One of my favorite Armstrong recordings

This is worth checking out just to hear Blue Again and Little Joe two of the most rythmically swinging cuts Louis ever laid down. In addition you've got classics like the Peanut Vendor and Chinatown. This entire series is fabulous but Volume 7 really stands out for me. THis is Louis Armstrong at the peak of his powers and nothing could be better than that.

Early Armstrong - what more do you need?

Like all 1980s Jazz Masterworks Armstrong discs, technically so-so. But with these great recordings, one masterpiece of American jazz follows another.

The Real Way To Swing That Music

Armstrong by 1930 was a fast-rising bandleader as well as instrumentalist singer & composer and this set finds him in just this early period sprouting quickly;his impeccable taste in songs and of course his Mephistolean command of the full register of the trumpet stamp this collection from start to finish - just marvel at 'Sweethearts on Parade' where he goes from a muted trumpet to a lovely vocal then a majestic open horn improvisation to finish and then there are the pyrotechnics of 'Chinatown My Chinatown' where the trumpet sounds about to become human AND the superb touch & timing of 'Lazy River'.This set predates Satch's Victor records of 1932-1933 where the greatness continues to flower but I recommend this set first just because everything here is so literally perfect like the inside of a wristwatch.The digital transfers while spotty in places are nonetheless very good.Thanks Amazon!