Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong
New Orleans, USA
Dixieland, jazz, swing, traditional pop

Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, or Pops was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing.

Satchmo at Symphony Hall (1951) 2012 Rem.
Plays W.C. Handy (1954)
Satch Plays Fats (1955)
Ambassador Satch (1956)
Ella and Louis (1956) with Ella Fitzgerald, 2010 Rem.
Satchmo on Stage (1957)
Louis and the Good Book (1958) 2001 Rem.
I've Got the World on a String (1960) 2001 Rem.
Disney Songs The Satchmo Way (1968)
What a Wonderful World (1968)
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (1974) 1923-1924
On the Road (1974) 1992 Reis.
Jazz in Paris: The Best Live Concert, Vol. 1 (1975) rec.'65
Jazz in Paris: The Best Live Concert, Vol. 2 (1975) rec.'65
In Prague: Lucerna Hall 1965 (1979)
Chicago Concert (1980) rec.'56, 2010 Rem.
At Town Hall (1983) Live 1947
Recording Together for the First Time (1984) with Duke Ellington
Singin' n' Playin' (1985) 1959
The Chronological 1929-1930 (1990)
The Chronological 1930-1931 (1990)
The Chronological 1931-1932 (1990)
The Chronological 1932-1933 (1990)
The Chronological 1936-1937 (1990)
The Chronological 1937-1938 (1990)
The Chronological 1938-1939 (1990)
The Complete Louis Armstrong with Fletcher Henderson, Vol. 1 (1993) 1924/25
The Complete Louis Armstrong with Fletcher Henderson, Vol. 2 (1993) 1925
The Chronological 1946-1947 (1998)
The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-1949 (2001)
The Complete Louis Armstrong and the Dukes of Dixieland (2011) 1959-1960
The Complete Anthology (2015) with Ella Fitzgerald

Jay McShann

Jay McShann
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Blues, swing, jazz, jump blues

James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was a jazz pianist and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster, and Walter Brown.

Going to Kansas City (1972)
The Last of the Blue Devils (1978)
The Big Apple Bash (1979)
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (1980) with Ralph Sutton
Jumpin' the Blues (1984) rec.'69, with Eddie Vinson
Just a Lucky So and So (1984)
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (1988) with Ralph Sutton
Warm (1991) with Michael T. White, Tommy Ruskin, Milt Abel
Some Blues (1992)
The Missouri Connection (1993) with John Hicks
Chronological 1941-1943 (1994)
Hootie's Jumpin' Blues (1996)
Chronological 1944-1946 (1997)
Still Jumpin' the Blues (1999)
What a Wonderful World (1999)
Jay McShann & The Blues Singers (2001) 1941-1949
Hootie Blues (2006) Live 2001
In Copenhagen (2008) rec.'77

Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Ragtime, jazz, jazz blues, Dixieland, swing

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Great Original Performances 1926-1934 (1985)
His Complete Victor Recordings (1990) 1926-1939
The Chronological 1923-1924 (1991)
The Chronological 1924-1926 (1991)
The Chronological 1926-1928 (1991)
The Chronological 1930-1939 (1992)
The Chronological 1939-1940 (1992)
The Complete Library of Congress Recordings (2005)

Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan
Brinkley, Arkansas, United States
Swing, jump blues, jazz, blues, R&B, big band, comedy music

Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American musician, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", he was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.

One Sided Love then Sakatumi (1968) 2000 Rem.
Rock'n'Roll (1989) 1956-1957
Five Guys Named Moe (1992) 1942-1950
The Chronological (1992) 1934-1940, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
The Chronological (1997) 1945-1946, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
The Chronological (1998) 1946-1947, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Jivin' with Jordan (2002) 1939-1951

Wynonie Harris

Wynonie Harris
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Blues, jump blues, Rock and roll, R&B, swing

Wynonie Harris (August 24, 1915 – June 14, 1969), born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm-and-blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is generally considered one of the forerunners of rock and roll. He influenced Elvis Presley, among others.
His dirty blues repertoire included "Lolly Pop Mama" (1948), "I Like My Baby's Pudding (1950), "Sittin on It All the Time" (1950), "Keep On Churnin'" (1952), and "Wasn't That Good" (1953).

The Chronological (1996) 1944-1945
The Chronological (1998) 1945-1947
The Chronological (2000) 1947-1949
Lovin' Machine (2002) 1951-1957

Joe Turner

Joe Turner
aka: Big Joe Turner
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Jump blues, rock and roll, swing music

Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner, Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." His greatest fame was due to his rock-and-roll recordings in the 1950s, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", but his career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues'".

Big Joe Is Here (1959)
Big Joe Rides Again (1960)
Turns on the Blues * (1970)
In the Evening (1976)
Nobody in Mind (1976) with Milt Jackson and Roy Eldridge
The Midnight Special (1976)
Things That I Used to Do (1977)
Everyday I Have the Blues (1978) with Pee Wee Crayton and Sonny Stitt
Let's Boogie Woogie All Night Long * (1978) with Axel Zwingenberger
Have No Fear, Joe Turner Is Here (1981)
Life Ain't Easy (1983)
Stormy Monday (1991)
The Chronological 1941-1946 (1997)
The Chronological 1946-1947 (1998)
The Chronological 1947-1948 (1999)
The Chronological 1949-1950 (2000)

appears on:
American Folk Blues Festival '66 (1966)