Complete New York Town Hall & Boston Symphony Hall Concerts

Disc 1
1	Introduction/Cornet Chop Suey 3:02
2	Our Monday Date 3:00
3	Dear Old Southland 3:37
4	Big Butter and Egg Man 4:10
5	Tiger Rag / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 5:26
6	Struttin' with Some Barbecue / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:34
7	Sweethearts on Parade / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:32
8	St. Louis Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:21
9	Pennies from Heaven / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:40
10	On the Sunny Side of the Street / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:38
11	I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:08
12	Back o' Town Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:09
13	Ain't Misbehavin' / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:51
14	Rockin' Chair / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 5:05
15	Muskrat Ramble / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 2:10
16	Save It, Pretty Mama / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:25
17	Saint James Infirmary / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:36
18	Royal Garden Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:40
19	Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:32
20	Jack Armstrong Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:33
Disc 2
1	Muskrat Ramble / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 6:16
2	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:14
3	Royal Garden Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 5:02
4	Lover / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 2:22
5	Stars Fell on Alabama / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 5:18
6	Since I Fell for You / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:06
7	Tea for Two / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:44
8	Body and Soul / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 5:32
9	Steak Face / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 7:11
10	Mahogany Hall Stomp / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:54
11	On the Sunny Side of the Street / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 6:49
12	High Society / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:30
13	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 2:49
14	C-Jam Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 3:30
15	Boff Boff / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 5:07
Disc 3
1	I Cried for You / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:37
2	That's My Desire / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 4:49
3	How High the Moon / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars 6:28
4	Introduction / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 0:54
5	Way Down Yonder in New Orleans / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 2:22
6	Basin Street Blues / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 4:00
7	Muskrat Ramble / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 2:23
8	Dear Old Southland / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 3:02
9	Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 3:54
10	Someday You Will Be Sorry / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 4:19
11	Tiger Rag / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 3:45
12	Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans / Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Bonus Track 6:34
13	Old Rockin' Chair / Edmund Hall Sextet Bonus Track 4:51
14	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue / Louis Armstrong Bonus Track 4:24
15	Ain't Misbehavin' / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 3:20
16	Reminisicin' with Louis/High Society / Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Bonus Track 4:35
17	A Song Was Born / Giants of Jazz Bonus Track 5:00

All Music Guide

Reissued together for the first time on CD, Louis Armstrong's Complete New York Town Hall & Boston Symphony Hall Concerts provides an enjoyable and complete presentation of Satchmo and the All-Stars. On May 17, 1947, Armstrong took the Town Hall stage alongside trombonist Jack Teagarden, clarinetist Peanuts Hucko, cornetist Bobby Hackett, pianist Dick Cary, bassist Bob Haggart, and Big Sid Catlett on drums. That set was so enthusiastically received that Armstrong broke up his longtime big band in order to continue on with the All-Stars. The concert at Symphony Hall took place four months later, on November 30, 1947, with a change in personnel given the addition of clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Dick Cary, and bassist Arvell Shaw with the remaining Teagarden and Catlett. Armstrong would continue to showcase the All-Stars into the early '50s, but wouldn't achieve the level of inspiration as demonstrated on these two historic concerts. Les Campbell