come back, sweet papa

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five returned to the studio in the windy city with this swinging fox trot. The song was written by Paul Barbarin and Luis Russell who were part of rival King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators who played across the street from Dreamland at the Plantation Café. This was the first of twenty two songs that Armstrong recorded in seven sessions over ten days. He played cornet on all of these tracks. His Hot Five also included Kid Ory on trombone, Johnny Dodds on clarinet and saxophone, Lil Armstrong on Piano, and Johnny St. Cyr on banjo.