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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Louis Armstrong |
| Record Label: |
Legacy Recordings |
| Genre: |
Jazz Instrument |
| Subgenre: |
Trumpet |
| Release Date: |
May 31, 1994 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Mack the Knife
2. Ain't Misbehavin'
3. All of Me
4. On the Sunny Side of the Street
5. Indiana, (Back Home Again in)
6. Black and Blue
7. Honeysuckle Rose (with Velma Middleton)
8. Blueberry Hill
9. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
10. Back O' Town Blues
11. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
12. That's My Desire (with Velma Middleton)
13. Keeping Out of Mischief Now
14. St. Louis Blues
15. Rockin' Chair
16. Cabaret |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Jack Teagarden (vocals, trombone); Velma Middleton (vocals); Bobby Hackett (cornet); Trummy Young, Tyree Glenn (trombone); Edmond Hall, Barney Bigard, Peanuts Hucko, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Billy Kyle, Marty Napoleon (piano); Arvell Shaw, Mort Herbert (bass); Barrett Deems, Danny Barcelona (drums). Compilation producer: Didier C. Deutsch. Recorded between 1955 and 1966. Includes liner notes by George Avakian. This is part of Legacy's 16 MOST REQUESTED series. Most of the tracks on this collection come from the mid-'50s, when Louis Armstrong was enjoying a boost in his half-century career. Part of his popularity stemmed from the success of "Mack the Knife," which sold more than a million copies and addressed the decidedly un-pop-song-like subject of a natty, stealthy killer. "Dig man--there goes Mack the Knife" Louis cheerfully states at the top. Between his stinging, swinging trumpet stylings and his unexplainably perfect baritone voice, Armstrong possessed... |
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