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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)
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)