Blues for Yesterday [Avid]

BLUES FOR YESTERDAY includes tracks recorded from the 1947 radio show "This Is Jazz".
Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, The All Star Stompers.
Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Don Hill, Johnny Hodges (alto); John Sparrow, Lucky Thompson (tenor); Earnest Thompson (baritone); Elmer Warner (guitar, piano); Danny Barker , Duke Ellington, Allan Reuss (guitar); Jimmy Hamilton, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard (clarinet); Don Byas, Joe Garland (tenor saxophone); Ed Mullens, Ludwig Jordan, Robert Butler, Neal Hefti, William Scott , Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Wild Bill Davison (cornet); Al Cobb, Waddey Williams, Big Chief Russell Moore, Alton Moore, James Whitney, Georg Brunis, Norman Powe, Adam Martin, Vic Dickenson, Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Dick Cary, Earl Mason, Joe Bushkin, Art Hodes, Billy Strayhorn, Charlie Beal (piano); Butch Ballard, George Wettling, Joe Harris , Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton (drums).
Liner Note Author: Pat Hawes.
A selection of '40s recordings catching Pops in a variety of settings. The opening four tracks come from Armstrong's final session with his big band for Victor, followed by a 1946 Esquire magazine all-star poll winner's date. Seven of the following tracks emanate from radio broadcasts with the closer "Three Little Bears" coming from an Eddie Condon television broadcast. A nice set of oddball Satchmo in the '40s, blowing and singing his heart out no matter what the surroundings. ~ Cub Koda