Another great set from Proper.  There are some truly great moments on this box, including a very special one that has our vote for the single most copacetic 78 ever released:  Louis's double-sided duet with the one and only Billie Holiday, You Can't Lose a Broken Heart, backed with My Sweet Hunk O' Trash.  As with all Proper Boxes, this one contains 4 CDs clocking in at close to 5 hours. It contains 86 tracks, which are all listed below.  You want value for your money? This is value.

Proper sez:  "The 1940's was a fascinating decade in the career of one of the greatest men of the 20th century. As a trumpeter Louis Armstrong was without peer and his influence on other jazz musicians has been immense, every trumpeter has been at least indirectly indebted to him. Satchmo's adventures in the 1940's are dealt with in this 86 track box set, from big band sides, via duets with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan and The Mills Brothers to the classic live recordings from the Town Hall and Symphony Hall with the All Stars."

 

C'est Ci Bon: Satchmo In The Forties - Armstrong, Louis  

Disc 1

1. Cherry 2:44
2. Perdido Street Blues 3:04
3. 2 :19 Blues 2:52
4. Down In Honky Tonk Town 3:03
5. Coal Cart Blues 2:55
6. Everything's Been Done Before 3:04
7. I Cover The Waterfront 3:12
8. In The Gloaming 2:56
9. Long, Long, Ago 2:51
10. Hey Lawdy Mama 2:57
11. I'll Get Mine Bye And Bye 3:03
12. Do You Call That A Buddy? 3:18
13. Yes Suh! 2:19
14. When It's Sleepy Time Down South 3:09
15. Leap Frog 2:57
16. I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now) 2:57
17. You Rascal You 2:58
18. (Get Some) Cash For Your Trash 3:01
19. Among My Souvenirs 2:44
20. Coquette 2:34
21. I Never Knew 2:44
22. Jack-Armstrong Blues 5:03
23. I'm Confessin' 3:25
24. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 2:50
25. The Frim Fram Sauce 3:08

Disc 2

1. Long Long Journey 4:18
2. Snafu 4:11
3. Linger In My Arms A Little Longer 2:58
4. Whatta Ya Gonna Do? 2:54
5. No Variety Blues 2:52
6. Joseph 'N' His Brothers 3:01
7. Back O'town Blues 3:13
8. I Want A Little Girl 2:59
9. Sugar 3:21
10. Blues For Yesterday 2:32
11. Blues In The South 3:01
12. Endie 2:49
13. The Blues Are Brewin' 2:59
14. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans 2:59
15. Where The Blues Were Born In New Orleans 3:06
16. Mahogany Hall Stomp 2:54
17. I Wonder, I Wonder 2:32
18. I Believe 2:57
19. Why Doubt My Love? 3:18
20. It Takes Time 2:37
21. You Don't Learn That In School 2:41
22. Ain't Misbehavin' 3:52
23. Rockin' Chair 5:07

Disc 3

1. Back O'town Blues 4:10
2. Pennies From Heaven 3:41
3. Save It Pretty Mama 4:28
4. St. James Infirmary 3:35
5. Jack-Armstrong Blues 2:58
6. Rockin' Chair 3:03
7. Some Day (You'll Be Sorry) 3:09
8. Fifty-Fifty Blues 2:57
9. A Song Was Born 4:12
10. Please Stop Playing Those Blues 3:16
11. Before Long 2:50
12. Lovely Weather We're Having 3:18
13. Muskrat Ramble 6:13
14. Black And Blue 4:12
15. Royal Garden Blues 5:49
16. Lover 2:20
17. Stars, Fell On Alabama 5:16
18. I Cried For You 3:34
19. Since I Fell For You 4:04
20. Tea For Two 4:42

Disc 4

1. Body And Soul 5:30
2. Steak Face 7:08
3. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:51
4. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 6:47
5. High Society 3:28
6. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 2:47
7. That's My Desire 4:40
8. C-Jam Blues 3:20
9. Boff-Boff 5:07
10. Maybe It's Because 3:13
11. I'll Keep The Lovelight Burning In My Heart 2:58
12. You Can't Lose A Broken Heart 3:11
13. My Sweet Hunk O'trash 3:18
14. New Orleans Function (Free As A Bird/ Oh Didn't He Ramble) 3:48
15. La Vie En Rose 3:23
16. C'est Ci Bon 3:02
17. Life Is So Peculiar 3:10
18. You Rascal You 3:12
Discography

DISC ONE - COAL CART BLUES

Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Harry Mills, baritone voice, Donald Mills, Herbert Mills, tenor voice; John Mills, bass voice; Norman Brown, g.
New York, April 11, 1940.

67530-A CHERRY Decca 3180

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Claude Jones, tb; Sidney Bechet, cl, ss; Luis Russell, p; Bernard Addison, g; Wellman Braud, b; Zutty Singleton, d.
New York, May 27, 1940.

67817-A PERDIDO STREET BLUES Decca 18090
67818-A 2:19 BLUES Decca 18090
67819-B DOWN IN HONKY TONK TOWN Decca 18091

Louis Armstrong, tp; Sidney Bechet, cl, ss; Bernard Addison, g; Wellman Braud, b.
New York, May 27, 1940.

67820-A COAL CART BLUES Decca 18091

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; George Washington, tb; Prince Robinson, cl; Luis Russell, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; John Williams, b; Sid Catlett, d.
New York, March 10, 1941.

68796-A EVERYTHING�??S BEEN DONE BEFORE Decca 3825
68797-A I COVER THE WATERFRONT Decca 3700
68798-B IN THE GLOAMING Decca 3825
68799-A LONG, LONG AGO Decca 3700

Same personnel as above, but Prince Robinson play ts.
New York, April 11, 1941.

68997-A HEY LAWDY MAMA Decca 3756
68998-A I�??LL GET MINE BYE AND BYE Decca 3900
68999-A DO YOU CALL THAT A BUDDY ? Decca 3756
69000-C YES SUH! Decca 3900

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Shelton Hemphill, Gene Prince, Frank Galbreath, tp; George Washington, Norman Greene, Henderson Chambers, tb; Rupert Cole, Carl Frye, as; Prince Robinson, Joe Garland, ts; Luis Russell, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; Hayes Alvis, b; Sid Catlett, d.
Chicago, November 16, 1941.

93787-A WHEN IT�??S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH Decca 4140
93788-A LEAP FROG Decca 4106
93789-B I USED TO LOVE YOU (BUT IT�??S ALL OVER NOW) Decca 4106
93790-A (I�??LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU�??RE DEAD) YOU RASCAL YOU Decca 4140

Louis Amrstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Shelton Hemphill, Bernard Flood, Frank Galbreath, tp; George Washington, James Whitney, Henderson Chambers, tb; Rupert Cole, Carl Frye, as; Prince Robinson, Joe Garland, ts; Luis Russell, p; Lawrence Lucie, g; John Simmons, b; Sid Catlett, d.
Los Angeles, April 17, 1942.

DLA 2974-A (GET SOME) CASH FOR YOUR TRASH Decca 4229
DLA 2975-A AMONG MY SOUVENIRS Decca 4327
DLA 2976-A COQUETTE Decca 4327
DLA 2977-A I NEVER KNEW Decca 4229

V-DISC ALL STAR JAM SESSION : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc;
Billy Butterfield, Bobby Hackett, tp; Jack Teagarden, tb, voc;
Lou McGarity, tb; Ernie Caceres, cl; Nick Caiazza, ts; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Herb Ellis, g; Al Hall, b; Cozy Cole, d.
New York, December 7, 1944.

VP 1054-2 JACK-ARMSTRONG BLUES V-Disc 384
VP 1079-2 I�??M CONFESSIN�?? V-Disc 491

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald acc. by Bob Haggart�??s Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Billy Butterfield, tp; Bill Stegmeyer, cl, as; George Koenig, as; Jack Greenberg, Art Drelinger, ts; Milton Schatz, bs; Joe Bushkin, p; Danny Perri, g; Trigger Alpert, b;
Cozy Cole, d; Ella Fitzgerald, voc; Bob Haggart, cond.
New York, January 18, 1946.

73285-A YOU WON�??T BE SATISFIED Decca 23496
73286-A THE FRIM FRAM SAUCE Decca 23496

DISC TWO - ROCKIN�?? CHAIR

Esquire All-American Award Winners : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Charlie Shavers, tp; Jimmy Hamilton, cl; Johnny Hodges, as; Don Byas, ts; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, p; Remo Palmieri, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Sonny Greer, d.
New York, January 10, 1946.

PD6VC 5020-1 LONG LONG JOURNEY Victor LPM 1443

Same date and place as above, but Charlie Shavers, Duke Ellington out, add Neal Hefti, tp.

PD6VC 5021-1 SNAFU Victor LPM 1443

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Ludwig Jordan, Ed Mullens, Fats Ford, William �??Chieftie�?� Scott, tp; Russell Moore, Adam Martin, Norman Powe, Al Cobbs, tb; Don Hill, Amos Gordon, as; John Sparrow, Joe Garland, ts; Ernest Thompson, bs; Ed Swanston, p; Elmer Warner, g; Arvell Shaw, b; Butch Ballard, d; Velma Middleton, voc (-1).
New York, April 27, 1946.

D6VB-1736 LINGER IN MY ARMS A LITTLE LONGER Victor 20-1912
D6VB-1737-1 WHATTA YA GONNA DO? Victor 20-1891
D6VB-1738-2 NO VARIETY BLUES (-1) Victor 20-1891
D6VB-1739 JOSEPH �??N�?? HIS BROTHERS Victor 20-2612
D6VB-1740 BACK O�??TOWN BLUES Victor 20-1912

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc;
Vick Dickenson, tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Charlie Beal (-1),
Leonard Feather, p (-2); Allen Reuss, g; Red Callender, b; Zutty Singleton, d.
Los Angeles, September 6, 1946.

D6VB 2149-1 I WANT A LITTLE GIRL (-1) Victor 20-2612
D6VB 2150-A SUGAR (-1) Victor 40-0136
D6VB 2151-1 BLUES FOR YESTERDAY (-2) Victor 20-2456
D6VB 2152-1 BLUES IN THE SOUTH (-1) Victor 20-2456

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Robert Butler, Louis Gray, Fats Ford, Ed Mullens, tp; �??Big Chief�?� Russell Moore, Waddet Williams, Nat Allen, James Whitney, tb; Don Hill, Amos Gordon, as; Joe Garland, John Sparrow, ts; Ernest Thompson, bs; Earl Mason, p; Elmer Warner, g; Arvell Shaw, b; Edmond McConney, d.
Los Angeles, October 17, 1946.

D6VB 2190 ENDIE Victor 20-2087
D6VB 2191 THE BLUES ARE BREWIN�?? Victor LJM 1005

Louis Armstrong and his Dixieland Seven : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Kid Ory, tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Charlie Beal, p; Bud Scott, g; Red Callender, b; Minor Hall, d.
Los Angeles, October 17, 1946.

D6VB 2192 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS? Victor 20-2087
D6VB 2193-1 WHILE THE BLUES WERE BORN IN NEW ORLEANS Victor 20-2088
D6VB 2194-1 MAHOGANY HALL STOMP Victor 20-2088

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Ed Mullens, Williams �??Chieftie�?� Scott, Thomas Gridder, Robert Butler, tp; �??Big Chief�?� Russell Moore, Waddet Williams, James Whitney, Al Moore, tb; Amos Gordon, Arthur Dennis, as; Joe Garland, Lucky Thompson, John Sparrow, ts; Earl Mason, p; Elmer Warner, g; Arvell Shaw, b; James �??Coatsville�?� Harris, d.
New York, March 12, 1947.
D7VB 647-1 I WONDER, I WONDER Victor 20-2228
D7VB 648-1 I BELIEVE Victor 20-2240
D7VB 649 WHY DOUBT MY LOVE RCA VPM 6044
D7VB 650-1 IT TAKES TIME Victor 20-2228
D7VB 651-1 YOU DON�??T LEARN THAT IN SCHOOL Victor 20-2240

Louis Armstrong and The All Stars : Louis Armstrong tp, voc;
Jack Teagarden, tb, voc (-1); Peanuts Hucko, cl; Dick Cary, p;
Bob Haggart, b; Sid Catlett, d.
Concert �??Town Hall�?�, New York, May 17, 1947.

D8VC 73 AIN�??T MISBEHAVIN�?? Victor 40-4005
D6VC 74 ROCKIN�?? CHAIR (-1) Victor 40-4004

DISC THREE - A BAND WAS BORN

Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc;
Jack Teagarden, tb, voc (-1); Peanuts Hucko, cl; Dick Carey, p; Bob Haggart, b; Sid Catlett, d.
Concert �??Town Hall�?�, New York, May 17, 1947.

D8VC 75 BACK O�??TOWN BLUES (-1) Victor 40-4006
D8VC 76 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Victor 40-4005
D8VC 77 SAVE IT PRETTY MAMA Victor 40-4004
D8VC 78-1 ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Victor 40-4006

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Bobby Hackett, cnt; Jack Teagarden, tb, voc (-1); Peanuts Hucko, cl, ts; Ernie Caceres, cl, bs; Johnny Guarnieri, p, cel (-1), Al Casey, g; Al Hall, b; Cozy Cole, d.
New York, June 10, 1947.

D7VB 952-2 JACK-ARMSTRONG BLUES (-1) Victor 20-2348
D7VB 953 ROCKIN�?? CHAIR (-1) Victor 20-2348
D7VB 954-1 SOME DAY (YOU�??LL BE SORRY) Victor 20-2530
D7VB 955-2 FIFTY-FIFTY BLUES Victor 20-2530

The Leaders�?? Band : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Tommy Dorsey, tb; Benny Goodman, cl; Charlie Barnet, ts; Mel Powell, p; Lionel Hampton, vib; Al Hendrickson, g; Harry Babasin, b; Louis Bellson, d.
Hollywood, late August 1947.

M233 A SONG WAS BORN RCA FMX 1-7083

Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Jack Teagarden, tb, voc (-1); Barney Bigard, cl; Dick Cary, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Sid Catlett, d.
Chicago, October 16, 1947.

D7VB 1083-1 PLEASE STOP PLAYING THOSE BLUES (-1) Victor 20-2648
D7VB 1084-1 BEFORE LONG Victor 20-3064
D7VB 1085-1 LOVELY WEATHER WE�??RE HAVING Victor 20-2648
Louis Armstrong and his All Stars : Same personnel as above,
but add Velma Middleton, voc (-2).
�??Symphony Hall�?�, Boston, November 30, 1947.

80352/3 MUSKRAT RAMBLE Decca 9-28095
80354 BLACK AND BLUE Decca 9-28097
80356/7 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES Decca 9-28095
80358 LOVER Decca 9-28101
80361/2 I CRIED FOR YOU (-2) Decca 9-28099
80363/4 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Decca 9-28098
80365/6 TEA FOR TWO Decca 9-28100

DISC FOUR - NEW ORLEANS FUNCTION

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars : Louis Armstrong, tpl voc;
Jack Teagarden, tb, voc (-1); Barney Bigard, voc; Dick Cary, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Sidney Catlett, d; Velma Middleton, voc (-2).
�??Symphony Hall�?�, Boston, November 30, 1947.

80367/8 BODY AND SOUL Decca 9-28103
80369/0 STEAK FACE Decca 9-28108
80371 MAHOGANY HALL STOMP Decca 9-28908
80372/3 ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF
THE STREET Decca 9-28105
80374 HIGH SOCIETY Decca 9-28107
80375 BABY WON�??T YOU PLEASE COME HOME? Decca 9-28107
80376/7 THAT�??S MY DESIRE (-2) Decca 9-28106
80378 C-JAM BLUES Decca 9-28102
80382 BOFF-BOFF Decca 9-28102

Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver�??s Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp voc; Buck Clayton, Ivor Lloyd, tp; Henderson Chambers, tb; George Dorsey, Artie Baker, as; Budd Johnson, Fred Williams, ts; Horace Henderson, p; Everett Barksdale, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Wallace Bishop, d; Sy Oliver, arr..cond.
New York, September 1, 1949.

75221 MAYBE IT�??S BECAUSE Decca 24751
75222 I�??LL KEEP THE LOVELIGHT BURNING Decca 24751
Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday with Sy Oliver�??s Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, voc; Bernard Privin, tp; Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince, as; Art Drelinger, ts; Pat Nizza, ts, bs; Billy Kyle, p; Everett Barksdale, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Jimmy Crawford, d; Sy Oliver, arr. cond.
New York, September 30, 1949.

75342 YOU CAN�??T LOSE A BROKEN HEART Decca 24785
75343 MY SWEET HUNK O�??TRASH Decca 24785

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Jack Teagarden, tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Earl Hines, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Cozy Cole, d.
New York, April 26, 1950.
76339/0 NEW ORLEANS FUNCTION (FREE AS A BIRD/DIDN�??T HE RAMBLE) Decca 27059

Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver�??s Orchestra : Louis Armstrong, tp, voc; Melvin Solomon, Bernie Privin, Paul Webster, tp; Morton Bullman, tb; Hymie Schertzer, Milt Yaner, as; Art Drelinger, Bill Holcombe, ts; Earl Hines, p; Everett Barksdale, g; George Duvivier, b; Johnny Blowers, d; Sy Oliver, arr. cond.
New York, June 26, 1950.

76528 LA VIE EN ROSE Decca 27113
76529 C'EST CI BON Decca 27113

Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five : Louise Armstrong, tp, voc; Aaron Izenhall, tp; Louis Jordan, as, voc; Josh Jackson, ts; Bill Doggett, p; Bill Jennings, g; Bob Bushnell, b; Joe Morris, d
New Yorl, August 23, 1950

76744 LIFE IS SO PECULIAR Decca 27212

76745 YOU RASCAL YOU Decca 27212