[The Complete Town Hall Concert](RCA 빅터)와 [Satchmo at Symphony Hall](데카)를 한 세트에 담은 음반으로 '미스터 재즈' 루이 암스트롱이 새로운 활동을 전개한 1947년에 가졌던 두 기념비적인 음악회를 완벽하게 들을 수 있다. 18년간 유지했던 빅밴드에서 다시 올스타즈란 이름의 소규모 밴드로 돌아온 루이의 에너지가 들끓고 있으며 잭 티카든, 바니 비가드, 시드 캐틀렛의 명연주가 함께한다. 같은 해 녹음되었던 NBC 방송 녹음과 V-디스크 녹음들도 보너스로 담겨있다. .... ....
I can't give you anything but love, Baby, That's the only thing I've plenty of, Baby. Dream awhile, scheme awhile, We're sure to find, Happiness, and I guess, All those things you've always pined for. Gee, I'd like to see you looking swell, Baby, Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, Baby. Till that lucky day, you know darned well, Baby, I can't give you anything but love.
I had a woman Livin' way back o' town Yeah she treated me right Never let me down But I wasn't satisfied I had to run around
Now she's gone and left me I'm worried as can be Oh I've searched this world all over Wonderin' where she could be
I would ask that she forgive me And maybe she'll come back to me
**spoken**(but I doubt it)
I'm lonesome an blue And I've learned a thing or two Oh fellas here's a tip I'm gonna pass on down to you Never mistreat your woman Cause it's gonna bounce right back on you
Won't you come and go with me Down that Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Come along with me on, down to new orleans
Now the band's there to greet us Old friends will meet us Where all them folks goin to the St. Louis cemetary meet Heaven on earth, they call it basin street
I'm tellin' ya, basin street is the street Where all them characters from the first street they meet New Orleans, land of dreams You'll never miss them rice and beans Way down south in New Orleans
They'll be huggin' and a kissin' That's what I been missin' And all that music lord, if you just listen New orleans, I got them basin street blues
Now ain't you glad you went with me On down that Mississippi We took a boat to the land of dreams Heaven on earth they call it basin street