Tag: Louis Armstrong
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella & Louis: Complete Studio Small Group Recordings, 2015 on Waxtime
Waxtime is sometimes a controversial label. Based on some differences between US and EU copyright law, they’re releasing classic jazz recordings without explicit access o the source material. This means they might be working from a CD, or even a needle-drop on a good vinyl copy- but the source material is more or less unofficial.…
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis, 1956 on Verve
As though Ella and Louis weren’t enough, the backing band is Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown – (aka the Oscar Peterson Trio) – and Buddy Rich. There’s a followup Ella and Louis Again from 1957, and then a later CD release that combines both also called Ella & Louis. Love the two of them…
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Legendary Black Jazz Stars in their First Films, 1978 on Biograph.
Legendary Black Jazz Stars in their First Films, 1978 on Biograph. Compilation featuring Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway. Only one Bessie Smith tune sadly but it is St. Louis blues with Fletcher Henderson. Rohauer Films (I assume) is Raymond Rohauer, an Infamous collector of silent films often accused of taking ownership of things that…
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Earl Hines, My Tribute To Louis, 1971 on Audiophile.
Earl Hines, My Tribute To Louis, 1971 on Audiophile. This copy is the 2019 remastered reissue by Org Music which I got via VNYL curation back in May – probably my favorite month of curated offerings from them. Great record and wonderful pressing Hines played with Armstrong starting in the 20s as part of the…