Scarecrow Press
Pages: 470
Trim: 8½ x 11
978-0-8108-5730-8 • Paperback • April 2006 • $101.00 • (£78.00)
Jos Willems is a serious collector of Louis Armstrong's music and a dedicated discographer of the great man's records. A native of Belgium, Willems' other collecting passion is music of the baroque and classical eras.
Part 1 Editor's Foreword
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 How to Read "All of Me"
Part 5 List of Abbreviations
Part 6 Acknowledgments
Chapter 7 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1923
Chapter 8 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1924
Chapter 9 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1925
Chapter 10 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1926
Chapter 11 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1927
Chapter 12 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1928
Chapter 13 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1929
Chapter 14 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1930
Chapter 15 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1931
Chapter 16 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1932
Chapter 17 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1933
Chapter 18 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1934
Chapter 19 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1935
Chapter 20 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1936
Chapter 21 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1937
Chapter 22 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1938
Chapter 23 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1939
Chapter 24 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1940
Chapter 25 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1941
Chapter 26 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1942
Chapter 27 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1943
Chapter 28 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1944
Chapter 29 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1945
Chapter 30 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1946
Chapter 31 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1947
Chapter 32 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1948
Chapter 33 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1949
Chapter 34 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1950
Chapter 35 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1951
Chapter 36 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1952
Chapter 37 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1953
Chapter 38 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1954
Chapter 39 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1955
Chapter 40 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1956
Chapter 41 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1957
Chapter 42 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1958
Chapter 43 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1959
Chapter 44 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1960
Chapter 45 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1961
Chapter 46 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1962
Chapter 47 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1963
Chapter 48 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1964
Chapter 49 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1965
Chapter 50 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1966
Chapter 51 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1967
Chapter 52 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1968
Chapter 53 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1969
Chapter 54 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1970
Chapter 55 Louis' Musical Legacy of 1971
Part 56 Index of Tune Titles
Part 57 Index of Individuals
Part 58 A Guide to the Armstrong Bands
Chapter 59 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1935-1947
Chapter 60 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars 1947-1971
Part 61 Bibliography
Part 62 Epilogue
Willems has provided the ultimate Armstrong discography that will interest jazz fans and serve as a library reference for years to come.
— Library Journal
Real Armstrong fans - and serious jazz record collectors - will applaud the recent publication of the landmark book...
— Steve Ramm; In The Groove
Scarecrow Press has published a number of beautiful books on jazz but this has to be one of the best- it is beautifully assembled, durably bound....This is a first class production in every respect.
— 2007; Jazzbeat
...very useful...
— American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007)
Thank you very much for your impressive Louis Armstrong discography. It will definitely become a vital part of our reference collection.
— Michael Cogswell, Director of the Louis Armstrong House and Archives
This comprehensive chronological discography of the studio and live recordings of Louis Armstrong (1901-1071)—only the second on the jazz great—lists solo and group recordings from 1923, beginning with King Oliver's Jazz Band, to his own bands and in shows up to 1971. The detailed entries list artists, bands, shows, or films the recording is associated with, as well as locations, personnel, instrumentation, tune titles, master or take numbers, commercial releases of that song, and relevant notes. Indexes are by tune title and individual. The volume includes a guide to the Armstrong bands, showing personnel and personnel changes from 1935-1971.
— Reference and Research Book News, August 2006