Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | 
| Artist: Louis Armstrong
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  6 reviews
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 6 x 1.4
UPC: 074645717623
EAN: 0074645717623
Release Date: September 27, 1994
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Chimes Blues - Louis Armstrong, King Oliver | | • | Snake Rag - Louis Armstrong, King Oliver | | • | Tears - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Texas Moaner Blues - Louis Armstrong, Barnes, Fay | | • | Everybody Loves My Baby - Louis Armstrong, Palmer, Jack | | • | Naughty Man - Louis Armstrong, Dixon, Charlie | | • | Changeable Daddy of Mine - Louis Armstrong, Schafer, Bob | | • | Anybody Here Want to Try My Cabbage? - Louis Armstrong, Dowell, Edgar | | • | Good Time Flat Blues - Louis Armstrong, Williams, Spencer | | • | Cake Walking Babies from Home - Louis Armstrong, Smith, Chris [Rhyth | | • | Pickin' on Your Baby - Louis Armstrong, James, B. | | • | St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong, Handy, W.C. | | • | Sobbin' Hearted Blues - Louis Armstrong, Berton, Vic | | • | Papa De-Da-Da - Louis Armstrong, Williams, Clarence | | • | Sugar Foot Stomp - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Alone at Last - Louis Armstrong, Fio Rito, Ted | | • | T.N.T - Louis Armstrong, Schoebel, Elmer | | • | You Can't Shush Katie (The Gabbiest Girl in Town) - Louis Armstrong, Creamer, Henry | | • | Low Land Blues - Louis Armstrong, Jones, Richard [1] | | • | Gut Bucket Blues - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis |
Disc 2
| • | Listen to Ma - Louis Armstrong, Thomas, Hociel | | • | Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong, Atkins, Boyd | | • | Cornet Chop Suey - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Stomp off, Let's Go - Louis Armstrong, Schoebel, Elmer | | • | The Bridwell Blues - Louis Armstrong, Jones, Richard [1] | | • | King of the Zulus - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Lil | | • | Skid-Dat-De-Dat - Louis Armstrong, Hardin, Lil | | • | Big Butter and Egg Man - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Pleadin' for the Blues - Louis Armstrong, Hill, Bertha "Chipp | | • | Wild Man Blues - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Chicago Breakdown - Louis Armstrong, Morton, Jelly Roll | | • | Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Weary Blues - Louis Armstrong, Matthews, Artie | | • | Gully Low Blues - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Put 'Em Down Blues - Louis Armstrong, Bennett, E.J. | | • | Struttin' With Some Barbecue - Louis Armstrong, Hardin, Lil | | • | Hotter Than That - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Savoy Blues - Louis Armstrong, Ory, Kid | | • | Too Busy! - Louis Armstrong, Cohn, Chester | | • | Skip the Gutter - Louis Armstrong, Williams, Spencer |
Disc 3
| • | A Monday Date - Louis Armstrong, Hines, Earl | | • | West End Blues - Louis Armstrong, King Oliver | | • | Two Deuces - Louis Armstrong, Hardin, Lil | | • | Symphonic Raps - Louis Armstrong, Abrahams, Maurice | | • | Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong, Williams, Spencer | | • | No One Else But You - Louis Armstrong, Redman, Don | | • | Beau Koo Jack - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Weather Bird - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Muggles - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | I Must Have That Man! - Louis Armstrong, Fields, Dorothy | | • | Tight Like This - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | Knockin' a Jug - Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Louis | | • | I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong, Fields, Dorothy | | • | Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong, Williams, Spencer | | • | To Be in Love - Louis Armstrong, Ahlert, Fred E. | | • | Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong, Razaf, Andy | | • | Black and Blue - Louis Armstrong, Brooks, Harry | | • | That Rhythm Man - Louis Armstrong, Brooks, Harry | | • | When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) - Louis Armstrong, Fisher, Mark | | • | St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong, Handy, W.C. |
Disc 4
| • | Song of the Islands - Louis Armstrong, King, Charles [Voca | | • | My Sweet - Louis Armstrong, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Louis Armstrong, Gaskill, Clarence | | • | Standin' on the Corner - Louis Armstrong, Rodgers, Jimmie [1] | | • | I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - Louis Armstrong, Baxter, Phil | | • | I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Louis Armstrong, Neiburg, A.J. | | • | Memories of You - Louis Armstrong, Blake, Eubie | | • | Sweethearts on Parade - Louis Armstrong, Lombardo, Carmen | | • | When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong, Muse, Clarence | | • | Blue Again - Louis Armstrong, Fields, Dorothy | | • | When Your Lover Has Gone - Louis Armstrong, Swan, Einar A. | | • | Lazy River - Louis Armstrong, Arodin, Sidney | | • | Chinatown, My Chinatown - Louis Armstrong, Jerome, William | | • | Stardust - Louis Armstrong, Parish, Mitchell | | • | Stardust - Louis Armstrong, Parish, Mitchell | | • | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Louis Armstrong, Arlen, Harold | | • | I've Got the World on a String - Louis Armstrong, Koehler, Ted | | • | Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong, Williams, Spencer | | • | On the Sunny Side of the Street, Pt. 1 - Louis Armstrong, Fields, Dorothy | | • | On the Sunny Side of the Street, Pt. 2 - Louis Armstrong, Fields, Dorothy | | • | Song of the Vipers - Louis Armstrong, Traditional |
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 a lot better than expected July 22, 2005
Original Mixed Up-Kid (New York United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The version I have is the small box and was listening to it the whole day today.The sound is not bad at all. Actually, It is quite good.
The music is great capturing Armstrong in a period that was so instrumental in defining Jazz and the roots of New Orleans Music.
The selections are a good sampler for further in depth listening of releases that are available.It all adds up to a totally enjoyable experience.
There are various surprises and probably hard to find cuts.
For those interested in further cd's I heartily recommend The Complete Hot 5's(both JSP and Columbia are fine to my ears.The JSP may sound better with some post live selections not on Columbia's box, while the Columbia book is great and has a few alternate sides if I am not mistaken and is a lavish affair),King Oliver's Complete sessions(The Dutch 2 cd set on Challenge),Louis Big Band recordings(JSP)that completes the 30's, and the 7 selections from the Red Onion Babies found on Milestone/Jazz Heritage King Oliver and Lois Armstrong cd that duplicates most of King Oliver's complete set mentioned above except the Red Onion Baby selections. Also Breaking Out Of New Orleans(JSP) is top ranking as far as sound and selection and overall quality of this genre offering quality from many bands from 1922-1929(It also has 4 selections from the Red Onion Babies found on Louis Armstrong/King Oliver cd).
The book inside this CD is wonderful as well.
 Need a remastered version of this August 31, 2004
Blues Bro (Lakewood, Colorado USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have to disagree completely with the previous reviewer. The JSP set sounds way better than these sets (I own both). Also, you cant compare this set with the JSP set in terms of content. The JSP set only includes recordings with the hot five and sevens. On this set, only 2 of the 4 CD's include that material. The rest is stuff recorded earlier as a sideman or later with RCA. Everything in this set is gold of the highest order. But the remastering is no longer the best it could be.
The Greatest Artist Of The 20th Century February 18, 2002
Jacob Bailis (Downers Grove, IL United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Louis Armstrong is the greatest artist of the 20th century. Don't die without hearing "West End Blues". In fact, don't live one more day without this CD. I know what you're thinking. I looked at the years this box set covers and I thought, "Oh no. 4 CD's of 78s." The truth is the sound is tinny. And the truth is it doesn't matter.
The Fiery Core of Jazz June 4, 2001
Robert G. Klotz (Lawrence, KS United States)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artitst as a Young Man"This is the set of recordings that announced that jazz had matured to the level of an art form. The Hot Fives and Sevens, featuring the always brutally underrated Earl Hines (not to mention Johnny Dodds), is the fiery core of Planet Jazz. Louis' trumpet was never better, and with this small group in Chicago, Prince Armstrong took King Oliver's crown. From the first to the last of this four disc set, there is a level of invention and innovation that can only be compared to the bebop revolution of the early 1940s. These superlative remarks aside, the music is a lot of fun to listen to, from the classics like "Potato Head Blues", "Struttin' with Some Barbeque", "Chimes Blues", "Weather Bird", "Sugar Foot Stomp", both takes of "Stardust", "Cornet Chop Suey", "Tight Like This" and the greatest of them all, "West End Blues." King Armstrong he would have been called had he stayed in New Orleans. And who knows if he'd have been any more famous than Freddie Keppard today. Instead, he's a beloved legend by both jazz hardcores and most if not all Americans (plus millions worldwide). He stands only alongside Bach and Beethoven in the pantheon.
Here's Where It All Starts May 17, 2001
David Bradley (Sterling, VA USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The most complete collection of the most important work by the most dominant American musician of the first half of the 20th century.Too much hype? Trust me, this is a great collection, worthy of that hype. These are the recordings that cemented Armstrong's reputation as the most important instrumentalist of the age.
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