Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1997
Time: 68:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 155,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:14) 1.Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
(4:00) 2.Love Is Here To Stay
(5:42) 3.The Nearness Of You
(3:35) 4.Stars Fell On Alabama
(4:13) 5.Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You
(4:40) 6.They Can't Take That Away From Me
(5:59) 7.Autumn In New York
(5:01) 8.Summertime
(5:09) 9.Tenderly
(5:14) 10.Stompin' At The Savoy
(4:18) 11.Under A Blanket Of Blue
(4:38) 12 I Wants To Stay Here
(3:11) 13.I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
(4:54) 14.There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
(3:09) 15.You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)

The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong from Verve contains a selection of 15 duets the two jazz legends recorded for the label over the years.

Clearly, this set isn't of particular interest to hardcore collectors, since they'll already own much of the material, but as a sampler targeted at casual fans, this is quite nice indeed, since it contains such timeless classics as "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "Stars Fell on Alabama, " "Autumn in New York, " "Summertime," and "They Can't Take That Away from Me." By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-ella-fitzgerald-and-louis-armstrong-on-verve-mw0000025726#review

Personnel: Bass – Dale Jones, Ray Brown; Clarinet – Edmond Hall; Drums – Barrett Deems, Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson; Guitar – Herb Ellis ; Piano – Billy Kyle, Oscar Peterson; Trombone – Trummy Young; Trumpet – Louis Armstrong; Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong

The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve

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Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy And Bess

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:14
Size: 156,5 MB
Art: Front

(10:52)  1. Overture
( 4:58)  2. Summertime
( 4:38)  3. I Want To Stay Here
( 4:02)  4. My Man Is Gone Now
( 3:52)  5. I Got Plenty Of Nothing
( 2:58)  6. Buzzard Song
( 5:28)  7. Bess You Is My Woman Now
( 6:34)  8. It Ain`t Necessarily So
( 1:59)  9. What You Want With Bess
( 4:47) 10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
( 2:01) 11. Oh Doctor Jesus
( 3:28) 12. Medley- Honey Man   Strawberry Woman
( 4:54) 13. There Is A Boat That Is Leaving
( 2:36) 14. Bess Oh Where
( 2:58) 15. Oh Lord Im On My Way

Producer Norman Granz oversaw two Porgy & Bess projects. The first involved Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and came together during the autumn of 1957 with brassy big band and lush orchestral arrangements by Russ Garcia. This is the classic Verve Porgy & Bess, and it's been reissued many, many times. The second, recorded during the spring and summer of 1976 and issued by RCA, brought Ray Charles together with versatile British vocalist Cleo Laine, backed by an orchestra under the direction of Frank DeVol. A comparison of these two realizations bears fascinating fruit, particularly when the medleys of street vendors are played back to back. Those peasant songs, used in real life to purvey honey, strawberries, and crabs, were gathered and notated by George Gershwin and novelist Du Bose Heyward in 1934 during a visit to Folly Island, a small barrier island ten miles south of Charleston, SC, known today as Folly Beach. As Charleston Harbor had been one of the major ports during the importation of slaves from Africa, the waterfront was mostly populated by Gullahs, a reconstituted community that retained and preserved its ancestral cultures and languages to unusual degrees. Gershwin, who even learned to chant with the Gullah, absorbed the tonalities of the street cries he heard and wove them along with all of the other impressions stored within his sensitive mind into the fabric of his opera. What's really great about the Ella and Louis version is Ella, who handles each aria with disarming delicacy, clarion intensity, or usually a blend of both. Her take on "Buzzard Song" (sung 19 years later by Ray Charles) is a thrilling example of this woman's intrinsic theatrical genius. Pops sounds like he really savored each duet, and his trumpet work not a whole lot of it, because this is not a trumpeter's opera is characteristically good as gold. This marvelous album stands quite well on its own, but will sound best when matched with the Ray Charles/Cleo Laine version, especially the songs of the Crab Man, of Peter the Honey Man, and his wife, Lily the Strawberry Woman. ~ arwulf arwulf https://www.allmusic.com/album/porgy-bess-mw0000191821

Personnel: Louis Armstrong - vocais, trompete; Ella Fitzgerald - vocais;  Paul Smith - de piano; Alvin Stoller - bateria

Porgy And Bess

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Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett - Vocal Encounters

Styles: Vocal, Piano Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:02
Size: 133,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:18)  1. That Old Black Magic
(3:14)  2. Summer Song
(3:58)  3. My Melancholy Baby (with Jimmy Rushing)
(1:56)  4. It's a Raggy Waltz
(3:06)  5. The Real Ambassador
(2:37)  6. My One Bad Habit
(3:17)  7. Because All Men Are Brothers
(2:06)  8. There'll Be Some Changes Made
(2:48)  9. Weep No More
(4:38) 10. Cultural Exchange
(2:54) 11. Travelin' Blues - Live
(3:21) 12. Ain't Misbehavin' (with Jimmy Rushing)
(5:27) 13. They Say I Look Like God
(2:29) 14. In The Lurch
(2:21) 15. Autumn In Our Town
(2:31) 16. Since Love Had Its Way
(4:37) 17. Blues in the Dark (with Jimmy Rushing)
(2:15) 18. Take Five (with The Dave Brubeck Quartet) - Single Version

Dave and Iola Brubeck wrote most of the songs on this vocal compilation, including excerpts from their show The Real Ambassadors. Culled from several early 1960s releases, each selection features a singer or singers. Two previously unreleased tracks are included: a take of “It’s A Raggy Waltz” with Carmen McRae and an arrangement of “Autumn In Our Town” with whispery singer Ranny Sinclair. The refreshing “Raggy Waltz” works well as a vocal number, while “Autumn In Our Town” proves to be much less effective. The combination of Sinclair’s pure, young and innocent voice alongside harsher pickups of guitar and piano creates problems. Precious moments include Paul Desmond’s few appearances, Tony Bennett’s “That Old Black Magic” thrill, the firm confidence of both Rushing and McRae, Louis Armstrong’s storytellin’ and LHR’s dazzling scat display. Brubeck and Desmond both provide examples of their best solo work on “Ain’t Misbehavin’” with Rushing. Lambert, Hendricks and Ross work hand in hand with Armstrong on The Real Ambassadors selections to remind the world that jazz is indeed a universal language. Featuring its own cast of expressive singers, the Vocal Encounters compilation offers the reader an interesting program  on CD. ~ Jim Santella https://www.allaboutjazz.com/vocal-encounters-dave-brubeck-columbia-records-review-by-jim-santella.php

Personnel: Dave Brubeck- piano; Paul Desmond- alto saxophone; Eugene Wright- bass; Joe Morello- drums; Danny Barcelona- drums; Trummy Young- trombone; Joe Darensbourg- clarinet; Louis Armstrong- trumpet, vocal; Tony Bennett, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Jimmy Rushing, Carmen McRae, Peter, Paul & Mary, Ranny Sinclair- vocals; other instrumentalists.

Vocal Encounters

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Louis Armstrong - Oldies Mix: Satchmo

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 93:04
Size: 218,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:01) 1. C'est Si Bon
(3:07) 2. Georgia on My Mind
(3:25) 3. La Vie En Rose
(5:13) 4. Sweet Lorraine
(2:46) 5. When the Sants Go Marchin'in
(3:20) 6. Blueberry Hill
(3:12) 7. Down by the Rivers Side
(4:18) 8. I Get a Kick out of You
(3:21) 9. Jeannine
(3:20) 10. If
(3:58) 11. Makin' Whoopee
(2:59) 12. Linger in Your Arms a Little Longer
(2:59) 13. Sittin' in the Sun
(2:56) 14. That's What the Man Said
(6:26) 15. You Go to My Head
(3:51) 16. A Fine Romance
(5:53) 17. Cheek to Cheek
(3:52) 18. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
(3:46) 19. Can't We Be Friends
(3:42) 20. Cottontail
(5:03) 21. Duke's Place
(4:00) 22. Black and Tan Fantasy
(2:21) 23. Little Ol' Tune
(3:44) 24. Rocky Mountain Moon
(2:21) 25. Bye Bye Blues

Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901. He was raised by his mother Mayann in a neighborhood so dangerous it was called “The Battlefield.” He only had a fifth-grade education, dropping out of school early to go to work. An early job working for the Jewish Karnofsky family allowed Armstrong to make enough money to purchase his first cornet.

On New Year’s Eve 1912, he was arrested and sent to the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. There, under the tutelage of Peter Davis, he learned how to properly play the cornet, eventually becoming the leader of the Waif’s Home Brass Band. Released from the Waif’s Home in 1914, Armstrong set his sights on becoming a professional musician. Mentored by the city’s top cornetist, Joe “King” Oliver, Armstrong soon became one of the most in-demand cornetists in town, eventually working steadily on Mississippi riverboats.

In 1922, King Oliver sent for Armstrong to join his band in Chicago. Armstrong and Oliver became the talk of the town with their intricate two-cornet breaks and started making records together in 1923. By that point, Armstrong began dating the pianist in the band, Lillian Hardin. In 1924, Armstrong married Hardin, who urged Armstrong to leave Oliver and try to make it on his own.

A year in New York with Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra proved unsatisfying so Armstrong returned to Chicago in 1925 and began making records under his own name for the first time.More.... https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/biography/

Oldies Mix: Satchmo

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Louis Armstrong - Disney Songs The Satchmo Way

Styles: Trumpet, Vocal
Year: 1968
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:33
Size: 74,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:22) 1. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
(2:47) 2. Ten Feet Off The Ground - From "The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band"
(2:37) 3. Heigh-Ho (The Dwarf's Marching Song)
(1:56) 4. Whistle While You Work
(6:41) 5. Chim Chim Cher-ee
(2:08) 6. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
(2:53) 7. 'Bout Time
(3:15) 8. The Ballad of Davy Crocket
(2:26) 9. The Bare Necessities
(4:25) 10. When You Wish Upon A Star

This delightful set features Louis Armstrong in 1968 (not 1966 as it states in the liners) performing ten tunes associated with Disney films. One may not expect much from such songs as "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Whistle While You Work," and "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," but Armstrong's joyful vocals and occasional emotional trumpet really uplift the material. His rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" is touching, and few of the songs (including "The Bare Necessities" and "Heigh-Ho") have never sounded livelier and more fun.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/disney-songs-the-satchmo-way-mw0000196552

Personnel: Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals

Disney Songs The Satchmo Way

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Various Artists - Esquire Jazz Concert - Metropolitan Opera House

Styles: Swing,Dixieland
Year: 1944/2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:44
Size: 175,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:00)  1. Esquire Bounce
(4:12)  2. Basin Street Blues
(3:22)  3. Sweet Lorraine
(8:26)  4. I Got Rhythm
(2:52)  5. The Blues
(5:13)  6. Esquire Blues
(4:23)  7. Mop Mop
(3:39)  8. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
(4:15)  9. Billie's Blues
(1:28) 10. I'll Get By
(3:43) 11. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
(3:25) 12. Tea For Two
(3:06) 13. My Ideal
(2:51) 14. Buck Jumpin'
(3:13) 15. Stompin' At The Savoy
(5:01) 16. For Bass Only
(3:33) 17. Back O' Town Blues
(3:06) 18. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
(1:39) 19. Honeysuckle Rose
(2:43) 20. Squeeze Me
(2:23) 21. Muskrat Ramble

The first Esquire All-Star Concert, which took place in 1944, has been well documented on various discs, generally in bits and pieces, but this CD has more of the music than most issues. Originally recorded on transcription discs for distribution by various Armed Forces Radio programs, including One Night Stand, Jubilee, and Swing Session, the music is sometimes briefly intruded upon by an announcer who felt obligated to identify a soloist in the middle of a song. But this is a rare opportunity to hear many jazz masters of the 1940s in a jam session atmosphere, including Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Red Norvo, to name a few. But the true star of the evening is the phenomenal pianist Art Tatum, who proves himself as a more than competent pianist in a group setting, something he was always accused of not being able to do. The highlight of the 21 selections on this Italian CD is easily the intense eight-minute workout of "I Got Rhythm," with potent solos by Tatum, Eldridge, Hawkins, and clarinetist Barney Bigard. The sound quality isn't bad for a vintage 1940s broadcast, though the rhythm section isn't always clearly audible. Unfortunately, the spelling of names and song titles is a bit sloppy, the music is out of sequence (unlike most reissues), and the concert took place on January 18, 1944, not January 13 as listed. This memorable concert should be part of any serious jazz collection. ~ Ken Dryden https://www.allmusic.com/album/esquire-jazz-concert-1944-mw0000927901

Esquire Jazz Concert - Metropolitan Opera House

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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Autumn In New York

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:52
Size: 171,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:59)  1. Summertime
(3:50)  2. Can't We Be Friends
(4:35)  3. A Foggy Day
(4:02)  4. Love Is Here To Stay
(5:01)  5. Don't Be That Way
(4:49)  6. I Won't Dance
(3:13)  7. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Wa
(6:01)  8. Autumn In New York
(5:16)  9. Stompin' At The Savoy
(3:54) 10. A Fine Romance
(4:15) 11. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
(5:56) 12. Cheek To Cheek
(3:45) 13. Moonlight In Vermont
(4:41) 14. They Can't Take That Way From
(4:20) 15. Under A Blanket Of Blue
(5:08) 16. Tenderly

Recognized worldwide as "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald is arguably the finest female jazz vocalist of all time. Blessed with a highly resonant voice, wide range, and near-perfect elocution, Fitzgerald also possessed a deft sense of swing, and with her brilliant scat technique, could hold her own against any of her instrumental contemporaries. She came to initial popularity as a member of drummer Chick Webb's band in the 1930s, scoring a hit with a "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," before ascending to wide acclaim in the 1940s with Jazz at the Philharmonic and Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band, and issuing landmark performances like "Flying Home" and "How High the Moon." Working with producer/manager Norman Granz, she gained even more acclaim with her series of albums on Verve, recording definitive versions of the music of the Great American Songbook composers, including 1956's Sings the Cole Porter Songbook. Over her 50-year career, she earned 13 Grammy Awards, sold over 40 million albums, and picked up numerous accolades including a National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A hugely important cultural figure, Fitzgerald made an immeasurable impact on the development of jazz and popular music, and remains a touchstone for fans and artists decades after her passing.

Born in 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, Fitzgerald grew up in a working-class family in Yonkers, New York. Her parents split up soon after her birth, and she was largely raised by her mother, Temperance "Tempie" Fitzgerald, and her mother's boyfriend Joseph "Joe" Da Silva. She also had a younger half-sister, Frances, who was born in 1923. To help with the family's finances, Fitzgerald often worked odd jobs including, at times, running bet money for local gamblers. By her teens, the self-professed tomboy was active in sports and often played in local baseball games. Influenced by her mother, she also enjoyed singing and dancing, and spent many hours singing along to records by Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell, and the Boswell Sisters. She also began taking the train to see shows with friends at Harlem's Apollo Theater. In 1932, her mother died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Deeply distraught over the loss, Fitzgerald went through a difficult period that found her skipping school and getting in trouble with the police. She was subsequently sent to a reform school, where she endured abuse by her caretakers. Eventually breaking free from the reformatory, she found herself on her own in New York during the height of the Great Depression. Despite her struggles, she worked to pursue her love of performing. In 1934, she entered and won an amateur contest at the Apollo, singing Hoagy Carmichael's "Judy" in the style of her idol, Connee Boswell. In the house band that night was saxophonist Benny Carter, who took the young vocalist under his wing and encouraged her to keep developing her career.....More https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ella-fitzgerald-mn0000184502/biography

A jazz pioneer, Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio recordings he made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, charted a future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged improvisation. For this, he is revered by jazz fans. But Armstrong also became an enduring figure in popular music due to his distinctively phrased baritone singing and engaging personality, which were on display in a series of vocal recordings and film roles. He weathered the bebop period of the '40s, growing ever more beloved worldwide. By the '50s, Armstrong was widely recognized, even traveling the globe for the US. .State Department and earning the nickname "Ambassador Satch." His resurgence in the '60s with hit recordings like 1965's Grammy-winning "Hello Dolly" and 1968's classic "What a Wonderful World" solidified his legacy as a musical and cultural icon. In 1972, a year after his death, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Similarly, many of his most influential recordings, like 1928's "West End Blues" and 1955's "Mack the Knife," have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Born in 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Armstrong had a difficult childhood. William Armstrong, his father, was a factory worker who abandoned the family soon after the boy's birth. Armstrong was brought up by his mother, Mary (Albert) Armstrong, and his maternal grandmother. He showed an early interest in music, and a junk dealer for whom he worked as a grade-school student helped him buy a cornet, which he taught himself to play. He dropped out of school at 11 to join an informal group, but on December 31, 1912, he fired a gun during a New Year's Eve celebration, and was sent to reform school. He studied music there and played cornet and bugle in the school band, eventually becoming its leader. He was released on June 16, 1914, and did manual labor while trying to establish himself as a musician. He was taken under the wing of cornetist Joe "King" Oliver, and when Oliver moved to Chicago in June 1918, Armstrong replaced him in the Kid Ory Band. He moved to the Fate Marable band in the spring of 1919, staying with Marable until the fall of 1921. Armstrong moved to Chicago to join Oliver's band in August 1922 and made his first recordings as a member of the group in the spring of 1923. He married Lillian Harden, the pianist in the Oliver band, on February 5, 1924. (She was the second of his four wives.) With her encouragement, he left Oliver and joined Fletcher Henderson's band in New York, staying for a year and then going back to Chicago in November 1925 to join the Dreamland Syncopators, his wife's group. During this period, he switched from cornet to trumpet....More.... https://www.allmusic.com/artist/louis-armstrong-mn0000234518/biography

Autumn In New York

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Sammy Davis Jr.- A Man Called Adam

Styles: Soundtracks, Jazz 
Year: 1966
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:56
Size: 105,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:01)  1. Main Title - All That Jazz
(3:22)  2. I Want To Be Wanted (Song)
(2:06)  3. Go Now
(3:09)  4. Someday Sweetheart (Song)
(3:17)  5. Ain't I
(3:55)  6. Soft Touch
(2:57)  7. Claudia
(3:06)  8. All That Jazz (Song)
(5:09)  9. Back Of Town Blues (Song)
(3:57) 10. Night Walk
(3:16) 11. Whisper To One (Song)
(3:55) 12. Claudia
(2:54) 13. Crack Up (Playboy Theme)
(1:46) 14. All That Jazz (Song)

FSM revives the "Retrograde Records" label for its first new release since 1998: A Man Called Adam, a classic jazz album as well as movie soundtrack. A Man Called Adam (1966) was an independent production starring Sammy Davis Jr. as a troubled jazz trumpet player, costarring Cicely Tyson, Ossie Davis and ratpacker Peter Lawford. Louis Armstrong and Mel Torme appear in the film and on the soundtrack album as does the famously versatile Davis. Adam was notable for its prominence of African Americans both in front of and behind the camera (it was produced by Ike Jones, an associate of Nat "King" Cole). The film's composer was Benny Carter (1907-2003), who may be little-known to soundtrack collectors, but was a hugely respected jazz artist as well as a pioneering figure for African Americans in fact, the first black composer to receive screen credit for an original score for television (on M Squad). Carter worked on numerous classic musicals of the 1940s and '50s and became, on A Man Called Adam, one of only a small number of African Americans to score a motion picture.

The musical requirements of A Man Called Adam called almost entirely for jazz source music, particularly that for the lead character's band (the reason we are issuing it on our Retrograde label). Carter composed and arranged a variety of small band numbers, taking care to achieve not only musical excellence but story appropriateness in reflecting the on-screen performers. ("Night Walk," track 10, is the only score cue on the CD.) The studio musicians include Nat Adderley (who "ghosted" Davis's trumpet performances), Bill Berry, Kai Winding, Tyree Glenn, Junior Mance, Billy Kyle, Buster Bailey, Danny Barcelona and Jo Jones. Original lyrics are by Al Stillman. Unavailable since the Reprise Records LP in 1966, A Man Called Adam is a jazz classic soundtrack with historical significance, and has been remixed here from the three and four-track master tapes for excellent stereo sound. Liner notes are by Jon Burlingame, documenting the film, Carter's importance, and the various selections. https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/382/Man-Called-Adam-A/

A Man Called Adam

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Louis Armstrong - New Orleans Nights

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:59
Size: 83,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:04)  1. Panama
(6:39)  2. New Orleans Function
(5:58)  3. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
(5:49)  4. Basin Street Blues - Pt.1 & Pt.2
(3:42)  5. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Single Version
(8:45)  6. Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss

Verve's 2008 reissue of New Orleans Nights, a Louis Armstrong album originally released on Decca in 1957, is a compilation of recordings made in 1950 and 1954 by two different bands operating under the noble mantle of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars. "Panama," "New Orleans Function," "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It," and "Bugle Call Rag" testify to the integrity of the earlier group, with Armstrong leading Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Earl Hines, Arvell Shaw, and Cozy Cole, who is granted extra long drum breaks during the "Bugle Call Rag." On "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" and "Basin Street Blues," Tea is replaced by Trummy Young, Hines by Billy Kyle, and Cole by Kenny John. Tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman sat in on "Basin Street"; it's a pity that he didn't participate on "Barbecue," as the warmth and ease that characterizes this elegant update of Lil Hardin Armstrong's magnum opus would have fit Freeman's personality like a favorite pair of argyles. ~ arwulf arwulf  https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-orleans-nights-mw0000752071

Musicians: Louis Armstrong — vocals, trumpet; Jack Teagarden — trombone; Barney Bigard — clarinet; Earl Hines — piano; Arvell Shaw — bass; Cozy Cole — drums; Trummy Young — trombone; Billy Kyle — piano; Kenny John — drums

New Orleans Nights

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Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Sparks, Nevada 1964!

Size: 103,7 MB
Time: 44:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (2:59)
02. Back Home In Indiana (4:08)
03. I Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2:44)
04. Tiger Rag (1:17)
05. Hello Dolly (7:05)
06. When I Grow Too Old To Dream (3:45)
07. Blue Berry Hill (3:31)
08. How High The Moon (8:02)
09. Lover Come Back (2:33)
10. Have You Heard About Jerry (4:48)
11. When The Some Marchin' In (3:23)

Personnel:
Louis Armstrong: trumpet and vocals
Russell “Big Chief” Moore: trombone
Eddie Shu: clarinet
Billy Kyle: piano
Arvell Shaw: bass
Danny Barcelona: drums
Jewel Brown: vocals

When the Beatles came to America in 1964 and took over the number one spot on the charts for 14 straight weeks, it must have seemed like their reign would last forever. Surely someone would topple them at some point–but who would it be? Few, if any, would have placed their bets on a 62-year-old legendary trumpeter and vocalist from New Orleans but that’s just what happened when “Hello, Dolly!” improbably became the number one record in the country on May 9, 1964.

Armstrong sounds positively energized by the popularity of his hit record on this previously unissued set from the Circus Room of the Nugget Casino in Sparks, Nevada in June 1964. People who discovered Armstrong when “Dolly” became a hit had no idea that Armstrong was such a staggering musical genius, but as this set makes clear, if you went to see him perform during this period, you got a pretty complete picture of the wide array of Armstrong’s talents: the warmth of “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” and “Blueberry Hill,” the fiery instrumentals of “Indiana” and “Tiger Rag,” the swinging hit show tunes of “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” and “Hello, Dolly!” each one establishing to all the kiddies in the audience that this fun-loving old entertainer was also a ferociously talented musician.

Sparks, Nevada 1964">Louis Armstrong Sparks, Nevada 1964!

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Louis Armstrong - The Nightclubs

Size: 153,2 MB
Time: 65:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz, Vocals
Art: Front

01. Royal Garden Blues (Feat. Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Arvell Shaw & Cozy Cole) (4:22)
02. My Monday Date (Feat. Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Arvell Shaw & Cozy Cole) (5:48)
03. West End Blues (Feat. Russ Phillips, Barney Bigard, Marty Napoleon, Dale Jones, Cozy Cole & Velma Middleton) (4:30)
04. Billie Holiday Introduction (0:42)
05. A Kiss To Build A Dream On (Feat. Russ Phillips, Barney Bigard, Dale Jones, Marty Napoleon, Cozy Cole & Velma Middleton) (4:01)
06. You're Just In Love (Feat. Russ Phillips, Barney Bigard, Marty Napoleon, Dale Jones, Cozy Cole & Velma Middleton) (3:28)
07. New Orleans Function (Feat. Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Marty Napoleon, Milt Hinton & Cozy Cole) (6:37)
08. Muskrat Ramble (Feat. Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (5:56)
09. Pretty Miss Missy (Feat. Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (3:27)
10. Ko Ko Mo (Feat. Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (1:57)
11. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (Feat. Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (5:53)
12. Lazy River (Feat. Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (4:14)
13. That's My Desire (Feat. Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (4:06)
14. Someday You’ll Be Sorry (Feat. Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (4:16)
15. Tin Roof Blues When The Saints Come Marching In (Feat. Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (5:03)
16. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Feat. Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert, Barrett Deems & Velma Middleton) (1:10)

This recording contains selections from five different nightclub engagements—Bop City in New York in 1950, Club Hangover in San Francisco in 1952, Storyville in Boston in 1953, Basin Street in New York in 1955 and the Brant Inn in Ontario in 1958— featuring five different iterations of Armstrong’s All Stars, featuring top sidemen such as Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Arvell Shaw, Cozy Cole, Marty Napoleon, Milt Hinton, Barrett Deems, Edmond Hall and more. The exciting nightclub performances on this collection are not only being released for the first time, but every track is taken from the Research Collections of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, with the majority emanating from Armstrong's personal reel-to- reel tape collection. This important new release once again demonstrates with finality that Pops was always tops.

Jazz aficionado Jerry Roche, who heads the Legends Series for DTR, was in search of undiscovered gems by Armstrong and was stunned by what he found when researching in the Queen’s College Archives Department. “When I heard this music by Louis Armstrong", said Roche, “I was totally overwhelmed. Producing this music would mean people could connect with the greatness of Louis Armstrong with music never-before released commercially. I made it my mission to make the music available.”

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VA - Sleepless In Seattle

Styles: Soundtrack
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:26
Size: 84,8 MB
Art: Front

 1. Jimmy Durante - As Time Goes By (2:27)
 2. Louis Armstrong - A Kiss To Build A Dream On (3:01)
 3. Nat King Cole - Stardust (3:14)
 4. Dr. John & Ricky Lee Jones - Makin' Whoopee (4:08)
 5. Carly Simon - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (3:15)
 6. Gene Autry - Back In The Saddle Again (2:35)
 7. Joe Cocker - Bye Bye Blackbird (3:29)
 8. Harry Connick, Jr. - A Wink And A Smile (2:47)
 9. Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (2:41)
10. Soundtrack - An Affair To Remember (2:31)
11. Jimmy Durante - Make Someone Happy (1:52)
12. Celine Dion & Clive Griffin - When I Fall In Love (4:21)

Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a story by Jeff Arch. It stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, alongside a supporting cast featuring Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rob Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, and Rita Wilson. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $220 million worldwide.  After Chicago architect Sam Baldwin loses his wife Maggie to cancer, he and his eight-year-old son Jonah start a new life in Seattle, Washington, but Sam continues to grieve. A year and a half later, on Christmas Eve 1992, Jonah who wants his father to find a new wife calls in to a radio talk show. Jonah persuades a reluctant Sam to go on the air to talk about how much he misses Maggie. Hundreds of women from around the country who hear the program and are touched by the story write to Sam. One of the listeners is Annie Reed, a Baltimore Sun reporter who is engaged to amiable Walter but feels there is something missing from their cordial relationship. After watching the film An Affair to Remember, Annie impulsively writes a letter suggesting that Sam meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day. She does not intend to mail it, but her friend and editor Becky does it for her and agrees to send Annie to Seattle.

Sam begins dating a co-worker Victoria, whom Jonah dislikes. Jonah, a baseball fan, reads Annie's letter and likes that it mentions the Baltimore Orioles, but he fails to convince his father to go to New York to meet Annie. On the advice of his playmate Jessica, Jonah replies to Annie, agreeing to the New York meeting. While dropping Victoria off at the airport for a flight, Sam sees Annie exiting from her plane and is mesmerized by her, although he has no idea who she is. Annie later secretly watches Sam and Jonah playing on the beach together but mistakes Sam's sister for his girlfriend. He recognizes her from the airport and says "Hello," but Annie only responds with another "Hello" before fleeing. She decides she is being foolish and goes to New York to meet Walter for Valentine's Day. With Jessica's help, Jonah flies to New York without his father's permission and goes to the Empire State Building searching for Annie. Distraught, Sam follows Jonah and finds him on the observation deck. Meanwhile, Annie sees the skyscraper from the Rainbow Room where she is dining with Walter and confesses her doubts to him, amicably ending their engagement. She rushes to the Empire State Building just moments after the doors to the down elevator close with Sam and Jonah inside. In spite of the observation deck being deserted, Annie discovers a backpack that Jonah left behind. As she pulls out Jonah's teddy bear from the backpack, Sam and Jonah emerge from the elevator, and the three meet for the first time. On the advice of the elevator operator, Sam indicates they should go and offers his hand to Annie. The three then enter the elevator together before the door closes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepless_in_Seattle

Sleepless In Seattle

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Ella Fitzgerald & London Symphony Orchestra - Someone To Watch Over Me

Size: 102,6 MB
Time: 43:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. People Will Say We're In Love (Feat. Gregory Porter) (3:14)
02. Someone To Watch Over Me (3:25)
03. They Can't Take That Away From Me (Feat. Louis Armstrong) (4:39)
04. Bewitched (3:34)
05. I Get A Kick Out Of You (4:15)
06. Misty (2:53)
07. Makin' Whoopee! (2:59)
08. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (4:26)
09. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (Feat. Louis Armstrong) (4:22)
10. What Is There To Say (3:28)
11. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (3:35)
12. With A Song In My Heart (2:56)

Ella Fitzgerald’s iconic vocals are given new life by marrying newly recorded string arrangements from the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and conducted by James Morgan and Jorge Callandrelli, this new approach to Ella’s timeless music reinvigorates her catalog and is sure to excite and please long time Ella fanatics and classical music connoisseurs at the same time. Guest vocalist Gregory Porter also lends his incredible talent to "People Will Say We're in Love.”

Someone To Watch Over Me

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Louis Armstrong - The Standard Oil Sessions

Size: 124,2 MB
Time: 53:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz, Vocals
Art: Front

01. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (5:40)
02. Muskrat Ramble (5:42)
03. Basin Street Blues (4:21)
04. Struttin' With Some Barbeque (5:05)
05. Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues (4:52)
06. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (4:33)
07. Lazy River (4:37)
08. Panama (4:10)
09. Back O'Town Blues (6:22)
10. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (First Rehearsal Take) (4:08)
11. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (Second Rehearsal Take) (3:33)

Personnel:
Louis Armstrong: Trumpet & Vocals
Jack Teagarden: Trombone & Vocals
Earl “Fatha” Hines: Piano
Lyle Johnson: Clarinet
Clancy Hayes: Guitar
Bass & Drums: Unknown

This 50+ minute recording was recorded in San Francisco, California on January 20, 1950 by the Standard Oil Company for their radio show, “Musical Map of America.” The recording was episode 19, “Musical Story of New Orleans,” and featured Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines. For reasons not known, the broadcast was never made and Louis was personally given the acetate discs of the sessions.

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Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit (Bonus Tracks)

Size: 176,3 MB
Time: 75:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz, Swing, Vocals
Art: Front

01. Duke's Place (5:04)
02. I'm Just A Lucky So And So (3:09)
03. Cottontail (3:43)
04. Mood Indigo (3:57)
05. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (2:35)
06. The Beautiful American (3:06)
07. Black And Tan Fantasy (4:00)
08. Drop Me Off In Harlem (3:50)
09. The Mooche (3:38)
10. In A Mellow Tone (3:48)
11. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:56)
12. Solitude (4:52)
13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (3:29)
14. I'm Beginning To See The Light (3:35)
15. Just Squeeze Me (3:56)
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (5:32)
17. Azalea (5:05)
18. Duke's Place (Live) (Bonus Track) (2:20)
19. In A Mellow Tone (Live) (Bonus Track) (3:21)
20. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (Live) (Bonus Track) (2:25)

Personnel:
Louis Armstrong (vcl, tp), Duke Ellington (p), Trummy Young (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Mort Herbert (b), Danny Barcelona (d)

This release contains the complete master takes from the only full studio session ever made by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington together. The date was originally divided onto two albums: 'Together For The First Time' and 'The Great Reunion of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington'.

As a bonus a true rarity that appears on CD here for the first time ever: Louis and Dukes last preserved appearance together, promoting their album on the Ed Sullivan TV Show, as well as an additional song by Louis alone which completes all existing music from that program.

The Great Summit

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Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Good Book

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:34
Size: 144,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:02)  1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've
(2:46)  2. Shadrack
(3:41)  3. Go Down, Moses
(2:58)  4. Rock My Soul
(2:33)  5. Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
(3:05)  6. On My Way
(3:10)  7. Down by the Riverside
(3:09)  8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(3:29)  9. Sometimes I Feel Like a Mother
(2:40) 10. Jonah and the Whale
(2:52) 11. Didn't It Rain
(2:31) 12. This Train
(3:18) 13. Sit Down, You're Rocking the B
(2:59) 14. That's What the Man Said
(2:36) 15. Shadrack
(2:49) 16. Going to Shout All Over God's
(3:12) 17. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've
(2:49) 18. Jonah and the Whale
(4:22) 19. Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Thro
(4:22) 20. Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Gene

An unusual album in the Louis Armstrong canon, this collection of gospel songs, spirituals, homilies, and comic vignettes was the only religious album this determinedly secular musician recorded. Backed by a gospel vocal group led by the celebrated jazz arranger Sy Oliver, Armstrong performs a variety of religious-themed favorites, including "Ezekiel Saw De Wheel," "Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven," and "Didn't it Rain," as well as "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from Guys And Dolls. 

There's an affecting version of the traditional spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," and a particular highlight is the inclusion of two comic sermons by the musician's alter ego, Elder Eatmore. http://www.allmusic.com/album/louis-and-the-good-book-mw0000319753

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Sy Oliver Choir (vocals); Trummy Young (trombone); Hank D'Amico, Edmond Hall, Dave McRae (clarinet); Billy Kyle (piano); Nickie Tragg, Harry Mills (organ); George Barnes (guitar); Joe Benjamin, Mort Herbert (bass); Johnny Blowers, Barrett Deems (drums).

Louis and the Good Book

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Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:22
Size: 185,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:43)  2. Blue turning grey over you
(4:29)  3. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
(5:05)  4. Squeeze Me
(3:21)  5. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
(5:16)  6. All That Meat And No Potatoes
(3:13)  7. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
(4:39)  8. Black and Blue
(4:36)  9. Ain't Misbehavin
(4:53) 10. Black And Blue
(4:41) 11. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (Edited Alternate Version)
(4:57) 12. Blue Turning Grey Over You (Edited Alternate Version)
(3:18) 13. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Edited Alternate Version)
(3:20) 14. Squeeze Me (Bonus)
(3:03) 15. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue (Bonus)
(3:15) 16. Ain't Misbehavin' (Bonus)
(3:29) 17. Blue Turning Grey Over You (Bonus)
(3:31) 18. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now (Bonus)
(3:14) 19. Sweet Savannah Sue (Bonus)
(3:08) 20. That Rythm Man (Bonus)

Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller only worked together twice, briefly in 1925 in Erskine Tate's band and four years later in the New York revue Connie's Hot Chocolates. But Waller made an indelible enough impression for Satchmo to record the tribute album Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller in 1955, when such ideas were new. The nine tracks feature Armstrong ably supported by his All-Stars on such classics as "Honeysuckle Rose," "Squeeze Me," and "Ain't Misbehavin'." The mid-'50s was a fertile time for Armstrong, and this makes for a stellar package. ~ Cub Koda http://www.allmusic.com/album/satch-plays-fats-the-music-of-fats-waller-mw0000876950

Personnel:  Vocals – Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton;  Clarinet – Barney Bigard;  Double Bass – Arvell Shaw;  Drums – Barrett Deems;  Piano – Billy Kyle;  Trombone – Trummy Young;  Trumpet – Louis Armstrong; 

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Various - 16 Most Requested Songs: The 1950s Vols. 1 & 2

Album: 16 Most Requested Songs: The 1950s Vol. 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:19
Size: 99.2 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal pop
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Guy Mitchell - My Heart Cries For You
[2:58] 2. Tony Bennett - Because Of You
[3:08] 3. Frankie Laine - Jezebel
[2:15] 4. Johnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That Cried
[2:50] 5. Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Delicado
[2:19] 6. The Four Lads - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
[3:39] 7. Doris Day - Secret Love (78rpm Version)
[2:22] 8. Joan Weber - Let Me Go Lover
[2:30] 9. Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano
[1:39] 10. Fess Parker - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
[3:01] 11. Mitch Miller & The Gang - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
[3:17] 12. The Four Lads - Moments To Remember
[2:36] 13. Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain
[2:25] 14. Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues
[2:25] 15. Ray Conniff - 's Wonderful
[3:00] 16. Johnny Mathis - Chances Are

16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950s, Vol. 1 contains a selection of traditional pop, vocal pop and easy-listening hits from the Columbia Records vaults, including performances from Tony Bennett ("Because of You"), Percy Faith ("Delicado"), Guy Mitchell ("Singing the Blues," "My Heart Cries for You"), Mitch Miller ("Yellow Rose of Texas"), Ray Conniff ("'S Wonderful"), Frankie Laine ("Jezebel"), the Four Lads ("Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," "Moments to Remember"), Johnnie Ray ("Just Walking in the Rain"), Fess Parker ("The Ballad of Davy Crockett") and Johnny Mathis ("Chances Are"). It's not a definitive overview of pop hits of the era, but it's still a nice sampler of some highlights from one of the most popular and successful labels of the decade. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Album: 16 Most Requested Songs: The 1950s Vol 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:15
Size: 101.3 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal pop
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[3:19] 1. Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra - Harbor Lights
[2:48] 2. Guy Mitchell - My Truly, Truly Fair
[3:02] 3. Johnnie Ray - Cry
[2:07] 4. Frankie Laine - I Believe
[3:15] 5. Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Song From Moulin Rouge
[3:03] 6. Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise
[2:23] 7. Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House
[2:14] 8. The Four Lads - Skokiaan (South African Song)
[3:06] 9. Doris Day - I'll Never Stop Loving You (78rpm Version)
[3:18] 10. Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife
[2:50] 11. The Four Lads - Standing On The Corner
[2:03] 12. Doris Day - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (Single Version)
[2:23] 13. Terry Gilkyson - Marianne (Single Version)
[3:03] 14. Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me To Say
[2:28] 15. Marty Robbins - A White Sportcar (And A Pink Carnation)
[2:45] 16. Vic Damone - An Affair To Remember

16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950s, Vol. 2 contains a selection of traditional pop, vocal pop and easy-listening hits from the Columbia Records vaults, including performances from Sammy Kaye ("Harbor Lights"), Guy Mitchell ("My Truly, Truly Fair"), Frankie Laine ("I Believe"), Tony Bennett ("Stranger in Paradise"), Vic Damone ("An Affair to Remember"), Doris Day ("I'll Never Stop Loving You," "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"), Rosemary Clooney ("This Ole House") and Marty Robbins ("A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)"). It's not a definitive overview of pop hits of the era, but it's still a nice sampler of some highlights from one of the most popular and successful labels of the decade. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

16 Most Requested Songs: The 1950s Vol 2

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VA - Jazz On A Summer's Day OST

Size: 176,8 MB
Time: 75:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1960/2006
Styles: Jazz: Vocal Jazz, Swing, Big Band
Art: Front

01. Jimmy Giuffre - Train And The River (4:37)
02. Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (3:29)
03. Sonny Stitt - Loose Walk (2:54)
04. Anita O'Day - Sweet Georgia Brown (4:26)
05. Anita O'Day - Tea For Two (3:43)
06. George Shearing Quintet - Rondo (2:15)
07. Dinah Washington - All Of Me (4:17)
08. Gerry Mulligan - Catch As Catch Can (3:50)
09. Big Maybelle - I Ain't Mad At You (3:46)
10. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen (3:53)
11. Chico Hamilton - Chico's Chiquittas (5:48)
12. Louis Armstrong - Up A Lazy River (3:06)
13. Louis Armstrong - Tiger Rag (2:02)
14. Louis Armstrong - Rockin' Chair (3:33)
15. Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In (1:44)
16. Mahalia Jackson - Everybody's Talkin' (1:59)
17. Mahalia Jackson - Didn't It Rain (3:24)
18. Mahalia Jackson - The Lord's Prayer (4:14)
19. Unknown - Intro Rehersal Interview (2:39)
20. Eli's Chosen Six - When Saints Go Marching (0:50)
21. Chico Hamilton Quintet - Rehersal (0:45)
22. Eli's Chosen Six - Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home (2:01)
23. Nathan Gershman - Rehersal (2:12)
24. Eli's Chosen Six - Maryland, My Maryland (Version 1) (1:12)
25. Louis Armstrong - Interview With Louis Armstrong (2:15)
26. Eli's Chosen Six - Maryland, My Maryland (Version 2) (0:53)

Jazz On A Summer’s Day is one of the greatest jazz movies ever made.

Filmed over the four days of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival the film not only captured inspired performances from the biggest names in jazz at the time, but also the style and fashions of late Fifties America.

Includes performances by Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan and concludes with the peerless gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

Jazz On A Summer’s Day was the only film made by leading stills photographer Bert Stern (Vogue magazine, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn), his photographer’s eye for the subject matter and his picture composition being apparent in the film’s series of unforgettable images of the performers, the audience and the picturesque setting of Rhode Island.

This set includes an hour long CD of music highlights from the movie. This soundtrack CD was recently chosen as one of the all-time classic albums by Mojo magazine in its compendium, The Mojo Collection.

Jazz On A Summer's Day

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Louis Armstrong - Under The Stars

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:46
Size: 105,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:14)  1. Top Hat White Tie & Tails
(4:41)  2. Have You Met Miss Jones
(4:16)  3. I Only Have Eyes For You
(4:19)  4. Stormy Weather
(5:52)  5. Home
(3:16)  6. East Of The Sun
(5:00)  7. You're Blase
(4:56)  8. Body & Soul
(3:20)  9. East Of The Sun (Mono Master)
(5:49) 10. Body And Soul (Mono Master)

One of the lesser-known Louis Armstrong sets, this album was recorded on the same day that resulted in the similar I've Got the World on a String. The great trumpeter/singer is backed by a string orchestra arranged and conducted by Russ Garcia. He performs eight veteran standards, only one of which ("Body and Soul") had been associated with him in the past. Although the accompaniment is pretty straight and unadventurous, it is enjoyable to hear Satch's interpretations of such songs as "Have You Met Miss Jones," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Home," and "East of the Sun." Many of his trumpet solos in the medium-tempo material are brief but dramatic, and his singing is typically expressive and good-humored. 

~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/louis-under-the-stars-mw0000411323

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet).

Under The Stars

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