Complete Satchmo Plays King Oliver + 15 Bonus

OK, I admit it, I was never a Louis fan growing up and knew very little about any of his songs. I heard this for the first time at a gathering of friends who were spinning vinyl. This one was put on the turntable and the whole room became quiet. Between the laconic pace and the haunting melody to when Louis first starts singing this is one for the ages. I believe this may now be out of print, but if you spin vinyl and can find it, I highly recommend it, you will not be sorry. "I went down to St.James infirmary..."Highly recommended.

The master honors his Papa Joe with love, affection, and real power. The fact that this was done shortly after Louis' first heart attack is astounding to me. Real NOLA tempos, and real music. Later Louis has much to offer those willing to listen to it on its own terms. Check this stuff out.

great

Huzzah!

Great CD

Excellent.

This is not really vintage late Pops but it's still awfully good, especially so since most if this repertory was not at the time performed as part of the All Stars regular show book. In answer to Mr. Arnold above, the complete Newport set that Columbia issued only part of in the late 50's is available as part of a multi-CD Mosaic set produced by late Pops guru Ricky Ruccardi.

Top quality recording/pressing, like having Satchmo playing live in your living room. The best sounding vinyl in my entire collection of 45's and/or 33 rpm's.

I have been enjoying the music of Louis Armstrong for over 60 years and I was unaware that this recording existed until the last few weeks. It had originally been released as a Long Playing record in the 1960's but with only 12 tracks on it. More recently it came out on the Blue Moon label as a CD, but it passed me by. So now we have all of the tracks from the recording session in September/October 1959, plus some alternative tracks as well as some tracks from other 1950's recordings, plus some recordings made in the 1920's. In all, a total of 39 tracks. Included are two versions of West End Blues ( 1928 and 1955 ) which are worth the money alone. The recording is excellent and there is also a 16 page booklet that includes the original Liner notes. The group that made the Satchmo plays King Oliver tracks was the group that visited the UK in early 1959, I was lucky enough to see Louis when he played in London, a magical event. All of the tracks on this reissue are excellent, but I would suggest that the 2 versions of " St James Infirmary " are some of the latter Louis Armstrong's best tracks. This reissue does raise the question just what else is lying ignored in some Record companies vaults ? Where, for example, is the Eddie Condon/ Louis Armstrong Newport Jazz Festival recording ? If you are a fan of Louis, you will love this recording. Buy it, you know it makes sense.

i bought this for one track, however there were other pleasure included, does not always happen like that when you buy cd

Credo che questa incisione sia una delle cose più belle mai realizzate da Armstrong. lo dico con convinzione e con la supponenza di chi ha nella propria discografia almeno una quarantina di incisioni del grande trombettista.Lo trovo enormemente più sentito dei più famosi "Play W. C. Handy" e "Satch play Fats" (rispettivamente del 1954 e 1955) e anche delle storiche incisioni al fianco di Ella Fitzgerald realizzate tra il 1956 e il 1957. O di quelle altrettanto famose al fianco di Duke Ellington.Perchè sono un sentito omaggio al proprio mentore, un sentito omaggio a uno dei pionieri della storia del jazz. C'è passione e riverenza in queste note. C'è l'inchino del nuovo "re del jazz" verso chi gli ha fatto muovere i prmi passi nel mondo professionistico. Tutto questo si sente.E si sentono un Trummy Young al trombone e un Peanuts Hucko al clarinetto in totale stato di grazia.L'edizione qui presente è poi sontuosa. Due cd,i l primo con le master take e il secondo con le alternative take, rispettivamente 75 minuti di musica nel primo e 65 nel secondo.Un libretto curatissimo con note alquanto dettagliate.In poche parole un album imperdibile.

Diese wundervolle Sache - eine Hommage von Louis an seinen musikalischen Ziehvater - erwarb ich 1962in Cambridge als lp, und siegehoert zu meinen lieblingsplatten in meiner Sammlung von satchmo platten. Hier nun also ein Wiedersehen und -hören auf Doppel cd - ua. Mit sogenannten Alternative Takes, die man als sammler natürlich haben muss. Hinzu kommen weitere Aufnahmen mit weiteren stücken von Joe Oliver, eingespielt mit den all Stars sowie Erinnerungen an Louis wohl allerbeste zeit in den zwanzIger Jahren. Die kennt man als satchmo Fan bereits. Insgesamt eine wunderschöne Sache, die man nur bestens empfehlen kann. Und das tue ich - OH, JEAH!

'Plays King Oliver' des thèmes composés par lui, mais différemment réinterprétés.Ainsi que d'autres sans rapport avec Oliver.Louis avec Trummy Young et Peanuts Hucko en 'frontline'. Contient le LP original avec des prises alternatives ainsi que quelques titres des années 20 avec Hines, Dodds, des Hot Five et du Grand Orchestre de Satchmo.Un bon disque, de bonnes photos, un bon 'booklet' de 16 pages.