Grade List: Louis Armstrong

  1. Louis Armstrong [King Oliver]: Creole Jazz (1923 [1998], Tradition) B+
  2. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong / King Oliver (1923-1924 [1992], Milestone) A-
  3. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1925-1926 (1925, Classics)
  4. Louis Armstrong: Vol. I: The Hot Fives (1926-1927 [1988], Columbia) A
  5. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1926-1927 (1926, Classics)
  6. Louis Armstrong: Vol. II: The Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (1927-1928 [1989], Columbia) A
  7. Louis Armstrong: Vol. III: The Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (1927-1928 [1989], Columbia) A
  8. Louis Armstrong: Vol. IV: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (1928 [1989], Columbia) A+
  9. Louis Armstrong: The 25 Greatest Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (1925, ASV)
  10. Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (1926-1928 [2000], JSP) A+
  11. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 1 (1925-1926 [2003], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  12. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 2 (1926-1927 [2003], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  13. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 3 (1927-1928 [2003], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  14. Louis Armstrong: The Best of the Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (1926-1928 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A
  15. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (1925-1929 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A
  16. Louis Armstrong: Jazz Moods: Hot (1926-1929 [2005], Columbia/Legacy) A
  17. Louis Armstrong: Vol. 5: Louis in New York (1929, Columbia) A
  18. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1928-1929 (1928, Classics)
  19. Louis Armstrong: Vol. 6: St. Louis Blues (1929-1930 [1991], Columbia) A
  20. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the Blues Singers (1924-1930 [1991], Affinity) B+
  21. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1929-1930 (1929, Classics)
  22. Louis Armstrong: Vol. 7: You're Driving Me Crazy (1930-1931 [1993], Columbia) A
  23. Louis Armstrong: 1928-1931 (1928, Hermes) A-
  24. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1923-1931 (1923, Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo)
  25. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1930-1931 (1930, Classics)
  26. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1931-1932 (1931, Classics)
  27. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1932-1933 (1932, Classics)
  28. Louis Armstrong: Laughin' Louie (1932-1933 [1989], RCA) A-
  29. Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1923-1934 [1994], Columbia) A+
  30. Louis Armstrong: The Alternative Takes Vol. 1 (1926, Neatwork)
  31. Louis Armstrong: Rhythm Saved the World [The Original Decca Recordings: Volume 1] (1935-1936 [1991], Decca) B+(***)
  32. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1934-1936 (1934, Classics)
  33. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1936-1937 (1936, Classics)
  34. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Heart Full of Rhythm [The Original Decca Recordings: Volume 2] (1936-1938 [1993], MCA) A-
  35. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra: Vol. III: Pocketful of Dreams (1935-1938 [1995], Decca Jazz) A-
  36. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1937-1938 (1937, Classics)
  37. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 1938-1939 (1938, Classics)
  38. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and Friends [Jazz in Paris] (1933-1939 [2001], Gitanes Jazz/EmArcy) B+(***)
  39. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1939-1940 (1939, Classics)
  40. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1940-1942 (1940, Classics)
  41. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1944-1946 (1944, Classics)
  42. Louis Armstrong: Pops: 1940's Small Band Sides (1946-1947 [1987], RCA) A-
  43. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at Symphony Hall (1947 [1996], Decca) B+
  44. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at Symphony Hall: 65th Anniversary: The Complete Performances (1947 [2012], Hip-O Select) A-
  45. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Town Hall Concert 1947 (1947 [2004], Fresh Sound) A-
  46. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1946-1947 (1946, Classics)
  47. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong 1947 (1947, Classics)
  48. Louis Armstrong: Live in Zurich, Switzerland 18.10.1949 (1949 [2007], TCB) B+(***)
  49. Louis Armstrong: The Standard Oil Sessions (1950 [2017], Dot Time) B+(**)
  50. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong of New Orleans (1926-1950 [1990], Decca) B+
  51. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at Pasadena (1951 [2009], Verve) A-
  52. Louis Armstrong: Live in Europe (1948-1952 [2019], Dot Time) B+(**)
  53. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Serenades (1949-1953 [2000], Verve) B+(**)
  54. Louis Armstrong: New Orleans Nights (1950-1954 [2008], Verve) A-
  55. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954 [1997], Columbia/Legacy) A
  56. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Sings (1955, Decca) A-
  57. Louis Armstrong: Satch Plays Fats (1955 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  58. Louis Armstrong: The California Concerts (1951-1955 [1992], Decca) A+
  59. Louis Armstrong and His All Stars: Ambassador Satch (1955 [2000], Columbia) A-
  60. Louis Armstrong: The Great Chicago Concert 1956 (1956 [1997], Columbia) A-
  61. Louis Armstrong: From the Big Band to the All Stars (1946-1956) (1956 [1992], RCA) A-
  62. Louis Armstrong: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1930-1956 [1997], RCA) A-
  63. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography: Vol. 1 (1947-1957 [1993], Jazz Unlimited) A
  64. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography: Vol. 2 (1951, Jazz Unlimited) A-
  65. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography: Vol. 3 (1955, Jazz Unlimited) A-
  66. Louis Armstrong: Highlights From His Decca Years (1924-1957 [1994], Decca) A-
  67. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo the Great (1955-1957 [1994], Columbia) B+
  68. Louis Armstrong: Louis and the Angels (1957 [2001], Verve) B-
  69. Louis Armstrong: Louis Under the Stars (1957 [1958], Verve) B+(*)
  70. Louis Armstrong: I've Got the World on a String (1957 [1960], Verve) B
  71. Louis Armstrong [Oscar Peterson]: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957, Verve) B+(**)
  72. Louis Armstrong: Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums and More (1957 [2018], Verve) B
  73. Louis Armstrong: The Nightclubs (1950-1958 [2017], Dot Time) B+(***)
  74. Louis Armstrong: Louis and the Good Book (1958 [2001], Verve) B
  75. Louis Armstrong & His All Stars: The Complete Newport 1956 and 1958 Recordings (1956-1958 [2019], Legacy) A-
  76. Louis Armstrong: Live at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival (1958 [2007], Monterey Jazz Festival) B+(**)
  77. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Plays King Oliver (1959 [1960], Audio Fidelity) B+(***)
  78. Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars: Satchmo Plays King Oliver (1959 [2002], Fuel 2000/Varèse Sarabande) B+(**)
  79. Louis Armstrong [Dukes of Dixieland]: Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland (1960, Audio Fidelity) B
  80. Louis Armstrong [Duke Ellington]: The Complete Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Sessions (1961 [1990], Roulette) A
  81. Louis Armstrong [Duke Ellington]: The Great Summit: The Complete Sessions (1961 [2000], Roulette) B+(**)
  82. Louis Armstrong: The Great Summit: The Master Takes (1961 [2000], Roulette) A
  83. Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly! (1964, MCA) B+
  84. Louis Armstrong: Sparks, Nevada 1964! (1964 [2018], Dot Time) A-
  85. Louis Armstrong: Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years (1957-1965 [1995], Verve) B+(*)
  86. Louis Armstrong: The Best Live Concert (1965 [1976], Disques Festival) A-
  87. Louis Armstrong: The Best Live Concert Vol. 1 [Jazz in Paris] (1965 [2000], EmArcy/Gitanes Jazz) B+(***)
  88. Louis Armstrong: The Best Live Concert Vol. 2 [Jazz in Paris] (1965 [2000], EmArcy/Gitanes Jazz) B+(***)
  89. Louis Armstrong: Now You Has Jazz: Louis Armstrong at M-G-M (1942-1965 [1997], Rhino) B+(***)
  90. Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful Christmas (1950-1966 [1998], Hip-O) B+(***)
  91. Louis Armstrong: The Essential Louis Armstrong (1957-1966 [1992], Verve) B-
  92. Louis Armstrong: 16 Most Requested Songs (1954-1966 [1994], Columbia) A+
  93. Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World (1967 [1988], MCA) A-
  94. Louis Armstrong: Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Louis Armstrong (1923-1967 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  95. Louis Armstrong: The Essential Louis Armstrong (1925-1967 [2004], Columbia/Legacy) A
  96. Louis Armstrong: The Best of Louis Armstrong [20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection] (1949-1967 [1999], MCA) A
  97. Louis Armstrong: Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (1968 [1996], Walt Disney) B+(***)
  98. Louis Armstrong: Louis in London (1968 [2024], Verve) A-
  99. Louis Armstrong: An American Icon (1946-1968 [1998], Hip-O) A
  100. Louis Armstrong: Fleischmann's Yeast Show & Louis' Home-Recorded Tapes (1937-1970 [2009], Jazz Heritage Society) B+(***)
  101. Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and His Friends (1970, Flying Dutchman) B+(*)
  102. Louis Armstrong: 'Country and Western' (1970, Avco Embassy) B-

Number of A-listed albums: 49 (of 83 rated).

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