Drop That Sack -Louis Armstrong

Here's an early Louis, the label says "...and His Orchestra 1926" but I am inclined to think that it is one of the recordings made by the Hot Five for Vocalion in May 1926 under the name of "Lil's Hot Shots" with Louis Armstrong; tpt. Lil Hardin/Armstrong; pno. Johnny Dodds; clt. Kid Ory; tmb. and Johnny St. Cyr bjo.
Any other thoughts out there?

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• Louis_Armstrong
• Drop_That_Sack
• Jazz
• 1926

[shrdlu7]

Checked out some of the other offerings on your page mole and it features some of the other greats, Johnny St. Cyr's great banjo work, Johnny Dodds amazing clarinet and I believe he had a brother "Baby" Dodds who was one of the greatest drummers of that period. Can't begin to describe the feelings that listening to this great stuff arouses, much gratitude to you moledfigg

[MoleDFigg]

@shrdlu7

Yes, "Baby" Dodds was Johnny's brother; scroll down to my posting of "Drum Improvisations-Baby Dodds" for a definitive example of his lyrical work.

Thanks for your kind comments.

Clive.

[shrdlu7]

I am 74 years old and have been a huge fan of both N'Orleans and Chicago jazz and th other venues like New York City, Kansas City and other place where this type of music flourished and I am indeed so very happy that there are so many people who appreiate the artistry and creativity of this amazing art form and I will bet many of you are young people.....good on you.

[MoleDFigg]

@shrdlu7

Only 74?

I'm well ahead of you, at 81 !!

[fatsfan70]

One of my first 78 record buys in the early fifties and I still treasure it. The power of Armstrong and Kid Ory are just phenomenal! Lil and Dodds both put in fine work - but who lost the last couple of bars on this otherwise great posting?

[MoleDFigg]

I'm afraid YouTube tends to do this 'clipping' without any rhyme or reason. I now make sure that an image extends past the music track, and this seems help (most of the time).

Sorry about that.

[Squarerig]

What did these five bequeath to the world? A legacy of some of the finest JAZZ ever played or recorded.Absolutely perfect.Tahnks Mole Figg

[banjopiano1]

That is Jazz - smokin' hot. It was all like that until about 1933.

Thank goodness some people saved the records so this generation can hear what real jazz sounds like.

[jejesus]

Amazing recording! And how many giants here.

I am 48 and I love the music from this period... it´s so strong, joyfull!

And it was made only in one take. Whoaa!

[mistressmozart]

thank you so much for sharing these wonderful recordings! Listening to Armstrong and this music brings so much joy.

[shrdlu7]

For some excellent clarinet work I would reccommend "In a Persian Market" with Sidney DeParis doing his magical clarinet inventions.

[cemepe2]

@shrdlu7

thats right man im 28 and this is some of the best music to me : )

[busessuck1]

I'm surprised you old coots know how to use the internet, let alone contribute... I'm fairly certain that if i get old i'll just sit in a corner and complain about everything.

anyway this is an interesting take on a siong first recorded by banjo musician pappa charlie jackson, though i suspect it goes further back than that

[IndependentGeorge76]

for the record i'm 34 and feel this music deep in my heart and soul

[FlickDillinger]

very cool someone is saving this music to the digital domain!! There has to be a bunch of great music on 78 records out there that will fall by the wayside unless someone puts in the effort to record it digitally and even remaster it. I do have an interested in helping out with some remastering if needed.