Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 3

The final volume of Louis Armstrong's Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings features 25 tracks. These recordings reveal how deeply and broadly Armstrong had begun to use improvisation as it played into the heart of the blues, as well as how complex the arrangements had gotten while still remaining accessible as music to be listened to and danced to. They also represent the final three recordings Lil Hardin Armstrong made with the band, as she and Louis were divorced in early 1928 (with no less than Lonnie Johnson on guitar -- check his solo on "I'm Not Rough"). Read More