Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
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Artist: Louis Armstrong and His All-StarsEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1997-03-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- St. Louis Blues
- Yellow Dog Blues
- Loveless Love
- Aunt Hagar's Blues
- Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green)
- The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)
- Beale Street Blues
- Ole Miss Blues
- Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low)
- Hesitating Blues
- Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)
- George Avakian's Interview With W.C. Handy - W.C. Handy
- Loveless Love (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Hesitating Blue (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Alligator Story
- Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green) (Rehearsal Sequence)
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Rating: 5 Stars
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I've had to buy this CD on 3 separate occasions...that's how good it is...the first 2 times I stupidly lent them out to friends who never returned it...it's money well-spent though...this is Louis at his most bluesy, and his wonderful sandpaper vocals are the perfect complement to Velma Middleton's velvety voice...some of the best music ever committed to record
Description of Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
A wonderful meeting of two institutions of American music, this 1954 album was the finest recording of Louis Armstrong's later career, with the great trumpeter-singer turning to material that was very close to his roots. Both W.C. Handy and Armstrong had a complex relationship with the blues, an essential source for both Handy's popular songs and Armstrong's improvisational art, and these recordings touch on the heart of the matter. On "Yellow Dog Blues," a product of Handy's own early and chance encounter with the rural blues, there's a majesty that recalls Armstrong's early recordings with Bessie Smith. Armstrong is clearly inspired by the classic material and the chance to stretch out on record, and his regular band of the period joins in perfectly. Trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Billy Kyle, and singer Velma Middleton contribute stellar solos and support, while bassist Arvell Shaw and drummer Barrett Deems do an exceptional job of keeping the slower tempos rock steady. This is a deeply moving and consummately executed performance. --Stuart BroomerGeneral CDs
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