The Dilemma Of Remastering - Cornet Chop Suey - Footnote vol 6 - no 4 1996
Cornet Chop Suey
OKeh
February 26 1926
Key F
Time 2:55
DECCA
January 23 1957
Key F
Town Hall
May 17 1947
Key F
Below I am giving some representative recordings of the tune Cornet Chop Suey by Louis Armstrong.
I support the conclusion given above, based on the concert recording and remake of the Hot Five recordings, which are played in the key of F.
Furthermore, dont´t think that Armstrong would change the key from the original recording.
OKeh
February 26 1926
Key Eb
Time 3:16
Comment by Christer Fellers
Mosaic records
December 4, 1961
Kid Ory with Andrew Blakeney on trumpet
Key F
Chicago and all that jazz- TV show
November 26, 1961
Kid Ory with Red Allen on trumpet
Key Eb
Interestingly, Kid Ory, who was present on the original recording, also recorded Cornet Chop Suey with different trumpet players. Below are two examples. The tune is here played both in F and Eb.
