY (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); Paris, France (02/26/1926-07/23/1968); Symphony Hall, Boston, MA (02/26/1926-07/23/1968).

Photographers: Herb Snitzer; Jack Bradley; Paul J. Hoeffler.

Arrangers: Tommy Goodman; Gordon Jenkins; John Scott Trotter; Luis Russell; Russell Garcia; Sy Oliver; Toots Camarata; Zilner Randolph; Bob Haggart.

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet, cornet); Louis Armstrong; Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Trummy Young (vocals, trombone); Tony Gottuso, Bud Scott (guitar, banjo); Dave Barbour, Maceo Jefferson, Perry Botkin and His Orchestra, Everett Barksdale, Allen Hanlon, Willard Suyker, Lee Blair, Herb Ellis, Lawrence Lucie, Art Ryerson, Bill Jennings, Carl Kress, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Alfred di Lernia, Mancy Cara, Johnny St. Cyr (banjo); Sam Markowitz (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone); Jerome Richardson (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Daniel Trimboli (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Rupert Cole (clarinet, reeds, alto saxophone); Bingie Madison (clarinet, reeds, tenor saxophone); Lester Boone, Edmond Hall, Sid Stoneburn, Peter DuConge, Milt Yaner, Charlie Holmes (clarinet, alto saxophone); Freddy Williams, Barney Bigard, Bill Stegmeyer, Al Klink (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Johnny Dodds (clarinet, tuba); Joe Muranyi, Jimmy Strong, Joe Darensbourg, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Joe Garland (reeds, tenor saxophone); Charlie Holms, Carl Frye, Albert Nicholas (reeds); Warren Baker, Jack Chaney, Larry Wright, Phillip Shuken, Babe Russin (saxophone); Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Dick Jacobs, Jules Rubin, Henry Jones, Hilton Jefferson, Johnny Mince, Sid Cooper, George Dorsey (alto saxophone); Bill Holcombe, Pat Nizza (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Arthur Rollini, Alfred Pratt, Babe Fresk, Melvin Tax, Art Drelinger, Lucky Thompson, Josh Jackson, Greely Walton (tenor saxophone); Paul Ricci, Dave McRae (baritone saxophone); Andrew Ferretti, Clark Terry, Carl Poole, Melvin "Red" Solomon, Bobby Guy , Frank Galbraith, Bernard Flood, Bob Cusmano, Leslie Thompson, Gus Aiken, Gene Prince, Jackie Hamilton, Louis Bacon, Aaron Izenhall, Joe Wilder, Paul Webster , Red Nichols, Yank Lawson, Ziggy Elman, Zilner Randolph, Billy Butterfield, Shelton Hemphill, Bernie Privin (trumpet); Al Philburn, Henderson Chambers, Dick Taylor , Lionel Guimaraes, Wendell Mayhew, Phil Giardina, George Washington , Norman Greene, Fred "Rodriguez" Robinson, Harry White, John Thomas , J.C. Higginbotham, J.J. Johnson , Jack Satterfield, Jack Teagarden, Bill Atkinson , Jimmy Archey, Kid Ory, Lou McGarity, Tyree Glenn, Urbie Green, Wilbur DeParis, Will Bradley, Cutty Cutshall, Preston Jackson, Mort Bullman (trombone); Paul "Scooby" Smith, Charlie Alexander , Dick Cary, Nat Jaffe, Hank Jones , Herman Chittison, Lil Armstrong, Luis Russell, Marty Napoleon, Mel Henke, Oscar Peterson, Bernie Leighton, Billy Kyle , Bill Doggett, Buddy Cole, Earl Hines, Charlie Beal (piano); Danny Barcelona, Oliver Tines, Minor Hall, Kenny John , Ed Grady, Jimmy Crawford , Joe Morris , Louie Bellson, Nick Fatool, Paul Barbarin, Sam Weiss, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Tubby Hall, Barrett Deems, Zutty Singleton, Bunny Shawker, Johnny Blowers (drums); Warren Hard (percussion); Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby (vocals); Duke Ellington (piano).

Liner Note Author: Bob Porter.