There is a critical perception that Louis Armstrong somehow abandoned his small-band roots when he moved away from the Hot 5 and 7 recordings of the 20's and recorded with the larger bands of the 30's. In reality, though, he had been playing with large units almost exclusively before and since his seminal records on OKeh. With the exception of a small number of hours recording those songs, he had spent the rest of the previous quarter century playing big band music.

In 1947, however, dogged by this undeserved collar and hounded by rising expenses for his touring band, he submitted to managerial pressure to unleash a small combo for a show at Town Hall in New York City; the concert was a howling success, leading the way for Louis to tour with the now-streamlined band he called his "All-Stars." With sporadic changes in personnel, this arrangement suited him for the rest of his performing career. In the studio, the All-Stars recorded scores of tunes, often re-recording the Hot classics from 25 years earlier, and re-rerecording them again when they changed labels. -- from Michael Minn.com

Louis Armstrong October 4, 1952 KUNGLIGA TENNIS HALLEN, Stockholm, Sweden

Radio Broadcast A quality

LOUIS ARMSTRONG ALL STARS:
Trummy Young, trombone
Bob McCracken, clarinet
Marty Napoleon, piano
Arvell Shaw, bass
Cozy Cole, drums
Velma Middleton, voc

01. Intro
02. When It's Sleepytime Down South
03. Back Home Again In Indiana
04. A Kiss To Build A Dream On
05. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
06. Little Cool Cat?
07. Lover Come Back To Me
08. Can Anyone Explain?
09. Limehouse Blues
10. After You've Gone
11. Tin Roof Blues
12. Russian Lullaby
13. Bugle Blues
14. Rocks In My Bed
15. You're Just In Love
16. Stompin' At The Savoy (not included)

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