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American saxophonist, band leader, and nightclub manager.

b. December 9, 1909 (Birmingham, AL, USA)
d. May 19, 1978 (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Started out playing with George Howe ('27), Luis Russell ('28-29), and James Price Johnson ('32). From '32 he began to regularly lead his own band, which at times included sidemen such as Leon Chu Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, and Frank Newton. From 1940 he gave up leading to become manager of Minton's Playhouse, Harlem. He left there in 1969 to become manager of Club Baron, Harlem.

ALBUMS

Uptown Rhapsody

1992, CD, Comp, Hep Records (3),

Tiny Bradshaw, Teddy Hill

Tiny Bradshaw / Teddy Hill

1987, LP, Comp, Harlequin

Teddy Hill, Cab Calloway

And Their Orchestras

LP, Comp, Queen-disc

Interstate 40 Rhythm Kings

Kocking At Your Front Door

2005, CD, Album, Lost Buzz Record Co.

History Of Jazz 1917-1939

2005, Box, Comp + 8xCD, Comp, Top Jazz (4),

Bop/Swing/Big Band

Luis Russell And His Orchestra

Luis Russell And His Orchestra

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

Big Band/Dixieland/Ragtime

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

1983, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Swaggie Records,

The Sound Of Harlem Volume 1

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, JazzDocument,

Swinging USA (The Sounds Of The Big Bands)

1976, 2xLP, Comp, Club, S/Edition, Capitol Records, EMI Electrola,

Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra

Teddy Hill and his NBC Orchestra (1937)

1974, LP, Comp, RCA,

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

1971, Cass, Signal (5)

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

Dixieland/Swing

Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra

Where Is The Sun? / My Marie

1937, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra

I'm Happy Darling, Dancing With You / Blue Rhythm Fantasy

1937, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra

Twilight In Turkey / A Study In Brown

1937, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra

The Love Bug Will Bite You / Would You Like To Buy A Dream?

1937, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Teddy Hill And His Orchestra*

Uptown Rhapsody / Passionette

1936, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

Basin Street Blues / St. Louis Blues

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

Dallas Blues / Bessie Couldn't Help It

Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five

No One Else But You / I Can't Give You Anything But Love

A-Tisket A-Tasket

LP, Capitol Records

Luis Russell And His Orchestra

Song Of Swanee / Panama

Shellac, 10", Odeon

Luis Russell And His Orchestra

The New Call Of The Freaks / Doctor Blues

Shellac, 10", Odeon

Teddy Hill And His NBC Orchestra

Big Boy Blue / The Harlem Twister

Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

St. Louis Blues

APPEARANCES +

In Chronology - 1935-1937

2009, 26xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Complete Jazz Series

The Lonnie Johnson Collection, 1925-52

2015, 2xCDr, Comp, Acrobat,

Swing/Dixieland/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy (Complete Edition)

Louis Armstrong

The Okeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - 1925-1933

2012, 10xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Music, Columbia, Legacy, Okeh, RCA Victor,

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

2012, CD, Comp, Abril Coleções,

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

2010, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment,

Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz

Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions

2007, Box, Ltd, Num + 7xCD, Comp, RM, Mosaic Records (2)

Louis Armstrong

Rétrospective 1923-1956

2007, 3xCD, Comp, Saga

Jazz In The Charts 58/100 - Maybe (1940 (6))

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Documents,

Various, Bill Johnson

How Low Can You Go? : Anthology Of The String Bass (1925-1941)

2006, 3x CD, Box Set,

Calypso/Bluegrass/Ragtime/Big Band/Gospel/Folk

L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)

2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde,

Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland

Little Jazz Trumpet Giant

2004, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Il Giovane Dizzy

2004, CD, Album, Musica Jazz

Jazz Goes Hawaiian

2003, CD, Comp, Retrieval,

Louis Armstrong

Early Satch 1923-1929

2003, CD, Comp, Jazz Legends,

Victoria Spivey & Sweet Pease Spivey

Queen Victoria 1927-1937

2002, CD, Comp, Blues Collection,

Classic Jazz: The Twenties

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Louis Armstrong

Vol. 2. I've Got The World On A String. Original Recordings 1930-1933

2002, CD, Comp, Naxos Jazz Legends

2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2)

Dizzy Gillespie

The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Louis Armstrong

Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings

2001, 4xCD, Comp, Definitive Records (2)

Henry "Red" Allen

Henry "Red" Allen & His New York Orchestra 1929-1930

The Home Of Happy Feet / Swing! Staged For Sound

2000, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),

Henry "Red" Allen

The Dynamic Trumpet

2000, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),

Swing/Big Band/Dixieland

Harlem Conga (La Batteria Nelle Big Band - Vol.1)

2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz

Big Band/Dixieland/Bop/Post Bop/Swing

The Luis Russell Story 1929 - 1934

Louis Armstrong, And His All-Stars*

Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller By Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Ken Burns Jazz (The Story Of America's Music)

2000, 5x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Fusion/Dixieland/Modal/Swing/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Big Band/Country Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime

Louis Armstrong

Hot Fives And Sevens

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

1998, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Dixieland/Swing

The Gene Krupa Story

Eddie Lang And Lonnie Johnson

Blue Guitars Volumes I & II

1997, 2xCD, Comp, BGO Records,

The World Of Swinging Big Bands

Jazz Voices - The Men

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish,

Harlem Jazz (1928-33)

1996, CD, Album, Comp, RCA, BMG

Victoria Spivey

Moaning The Blues

Victoria Spivey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (31 October 1927 To 24 September 1929)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Louis Armstrong

Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 4

Dizzy Gillespie

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band

New Orleans 1918-29, Where Jazz Was Born

Dixieland/Ragtime

Victoria Spivey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 3 (1 October 1929 To 7 July 1936)

Louis Armstrong

Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934

Louis Armstrong

Les Chefs-d'oeuvre De Louis Armstrong

1993, CD, Comp, Music Memoria

1993, CD, Comp, Memoir

Gene Krupa And His Orchestra

Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955

1993, 3x CD, Box Set,

Big Band/Swing/Dixieland

The Luis Russell Collection, 1926-1934

1992, CD, Comp, RE, Collector's Classics,

Teddy Hill With His NBC Orchestra*

Dance With His NBC Orchestra: Complete Edition

1992, CD, Comp, RM, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),

King Oliver And His Orchestra*

Jazz Tribune No.6: King Oliver And His Orchestra (1929-1930)

Teddy Hill And His Orchestra*

Swing/Big Band/Vocal

Better Boot That Thing - Great Women Blues Singers Of The 1920's

Henry Red Allen*

Henry Red Allen

1991, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

King Oliver And His Orchestra*

Louis Armstrong

Hot Fives & Sevens Volume 4

The King Of New Orleans

Louis Armstrong

Volume 6 - St. Louis Blues

Henry "Red" Allen And His Orchestra

Louis Armstrong

Volume V - Louis In New York

Louis Armstrong

Satchmo's Immortal Performances 1929-1947

Louis Armstrong

Early Black Swing - The Birth Of Big Band Jazz: 1927 - 1934

Swing/Big Band/Bop

Dizzy Gillespie

The Most Important Recordings Of Dizzy Gillespie

1989, 2x Vinyl,

Swing/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz

Luis Russell, 1929-1930

The Jazz Arranger Volume 1

Louis Armstrong

La Voce Del Jazz

1987, LP, Comp, Promo, Musica Jazz

Louis Armstrong

The Masters Of Jazz • Louis Armstrong (1900-1971)

1987, 3xLP, Comp + Box, SR International, CBS, MCA Records,

Jazz Potpourri Volume Two (20 Collector Items 1925-1933)

1987, LP, Album, Meritt Record Society,

Them Dirty Blues (A Five Record Copulation Compilation)

1987, 5x Vinyl, Box Set,

1930s Jazz Big Bands

Copulating Rhythm Volume 2

1986, LP, Comp, Jass Records,

Country Blues/Piano Blues/Big Band/Erotic

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra 1929 - 1940

1984, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

Jazz 4: The Fancy Family Of Trumpets

1984, Box, Comp + 5xLP, Comp, CBS, Zeitmagazin,

1984, 6xLP, Comp, International Joker Production

1984, Vinyl Gatefold,

Louis Armstrong / Jack Purvis

Jazz Potpourri: 20 Collector Items 1924-40

1983, LP, Album, Ltd, Meritt Record Society

Le Favolose Big Bands

1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc, Musica Jazz,

Bop/Big Band/Swing

All The Cats Join In

1982, LP, Comp, MCA Records

Louis Armstrong - Roy Eldridge

Jazz Masterpieces

1982, 4x Vinyl Red, Box Set,

Henry "Red" Allen

Giants Of Jazz: Henry "Red" Allen

1980, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

1979, Box Set, 10x Vinyl,

Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band

Louis Armstrong

Giants Of Jazz: Louis Armstrong

1979, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Big Band/Dixieland

Swing Goes On! Vol. 2

Jazz (Some Cities & Towns)

1977, LP, Album, Comp, Folkways Records

Das Jahrhundert Der Schallplatte 1877/1977

1977, 7x Vinyl, 2x Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set,

Schlager/Opera/Theme/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland

This Is Jazz / Vol. 2 / The Hot Years

Farewell Blues (1927 - 1928)

Louis Armstrong And 'Savoy Ballroom Five'* & His Orchestra*

St. James Infirmary 1928 -1929

Louis Armstrong

V.S.O.P. Vol. 5 (1928-29), Vol. 6 (1929-30)

Luis Russell And His Louisiana Swing Orchestra*

Luis Russell And His Louisiana Swing Orchestra

Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra

Swing Along With Little Jazz

1974, 2x Vinyl,

Louis Armstrong

Integrale V.S.O.P.

1974, 8x Vinyl, Box Set,

Dixieland/Swing

Henry Allen Jr. And His New York Orchestra*

The Allen Victors (Henry Allen Jr. And His New York Orchestra Chronological & Complete)

1972, 2xLP, Comp, Raretone (2),

1972, LP, Comp, Jazum

Louis Armstrong

Armstrong For Ever, Vol. 1

Louis Armstrong

Armstrong For Ever Vol. 2

New Orleans Shout

Louis Armstrong

The Best Of Louis Armstrong - The Early Years

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

The Genius Of Louis Armstrong Volume 1: 1923-1933

Henry "Red" Allen

Henry Red Allen

Eddie Lang And Lonnie Johnson

Swing/Country Blues

Louis Armstrong And Luis Russell

Louis Armstrong And Luis Russell

1966, LP, Comp, Mono, Swaggie Records,

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Luis Russell And His Orchestra And His Burning Eight*

The Luis Russell Story 1929/30

Louis Armstrong / Oldtime Jazz

The Sound Of New Orleans (1917-1947)

1964, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

The Sound Of Harlem

1964, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Swing/Piano Blues/Stride/Ragtime/Big Band/Jump Blues/Bop

The Best Of Kings Of Swing

Henry Allen Junior And His New York Orchestra*

Henry Allen, Jr. And His New York Orchestra

1963, 7", EP, Mono, RCA Victor

Henry Allen Jnr. And His New York Orchestra*

Treasury Of Jazz N° 29

I Grandi Del Jazz

1962, 2x Vinyl, Vinyl,

Ragtime/Dixieland/Swing/Bop

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong With Luis Russell Orchestra*

I Ain't Got Nobody

1960, 7", EP, Odeon

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

St Louis Blues / Basin Street Blues

Dixieland And New Orleans Jazz

Teddy Hill And His Orchestra* , Featuring Frankie Newton*, Dicky Wells*, Russell Procope, Cecil Scott, Dizzy Gillespie

The Swing Era Volume 1

1955, 10", Comp, "X",

Louis Armstrong

Jazzin' Again With Armstrong

King Oliver And His Orchestra*

Call Of The Freaks / The Trumpet's Prayer

1943, Shellac LT Tax Code,

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra*

Mahogany Hall Stomp / Basin Street Blues

1942, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Gene Krupa And His Orchestra

Blue Rhythm Fantasy

Teddy Hill And His Orchestra*

At The Rug Cutter's Ball / Blue Rhythm Fantasy

1936, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2),

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra*

Rockin' Chair / Sweethearts On Parade

King Oliver And His Dixie Syncopators*

I'm Watching The Clock / Slow And Steady

Henry Allen Jr. And His Orchestra*

Sugar Hill Function / You Might Get Better But You'll Never Get Well

Luis Russell & His Orchestra* / The Harlem Footwarmers

Savoy Shout / Lazy Duke

Luis Russell & His Orchestra*

Feelin' The Spirit / Doctor Blues

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra*

I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) / Rockin' Chair

Henry Allen And His New York Orchestra*

Make A Country Bird Fly Wild / Pleasin' Paul

Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra / King Oliver And His Orchestra*

The Mooche / West End Blues

1929, Shellac, 10", Victor,

King Oliver And His Orchestra*

I've Got That Thing / Freakish Light Blues

1929, Shellac, 10", Victor,

Henry Allen, Jr. And His Orchestra*

Feeling Drowsy / Swing Out

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 2

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 3

LP, Comp, Odeon

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 4

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 5

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 6

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 7

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 10

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 11

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 12

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Jazz From New York City 1928-1932

LP, Comp, Historical Records, Historical Records,

Henry "Red" Allen With Luis Russell

Volume 3 (1930-1931)

LP, Comp, RE, RCA

J.C. Higginbotham / Edmond Hall

2xCD, Comp, RM, History

Louis Armstrong

10", Comp, Fontana

Volume Two 1929-1930

CD, Comp, RM, JSP Records, JSP Records

Louis Armstrong

Armstrong For Ever

LP, Comp, Parlophone,

Lucie Bernardo, Otto Rathke / Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra

The Okeh Laughing Record / Blue, Turning Grey Over You = Triste, Encanecido Por Ti

Shellac, 10", Okeh

Gene Krupa And His Orchestra

CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Columbia, Legacy,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Henry Allen, Jr. And His New York Orchestra*

Dancing Dave / Everybody Shout

Shellac, 10", Victor

Louis Armstrong

LP, Comp, Mono, Odeon, Odeon

Louis Armstrong

The Great Soloists 1925-1932

Henry "Red" Allen And His New York Orchestra*

Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra

All The Cats Join In / Ain't That A Shame

Victoria Spivey

The Victoria Spivey Recorded Legacy Of The Blues

Teddy Hill And His Orchestra* / Willie Bryant And His Orchestra

Teddy Hill And His Orchestra 1937 - Willie Bryant And His Orchestra 1936

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra / Duke Ellington

Mahogany Hall Stomp / Black Beauty

V.S.O.P. (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol. 5

Dixieland/Swing

New York Jazz 1928-1933

V.S.O.P. (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol. 6

Dixieland/Swing

Louis Armstrong Y Su Orquesta*

Después De Haberte Ido = After You've Gone / St. Louis Blues

La Grande Histoire Du Jazz - Au Temps Du Ragtime Et Du Swing / From Ragtime To Swing, 1898-1952, CD No 1-25

2010, Box + 25xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde,

That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 3 (1934-1945)

2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives,

Dixieland/Swing/Bop/Big Band

20 Original Hit Songs Of 1936

Ballad/Easy Listening/Swing

Les Trésors Du Jazz 1898-1943

2002, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde,

Dixieland/Swing

Original Music And Songs From Moulin Rouge

2001, CD, Album, Comp, EPM Musique

Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance

2000, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2),

Selection Of Harlem

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Gold Sound

The Golden Age Of Swing - Big Band Legends Vol.1

1995, CD, Comp, RM, EPM Musique,

Swing Collection

1992, 4xCD, Comp, All That's Jazz, All That's Jazz, All That's Jazz, All That's Jazz, All That's Jazz,

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz

In Concert... Carnegie Hall - The Original Jazz & Blues History, Vol. 7

For Dancers Only

CD, Comp, Dig It ! (2),

Remember The 30's

Box Set, 3x Vinyl,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Dizzy Gillespie

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

Louis Armstrong & His Orch.*

Dallas Blues / The Peanut Vendor

1951, Shellac, 10", RE, Unofficial, Hot Jazz Club Of America,

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong Volume Three

10", Unofficial, Jolly Roger (2),