danceable Louis Armstrong

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This side up · #31 Post by **This side up** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:13 am

One that I used tio play alot, I'm sorry but I can't find the cd or remember what it is but the song I played alot was "Hobo You Can't Ride This Train"

A very nice smooth song sounds like a train just chugging along to a medium tempo very smooth good lindy song

djstarr · #32 Post by **djstarr** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:54 am

This side up wrote:One that I used tio play alot, I'm sorry but I can't find the cd or remember what it is but the song I played alot was "Hobo You Can't Ride This Train"

A very nice smooth song sounds like a train just chugging along to a medium tempo very smooth good lindy song

It's on my new Sidney Bechet CD - Blues in Thirds 1940-1941 (there are a couple of CDs titled Blues In Thirds with different content).

GemZombie · #33 Post by **GemZombie** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:06 am

djstarr wrote: It's on my new Sidney Bechet CD - Blues in Thirds 1940-1941 (there are a couple of CDs titled Blues In Thirds with different content).

One of the discs in the Proper Box Set "The Sidney Bechet Story" is subtitled Blues in Thirds as well.

djstarr · #34 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:37 pm

djstarr wrote:
This side up wrote:One that I used tio play alot, I'm sorry but I can't find the cd or remember what it is but the song I played alot was "Hobo You Can't Ride This Train"

A very nice smooth song sounds like a train just chugging along to a medium tempo very smooth good lindy song
It's on my new Sidney Bechet CD - Blues in Thirds 1940-1941 (there are a couple of CDs titled Blues In Thirds with different content).

In the interest of providing *accurate* information what I posted above is wrong - "Hobo You Can't Ride This Train" is really on my new Mezz Mezzrow album (The Quintessential Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow) - I got both CDs at the Louisiana Music Factory and since there are some of the same musicians on both CDs I have been getting them confused.

This version is from "Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra" and was recorded in 1932; first part is quite charlestony and it's anything but a "smooth good lindy song" so I think we are talking about a different version.

lipi · #35 Post by **lipi** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:13 pm

djstarr wrote:
This side up wrote:One that I used tio play alot, I'm sorry but I can't find the cd or remember what it is but the song I played alot was "Hobo You Can't Ride This Train"

A very nice smooth song sounds like a train just chugging along to a medium tempo very smooth good lindy song
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from "Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra" and was recorded in 1932; first part is quite charlestony and it's anything but a "smooth good lindy song" so I think we are talking about a different version.

i happened upon the smooth one: it's from 1957 and on Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography.

lipi · #36 Post by **lipi** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:32 pm

while i'm at it, i'm going to revive this thread with a list of my favourite armstrong tracks:

name; year; album

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off; 1957; Ella and Louis Again
Now You Has Jazz; 1957; Mack the Knife
Sweet Georgia Brown; 1957; Mack the Knife
West End Blues; 1928; Hot Fives & Sevens
Potato Head Blues; 1927; Hot Fives & Sevens
Savoy Blues; 1927; Hot Fives & Sevens
Ezekiel Saw da Wheel; 1958; Louis and the Good Book
Shadrack; 1958; Louis and the Good Book
Down By the Riverside; 1958; Louis and the Good Book
Frankie and Johnny; 1959; Satchmo Plays King Oliver
Snake Rag; 1959; Satchmo Plays King Oliver
Dr. Jazz; 1959; Satchmo Plays King Oliver
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; 1955; The California Concerts
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; 1951; The California Concerts
Rose Room; 1951; The California Concerts
Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It); 1955; The California Concerts
Basin Street Blues; 1955; The California Concerts
Perdido Street Blues; 1940; The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-1949
Coal Cart Blues; 1940; The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-1949
Ain't Misbehavin'; 1955; Satch Plays Fats
I’m Crazy 'bout My Baby; 1955; Satch Plays Fats
All That Meat and No Potatoes; 1955; Satch Plays Fats
I’m Crazy 'bout My Baby (edited alternate version); 1955; Satch Plays Fats
Ain't Misbehavin' (bonus track); 1955; Satch Plays Fats
Drop Me Off in Harlem; 1961; The Great Summit
Duke's Place; 1961; The Great Summit
Dippermouth Blues; 1947; Struttin'
You Rascal You; 1947; Struttin'
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; 1953; An Evening with Louis Armstrong
St. Louis Blues; 1954; Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; 1960; Happy Birthday, Louis! (Live at Newport 1960)
The Frim Fram Sauce; 1946; 1945 - 1947 (Ella Chrono)
Cool Yule; ; What a Wonderful Christmas

djstarr · #37 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:49 pm

so what you're saying is you really like the song 'My Bucket's Got a Hole in It'. ha ha. "and we ain't got no beer........."

djstarr · #38 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:56 pm

One of my favorite Louis Armstrong albums is "Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson" http://www.amazon.com/Louis-Armstrong-M ... 678&sr=8-1

I always felt that in whatever collaborations I listen to, Louis Armstrong is the strongest influence, but in this album, somehow Louis sounds super groovy to me. Not sure if Oscar Peterson's influence is stronger or if it's Louis acknowledging Oscar's style.

For Lindy events I only play "Let's Fall in Love" occasionally, but I play tracks from this album a lot at blues events. My favories are "Willow Weep for Me", "Blues in the Night", and "What's New?"

CountBasi · #39 Post by **CountBasi** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:56 pm

I'm sure this omission was just an oversight - at least, I hope so -

Mahogany Hall Stomp

lipi · #40 Post by **lipi** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:21 pm

djstarr wrote:so what you're saying is you really like the song 'My Bucket's Got a Hole in It'. ha ha. "and we ain't got no beer........."

i do! i even like the hank williams version, though not for swing dancing, obviously.

CountBasi wrote:I'm sure this omission was just an oversight - at least, I hope so -

Mahogany Hall Stomp

is that the 1929 recording? i like that one for listening, but it doesn't get me up and dancing that much. i feel like the tempo wanders a little. i'll give it another serious listen, though.

Eyeball · #41 Post by **Eyeball** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:43 pm

lipi wrote:while i'm at it, i'm going to revive this thread with a list of my favourite armstrong tracks:

Interesting! You haven't listed a single side from the 1930s when he was working with a big band.

Gotta be some danceable sides from that decade.

straycat · #42 Post by **straycat** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:22 am

To add to the above a couple of my own favourites...

Swingin' on Nothin' - I think this YouTube link has been posted elsewhere here....
and Leap Frog.

Got both from Volume 8 - "1941-42"

J-h:n · #43 Post by **J-h:n** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:44 am

straycat wrote:Got both from Volume 8 - "1941-42"

I'm not familiar with that series (or, I think, that label) - is it good? (Sound quality, liner notes etc.)

fredo · #44 Post by **fredo** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:47 am

Eyeball wrote:
lipi wrote:while i'm at it, i'm going to revive this thread with a list of my favourite armstrong tracks:

Interesting! You haven't listed a single side from the 1930s when he was working with a big band.

Gotta be some danceable sides from that decade.

Agree!

From his 1930-1932 big band:

All of Me
I Got Rhythm
Stardust
Lazy River
Georgia on My Mind

It doesn't make me want to swing out really hard, but it's dance music for sure

Eyeball · #45 Post by **Eyeball** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:05 am

I really enjoy the Decca sides from 1935 into the mid 40s. Lots of great stuff at all tempos.

I just saw him do "Skeleton in the Closet" in a film and I know he recorded it, too.

And, of course, there is "Swing That Music" for the fast steppers on the floor.