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Release Date: 2011-12-23, Audio CD, Red Cab Records

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...

Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals); Tyree Glenn (trombone); Joe Muranyi (clarinet); Marty Napoleon (piano); Buddy Catlett...

A welcome addition to the many volumes available on the great jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, this insightful recounting of the urban and social conditions that influenced his early years is a fascinating history of both jazz and New Orleans, the city that fostered the music. In a colorful and compelling narrative, author Thomas Brothers relates the racial and historical circumstances that brought about the city?s, and Armstrong?s, musical ascendance. He covers such elements as the intermingling...

Louis Armstrong - University of Chicago Theatre, 1962

Jazz pianist, former Boston club owner and visionary impresario, George Wein created the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 and presided over the annual summer bash in Rhode Island until 1971, at which point he moved the whole operation to New York City for another extended run. Beginning in the early years with such iconic artists as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins and Woody Herman and featuring such perennial visitors as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan...

Essential Louis Armstrong by Armstrong,Louis on CD Even at two discs and 37 tracks, it's difficult to say that this set contains everything that is truly essential from Louis Armstrong's monumental five-decade career. It does, however, do a great job of touching down at key points, and nicely balances Armstrong's various guises as a groundbreaking sideman, soloist, bandleader, singer, and ultimately, American legend, icon, and the very embodiment of the face of jazz. Opening with Armstrong blowing...

More Greatest Hits contains 18 well-known selections from Louis Armstrong's recordings for RCA Victor, including "Boy from New Orleans," "I've Got the World on a String," "High Society," "When You're Smiling," "Pennies from Heaven" and "Please Stop Playin' Those Blues, Boy." It's certainly nothing close to a definitive portrait of Armstrong's RCA recordings, but it's not a bad sampler, either, particularly for casual fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Autumn In New York. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You. I Wants To Stay Here. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off. Love Is Here To Stay. Stars Fell On Alabama. Stompin' At The Savoy. Summertime. Tenderly. The Nearness Of You. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York. They Can't Take That Away From Me. Under A Blanket Of Blue. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart).