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Louis Armstrong and his Hot SevenLouis Armstrong and his Hot Seven were the companion sessions of the Hot Five sides. The personnel is the same as the first Hot Five records except that John Thomas of Erskine Tate‘s Vendome Orchestra takes over Kid Ory’s place on trombone, Pete Briggs of the Carroll Dickenson Orchestra plays Tuba, and Baby Dodds plays drums.

It is interesting to note that the addition of the tuba and drums to these sessions is probably less of an artistic decision than a technological one. In 1928 Okeh switched from an acoustic means of recording music to the new improved sounding electrical based systems. The acoustic recording process was often ruined by the vibration created by drums or bass, and recording engineers preferred not to have these instruments in a session or placed them so far from the recording horn, that they can rarely be heard well on the old acoustic recordings.

discography

TitleRecording DateRecording LocationCompany
Alligator Crawl
(Fats Waller)
5-7-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8482
Don’t Jive Me
(Lil Hardin)
7-28-1928Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8597
Gully Low Blues
(Louis Armstrong)
5-14-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8474
Keyhole Blues
(N. Wilson)
5-13-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8496
Melancholy Blues
(M. Bloom / Walter Melrose)
5-11-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8496
Potato Head Blues
(Louis Armstrong)
5-10-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8503
S.O.L. Blues
(Louis Armstrong)
5-13-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8496
That’s When I’ll Come Back To You
(F. Biggs)
5-13-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8519
The Last Time
(Ewing / Martin)
9-6-1927Chicago, IllinoisColumbia 35838
Weary Blues
(Artie Matthews)
5-11-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8519
Wild Man Blues
(Louis Armstrong / Jelly Roll Morton)
5-7-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8474
Willie The Weeper
(Walter Melrose / M. Bloom)
5-7-1927Chicago, IllinoisOkeh
8482

ArtistInstrument
Lil Hardin-ArmstrongPiano
Louis ArmstrongCornet, Vocals
Pete BriggsTuba
Baby DoddsDrums
Johnny DoddsClarinet
Earl HinesPiano
Johnny St. CyrBanjo
John ThomasTrombone

 

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