- jazz
- 77 min
- 16 tracks
- Columbia
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy is a 1954 studio release by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, described by Allmusic as "Louis Armstrong's finest record of the 1950s" and "essential music for all serious jazz collections".
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Character
Classical in form, nostalgic, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Allmusic5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 ★
- Tom HullA
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Tracks
- 1St. Louis Blues8:50
- 2Yellow Dog Blues4:16
- 3Loveless Love4:28
- 4Aunt Hagar’s Blues4:57
- 5Long Gone (From the Bowlin’ Green)5:08
- 6The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)2:59
- 7Beale Street Blues4:56
- 8Ole Miss Blues3:25
- 9Chantez Les Bas (Sing ’Em Low)4:48
- 10Hesitating Blues5:20
- 11Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet on Your Floor)4:33
- 12Interview With W.C. Handy2:44
- 13Loveless Love (rehearsal)5:55
- 14Hesitating Blues (rehearsal)5:38
- 15Alligator Story0:47
- 16Long Gone (From the Bowlin’ Green) (rehearsal)7:53
16 tracks, 77 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Louis Armstrong
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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