All of Me: The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Apr 30, 2006 - Music - 447 pages
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was not only jazz's greatest musician and innovator, but also arguably its most famous entertainer and the frontal figure in the development of contemporary popular music. Overcoming social and political obstacles, he created a long and impressive career and an enormous musical output. Now, his ground breaking musical career is amassed and detailed in this discography of all his works, from professionally made commercial releases, to amateur and unissued recordings.

All of Me is a comprehensive, chronological discography born out of love and admiration for Louis Armstrong, and devotion to years of collecting his musical accomplishments. Author Jos Willems has meticulously compiled all of Satchmo's known recordings-both studio and live performances-and with assistance from internationally renowned specialists, has assembled an impressively detailed, accurate, and complete listing. This volume is superbly formatted and presented, logically organized, and thoroughly indexed by song title and individual. Researchers, collectors, and enthusiasts can easily look up any detail of a recording: issues and releases of particular songs; publishing companies; producers; catalog numbers; dates, times, and locations of recordings; musicians Armstrong played with; and format, be it 78 or 45 RPM records, LPs, CDs, or media appearances. Every detail of Armstrong's career is listed in this impressive volume, shedding light on the enormity of his impact on jazz and popular culture. This is the ultimate reference guide for the complete works of Louis Armstrong.
 

Contents

Louis Musical Legacy of 1923
1
Louis Musical Legacy of 1924
10
Louis Musical Legacy of 1925
20
Louis Musical Legacy of 1926
33
Louis Musical Legacy of 1927
43
Louis Musical Legacy of 1928
54
Louis Musical Legacy of 1929
62
Louis Musical Legacy of 1930
69
Louis Musical Legacy of 1951
212
Louis Musical Legacy of 1952
223
Louis Musical Legacy of 1953
231
Louis Musical Legacy of 1954
237
Louis Musical Legacy of 1955
247
Louis Musical Legacy of 1956
266
Louis Musical Legacy of 1957
284
Louis Musical Legacy of 1958
302

Louis Musical Legacy of 1931
76
Louis Musical Legacy of 1932
81
Louis Musical Legacy of 1933
86
Louis Musical Legacy of 1934
92
Louis Musical Legacy of 1935
93
Louis Musical Legacy of 1936
97
Louis Musical Legacy of 1937
102
Louis Musical Legacy of 1938
110
Louis Musical Legacy of 1939
119
Louis Musical Legacy of 1940
124
Louis Musical Legacy of 1941
129
Louis Musical Legacy of 1942
132
Louis Musical Legacy of 1943
136
Louis Musical Legacy of 1944
142
Louis Musical Legacy of 1945
150
Louis Musical Legacy of 1946
154
Louis Musical Legacy of 1947
161
Louis Musical Legacy of 1948
177
Louis Musical Legacy of 1949
187
Louis Musical Legacy of 1950
203
Louis Musical Legacy of 1959
311
Louis Musical Legacy of 1960
326
Louis Musical Legacy of 1961
333
Louis Musical Legacy of 1962
341
Louis Musical Legacy of 1963
350
Louis Musical Legacy of 1964
352
Louis Musical Legacy of 1965
358
Louis Musical Legacy of 1966
370
Louis Musical Legacy of 1967
373
Louis Musical Legacy of 1968
385
Louis Musical Legacy of 1969
393
Louis Musical Legacy of 1970
394
Louis Musical Legacy of 1971
404
Index of Tune Titles
409
Index of Individuals
419
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra 19351947
427
Louis Armstrong and the all Stars 19471971
437
Bibliography
445
Epilogue
447
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About the author (2006)

Jos Willems is a serious collector of Louis Armstrong's music and a dedicated discographer of the great man's records. A native of Belgium, Willems' other collecting passion is music of the baroque and classical eras.

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