Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy / 2LP Pure Pleasure

This album belongs in the collection of every jazz lover. "Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy" is considered by some critics to be the trumpeter's best recording from the 1950s.

Armstrong plays eleven songs penned by W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues" from Alabama, with his outstanding all-stars.

Louis Armstrong (tp), Trummy Young (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Barrett Deems (dr)

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Side A

1. St. Louis Blues

2. Yellow Dog Blues

3. Loveless Love

Side B

4. Aunt Hagar’s Blues

5. Long Gone

6. Memphis Blues

7. Beale Street Blues

8. Ole Miss

Side C

1. Chantez-Les Bas

2. Hesitating Blues

3. Atlanta Blues

4. George Avakian’s Interview With W.C. Handy

Side D

5. Loveless Love (rehearsal sequence)

6. Hesitating Blues (rehearsal sequence)

7. Alligator Story

8. Long Gone (rehearsal sequence)