The 1929 version of Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five was really the Luis Russell Orchestra with the addition of Eddie Condon and Lonnie Johnson. Armstrong would later front the Luis Russell Orchestra and it would become known as the Louis Armstrong Orchestra in 1934. The group was named after the Savoy Ballroom at South Parkway and East 47th Street in Chicago.
| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| A Weather Bird (Louis Armstrong) | 12-5-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 41454 |
| Beau Koo Jack (Alex Hill / Louis Armstrong / Walter Melrose) | 12-5-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 8680 |
| Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya (Louis Armstrong) | 12-12-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 8649 |
| I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby (A) (From – Blackbirds of 1928) (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh) | 3-5-1929 | New York, New York | Jazum 8 |
| I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby (From – Blackbirds of 1928) (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh) | 3-5-1929 | New York, New York | Okeh 8669 |
| Mahogany Hall Stomp (Spencer Williams) | 3-5-1929 | New York, New York | Okeh 8680 |
| No One Else But You (Don Redman) | 12-5-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 8669 |
| Save It Pretty Mama (Don Redman / J. Davis / P. Dennicker) | 12-5-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 8657 |
| St. James Infirmary (J. Primrose) | 12-12-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 8657 |
| Tight Like This (Langston Curl) | 12-12-1928 | Chicago, Illinois | Okeh 8649 |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Louis Armstrong | Cornet, Vocals |
| Mancy Carr | Banjo, Vocals |
| Eddie Condon | Banjo |
| Pops Foster | Bass |
| J.C. Higginbotham | Trombone |
| Teddy Hill | Tenor Saxophone |
| Charlie Holmes | Alto Saxophone |
| Lonnie Johnson | Guitar |
| Albert Nicholas | Clarinet |
| Earl Hines | Piano |
| Don Redman | Clarinet |
| Fred Robinson | Trombone |
| Luis Russell | Piano |
| Zutty Singleton | Drums |
| Jimmy Strong | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone |
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Most of the music in the archive is in the form of MP3s hosted on Archive.org or the French servers of Jazz-on-line.com where this music is all in the public domain.
Files unavailable from those sources we host ourselves. They were made from original 78 RPM records in the hands of private collectors in the 1990s who contributed to the original redhotjazz.com. They were hosted as .ra files originally and we have converted them into the more modern MP3 format. They are of inferior quality to what is available commercially and are intended for reference purposes only. In some cases a Real Audio (.ra) file from Archive.org will download. Don't be scared! Those files will play in many music programs, but not Windows Media Player.
