Goal 54: Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Sevens is now sold as a 4 CD box set collection, but originally it was over 60 acetate sides which were recorded between 1925 and 1929 at the Okeh studios.
The name comes from the different number of band members for each session, as Armstrong used both a quinet and a septet for these recordings…the ‘Hot Fives’ and the ‘Hot Sevens’.
Louis Armstrong is still remember as an amazing trumpet player; however, this is far from a solo project. In fact, the members of these two groups includes many well known musicians from the big band era: Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, Johnny St. Cyr, Earl Hines, Jimmy Noone. I listened to all the tracks over a single night while cooking, eating, cleaning, and preparing for my week. It was a good Sunday evening.
Track Listing (Disc 1):Gut Bucket Blues; My Heart; Yes I’m In The Barrel; Come Back Sweet Papa; Georgia Grind; Heebie Jeebies; Cornet Chop Suey; Oriental Strut; Your Next; Muskrat Ramble; Don’t Forget To Mess Around; I’m Gonna Gitcha; Droppin’ Shucks; Who’zit; King Of The Zulus; Big Fat Mama And Skinny Pa; Lonesome Blues; Sweet Little Papa; Jazz Lips; Skid-Dat-De-Dat; Sunset Cafetomp; You Made Me Love You; Irish Black Bottom. (Total Time: 68:35).
Track Listing (Disc 2):Put’em Down Blues; Ory’s Creole Trombone; The Last Time; Struttin’ With Some Barbecue; Got No Blues; Once In Awhile; I’m Not Rough; Hotter Than That; Savoy Blues; He Likes It Slow; Gambler’s Dream; Sunshine Baby; Adam And Eve Had The Blues; Put It Where I Can Get It; Wash Woman Blues; I’ve Stopped My Man; Georgia Bo Bo; Drop That Sack; Drop That Sack; Cornet Chop Suey. (Total Time: 61:27).
Track Listing (Disc 3): Willie The Weeper; Wild Man Blues; Alligator Crawl; Potato Head Blues; Melancholy Blues; Weary Blues; Gully Low Blues; That’s When I’ll Come Back To You; Chicago Breakdown; Weary Blues; New Orleans Stomp; Wild Man Blues; Wild man Blues; Melancholy Blues; Melancholy Blues; You’re A Real Sweetheart; Too Busy; Was It A Dream; Last Night I Dreamed I Kissed You. (Total Time: 68:20).
Track Listing (Disc 4):Fireworks; Skip The Gutter; A Monday Date; Don’t Jive Me; West End Blues; Sugar Foot Strut; Two Deuces; Squeeze Me; Knee Drops; No (No, Papa, No); Basin Street Blues; No One Else But You; Beau Koo Jack; Save It, Pretty Mama; Muggles; Hear Me Talking To You; St. James Infirmary; Tight Like This. (Total Time: 73:53).
