[Dixielandjazz] Armstrong

[Marek Boym]

Hello Listmates
During his "All Stars" years, Armstrong made excellent recordings of many songs not usually in his repertoire.
For his "Musical Authobiography" he recorded many of the Hot Five, Hot 7 and big band numbers; with the Dukes of Dixieland he recorded "Dixie," "Washington and Lee Swing," etc.  On his Tribute to King Oliver (later reissued by Audio fidelity as "The Best of Louis Armstrong"), he recorded Dr. Jazz and othe Oliver-related tunes, and "My Old Kentucky Home" (giving as a reason - "Joe Oliver might have played it.").  Yet, with the All Stars, he played an unchanging repertoire of standards, plus some hits he added, such as "Hello, Dolly," "Mack the Knife" and "The Happy Hussar."  Does anybody know why?
Cheers