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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelJSP
EAN0788065010027
eBay Product ID (ePID)3976626
Product Key Features
Era1920s, 1930s
Run Time12269 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year1999
InstrumentTrumpet
FeaturesCompilation, Studio Recording
GenreJazz
StyleRelaxation, Jazz Instrument
TypeAlbum, Box Set
ArtistLouis Armstrong
Release TitleComplete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs4
DistributionProper Music Distribution
Recording ModeMono
Number of Tracks89
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews"...He redefined what was possible in improvised jazz melody and jazz singing. These sides are to jazz what Chaucer is to literature...", 5 stars out of 5 - "...Documents the crucial early steps of Armstrong's journey....with his knack for generating soaring melodies, his ability to make his enthusiasm for everything he played feel contagious...and the order in which he got things done...", "...Spectacular....the music has been remastered and adjusted so that the material plays at the same pitch it was originally recorded....A quality package of some of jazz's most important recordings.", 3.5 records of 5 - "...Reveals why Armstrong was jazz's first superstar. The versatile arrangements, brilliant songwriting, exquisite hornplay, and passionate vocal delivery on this set laid the foundation for modern music...", Ranked #1 in Ew's Top 3 Jazz Albums of 2000-"...Utterly Indispensable...", "...The Rosetta Stone of jazz....We witness Armstrong transforming jazz from attractive folk music performed by collectives into art music energized by the creative power of one man's intuitive ability to make it swing..."