4 wonderful discs featuring early Louis (“Loo-is”) Armstrong. Mostly instrumentals with vocals by Louis, Maggie Jones, Bessie Smith, Bertha (“Chippie”) Hill, and Jimmie Rodgers. Featured musicians: Joe Oliver, Lil Hardin (Louis’s first wife, piano), Sidney Bechet, Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, Earl Hines, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Lionel Hampton. Basic band units: cornet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, piano, banjo, drums. “Stardust”, “Lazy River”, “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South”, “I’m Confessin’ That I Love You”, “Black and Blue”, “St. Louis Blues”, “Ain’t Misbehavin'”. Great for listening to on a hot summer afternoon.