Louis Armstrong (1901-71) is widely considered one of the founders of modern jazz. He has a long and well recorded history which I'm not going in to here, but Wikipedia has a good page if you're interested. My connection derives from him being one of my fathers biggest idols. We had many of his 78:s and as soon as "Satchmo" showed up on radio or TV dad would halt and start to sing along. He especially liked the early happy jazz period and that's what I get here. Eight cuts recorded 1927-28 along The Hot Five, The Hot Seven, The Orchestra and The Savoy Ballroom Five. Two with vocals, where of "That's When I Come Back To You" a duet between Armstrong and his then wife Lil Hardin (1898-1971). That's also my favorite, much because of her vocal style where she shouts the words rather than sing - probably a remaining technique from the preceding period of acoustic recordings. Considering all tracks were transfered from early 78 rpm records the audio is remarkable - strong and revealing, still in a twenties atmosphere. Good listening over sixty years after the album was pressed and almost ninety years after the original recordings. Also issued on Columbia in France (33 FP 1016) and Germany (33 WS 1007). First UK 10 inch had label as shown here, thick unflexible vinyl and fully laminated cover with crescent flips. (NYFÖ*)(CLÄZ*)
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