In September-October 1959, the great Louis Armstrong recorded an album paying homage to his mentor and first employer, the legendary cornetist Joe “King” Oliver (1885-1938). This gave Louis and his All Stars the opportunity to explore some tunes the trumpeter had never recorded before, and some others he had not played in decades. The LP, Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Audio- Fidelity AFSD-5930), was wonderfully recorded in stereo (which was a new technology at the time), providing us an amazing perspective of Armstrong’s pure sound. For this release, we have put together all of the songs recorded by Satch during the sessions, as well as all known alternate takes (on CD2). To fill out the set, we present seven additional King Oliver or Oliver-related tunes taped by Louis during the mid-fifties, as well as, in the few cases in which he had previously recorded them, Armstrong’s original versions of tunes from the Audio Fidelity album, and his classic 1928 versions of King Oliver’s “Weather Bird” and “West End Blues”.

- 1 -
1. St. James Infirmary
2. Big Butter and Egg Man
3. I Ain't Got Nobody
4. Panama Rag
5. Doctor Jazz
6. Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight
7. Frankie and Johnny
8. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None This Jelly Roll 4:01
9. Drop That Sack
10. Jelly Roll Blues
11. My Old Kentucky Home
12. Chimes Blues
13. Snake Rag
14. New Orleans Stomp
15. Dippermouth Blues #1
16. Canal Street Blues
17. Snag It
18. High Society
19. Riverside Blues
20. Dippermouth Blues #2
21. West End Blues [1955 Version]

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1. St. James Infirmary
2. Big Butter and Egg Man
3. I Ain't Got Nobody
4. Panama Rag
5. Doctor Jazz
6. Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight
7. Drop That Sack
8. Jelly Roll Blues
9. My Old Kentucky Home
10. Chimes Blues
11. Weather Bird
12. West End Blues [1928 Version]
13. St. James Infirmary
14. Big Butter and Egg Man
15. I Ain't Got Nobody
16. Panama Rag
17. Drop That Sack
18. New Orleans Stomp