LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND EARL HINES VOLUME 3

Part of Columbia’s mid-1950s “Golden Era Series,” this vinyl compilation captures landmark studio sessions from 1928–’29 featuring Louis Arm‐ strong fronting the Savoy Ballroom Five, his Orchestra, and the Hot Five, all accompanied by jazz icon Earl Hines on piano. These tracks showcase a pivotal moment in jazz history—the shift from collective improvisation to solo innovation—highlighting Armstrong’s expressive trumpet and Hines’s virtuosic piano interplay  .

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Tracklist

Side A

• Basin Street Blues

• Weather Bird

• No, Papa, No

• Muggles

• St. James Infirmary

• Tight Like This

Side B

7. West End Blues

8. Skip the Gutter

9. Two Deuces

10. Sugar Foot Strut

11. Squeeze Me

12. Don’t Jive Me