Louis Armstrong - Master Of Jazz - Live In Chicago (1962)
EAC Rip | 1CD | FLAC - Log - Cue | Scans | Release: 1962 | 387 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bigband, Dixieland | Label: Storyville Records
The folks at Mobile Fidelity pay their rent by releasing a lot of disposable pop, but then they redeem themselves with labors of love such as this. Sonically, there is not that much to shout about here, but that is not the point. The fact that this CD is eminently listenable shows that a lot of work went into getting it ready for release, because I cannot imagine that they started out with the best master tape in the world. Some of the music sounds a bit corny (that brings to mind an interesting blindfold test in a recent issue of Downbeat wherein along with dropping several other little bombshell statements, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18 1924 - September 10, 2005) was a Louisiana and Texan American blues musician. He was a highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an impressive array of instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. criticizes Armstrong for never really moving beyond Dixieland music),
but once you just relax a little bit and start enjoying the show, with Louis doing plenty of singing along with some shucking and jiving, all your troubles just seem to fade away. Thank you, Mobile Fidelity, for making this available.-- KWN

Track List:
01. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (2:43)
02. Indiana (4:20)
03. Give Me A Kiss To Build A Dream On (5:37)
04. The Bucket's Got A Hole In It (3:32)
05. Tiger Rag (1:16)
06. Mack The Knife (3:17)
07. Blueberry Hill (3:17)
08. When The Saints (3:49)
09. Ole Miss (4:03)
10. When I Grow To Old To Dream (4:16) BONUS TRACK
11. Basin Street Blues (7:08) BONUS TRACK
12. High Society Calypso (5:00)
13. C'est Si Bon (3:28)
14. La Vie En Rose (4:59)
15. The Faithful Hussar (5:24)
16. Once In A While (2:02) BONUS TRACK
17. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (2:03)
Personnel:
Louis Armstrong - trumpet, vocals;
Trummy Young - trombone;
Joe Darensbourg - clarinet;
Billy Kyle - piano;
Billy Cronck - bass;
Danny Barcelona - drums

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