The Great Summit W/ Duke Ellingon

Artistas: Louis Armstrong

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THE JEAN-PIERRE LELOIR COLLECTION

3-PANEL DIGIPACK EDITION

2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

BONUS ALBUM: "PARIS BLUES"

INCLUDES 2BONUS TRACKS

In April of 1961, producer Bob Thiele had the brilliant idea of teaming up two of the greatest jazz stars of all time in the same studio: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. The sessions resulted in the amazing album "Together for the First Time" (Roulette SR52074).

As a bonus, the complete original soundtrack for the movie "Paris Blues", which featured Armstrong and the Ellington orchestra, as well as Armstrong’s original readings of two Ellington tunes, which he had recorded with a large orchestra in 1957.

PERSONNEL:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, vocals & trumpet
DUKE ELLINGTON, piano
TRUMMY YOUNG, trombone
BARNEY BIGARD, clarinet
MORT HERBERT, bass
DANNY BARCELONA, drums

New York, April 3 & 4, 1961

BONUS ALBUM [11-24]: PARIS BLUES

ON TRACKS [11, 14], [16-18], [20] & [24]: DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA:
Willie Cook, Ed Mullens, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vln, vcl),
Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Murray McEachern, Lou Blackburn (tb),
Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (as,cl),
Johnny Hodges, Oliver Nelson (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts),
Babe Clark (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bar, cl, b-cl), Harry Smiles (oboe),
Les Spann (fl, g), Duke Ellington (p), Aaron Bell (b),
Jimmy Johnson, Sonny Greer, Max Roach, Dave Jackson, Philly Joe Jones (d),
Lawrence Brown (cond). New York, May 1-3, 1961.

ON TRACKS [13] & [19]: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (tp soloist) with studio orchestra:
Maurice Thomas, Roger Guerin, Jean Vaissat, Vincent Casino (tp),
Billy Byers, Nat Peck, Andre Paquinet, Marcel Galiege (tb),
Rene “Micky” Nicholas, Jo Hrasko (as), Pierre Gossez (ts, as),
Guy Lafitte (ts, cl), Georges Grenu, Marcel Wrasko (ts),
William Boucaya (bar), unknown (accor), Jimmy Gourley (g),
Michel Gaudry (b), Gus Wallez, Moustache Galepides, Christian Garros (d),
DUKE ELLINGTON (cond).
Paris, France, December 15-16, 1960.

ON TRACK [22]: Jimmy Gourley (guitar solo). Same place and date as above.
ON TRACK [12], [15], [21] & [23] consist of dialogues from the original film.

BONUS TRACKS (25-26):
Louis Armstrong (vcl) with Russell Garcia’s Orchestra: Frank Beach, Buddy Childers
Cappy Lewis (tp), Milt Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyate (tb),
Vincent DeRosa (frh), Paul Smith (p), Tony Rizzi (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d),
Russ Garcia (arr, cond). Los Angeles, August 14, 1957.

TRACKS:

01 DUKE’S PLACE
02 I’M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO
03 COTTONTAIL
04 MOOD INDIGO
05 DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
06 THE BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN
07 BLACK AND TAN FANTASY
08 DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM
09 THE MOOCHE
10 IN A MELLOW TONE
11 TAKE THE “A” TRAIN
12 YOU KNOW SOMETHING? [incidental dialogue]
13 BATTLE ROYAL
14 BIRD JUNGLE
15 WHAT’S PARIS BLUES? [incidental dialogue]
16 MOOD INDIGO
17 AUTUMNAL SUITE
18 NITE
19 WILD MAN MOORE
20 PARIS STAIRS
21 I WASN’T SHOPPING [incidental dialogue]
22 GUITAR AMOUR
23 A RETURN RESERVATION [incidental dialogue]
24 PARIS BLUES
25 DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE [1957 version]
26 DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME [1957 version]

Total Time: 76:30

Format: CD
Discs: 1
Label code: 38007

Reference JIM 148783

Louis Armstrong

In every jazz collection, and even for any jazzman in training or already consecrated, the name of Louis Armstrong is placed on the podium of the most important artists of the genre from its beginnings to the present day

And the fact is that Satchmo and Pops, as he was also known, left a legacy as a trumpeter and singer of the most unique, turning jazz, which was considered a dance music rhythm, into a consolidated artistic manifestation.

Who is not moved when listening to Louis Armstrong: What a wonderful world? And if you get to see him sing this song, where Louis seems to embody with his heartbreaking voice and his eloquent teeth every sound, every word, every feeling... Is it possible not to take a leap in time and be enraptured by his music? It is totally worthwhile to know him, to have his music, to leave him in a privileged place in our musical preferences. Louis Armstrong 1920s and other years surprised us with his art.

BIOGRAPHY

The story of Louis Armstrong (Trumpet, vocalist, cornet) is the classic tale of the child who grows up in poverty, commits petty crimes and is a victim of racial segregation, only to be saved and redeemed by his talents, in this case his musical talent. So this man is born in a New Orleans slum and after being abandoned by his father and left in the care of his grandmother, he suddenly finds himself working for a family of Lithuanian Jews, the Karnofskys, who took the boy as a member of their family.

The Karnofskys were decisive in the life of little Louis. For some reason they insisted on strengthening his taste for music, keeping him away from the problems of the street. Even when Armstrong was summoned by music, the same family gave him his first trumpet.

For Louis Armstrong, "jazz" was just a word he heard from the New Orleans brass bands. He learned to play the cornet in the reformatory, with the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs band, and when he left there, after doing all kinds of jobs, he managed to get into cabarets in Storyville where nightclubs abounded. He then managed to meet the renowned cornetist Joe King Oliver, his instrumental master and almost father, as he later considered him.

Like many musicians, Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) migrated to Chicago to join King Oliver's Creole Jazz band and then moved to New York, where he came to the attention of Fletcher Henderson, who hired him in his orchestra. It was in New York where Louis switched to the trumpet, debuted with it at the Roseland Ballroom and revolutionized jazz with a unique and innovative style, until he achieved the prestige that accompanied him for the rest of his life.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES

In music, popularity is synonymous with innovation and Louis Armstrong was, above all, an innovator. It can be said that his entry into the American Jazz scene is part of the invention of jazz singing, supported by his marvelous capacity for melodic improvisation and his talent for scat, improvisation of nonsense syllables.

Names such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Billie Holiday, are an example of the repertoire of musicians who were influenced by Louis. His legacy and musical contributions left an indelible mark on the jazz voices and bands that emerged after his appearance. In fact, after Louis Armstrong, the trumpet became a solo instrument, a participation that only served to accompany the rest of the orchestra's performances.

COLLABORATORS IN PERFORMANCE

The stars who collaborated with Louis Armstrong: Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Bing Crosby, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Rodgers... In the case of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, both recorded three important albums: "Porgy and Bess", "Ella and Louis Again" and "Ella and Louis".

Other collaborations also include the participation of the film industry in the projection and promotion of Louis Armstrong's music. Films such as Good Morning, Twelve Monkeys and James Bond On Her Majesty 's Secret Service; Hello, Dolly; A son is born and High Society are part of the tapes that helped immortalize this New Orleans figure.

DISCOGRAPHY

A total of 31 albums were recorded by Louis Armstrong, although some of them were shared with other jazz stars.

Meet his most important repertoire in chronological order of appearance, given its relevance in terms of music and popularity:

1923: Clarence Williams' Blue Five (CSB)

1928: Hot Fives And Sevens, Vol. 3 (JSP)

1931: Stardust (Portrait)

1956: Ella and Louis (Polygram Records)

1956: High society

1957: Porgy & Bess (Polygram Records)

1957: Ella and Louis Again (Polygram Records)

1957: Meets Oscar Peterson

1960: Happy Birthday, Louis! Armstrong & His All-Stars (Omega)

1961: The Great Summit

1962: The Real Ambassadors W/ Dave Brubeck

1963: Hello, Dolly! (Mca)

1968: What a Wonderful World (ABC Records)

1968: Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (Disney)

1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Capitol).

MOST FAMOUS SONG

Among the undisputed hits of this jazzman are: "Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly", the classic Louis Armstrong music: "What a Wonderful World", and productions such as: "We Have All the Time in the World", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Stardust", "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Ain't Misbehavin", "La vie en rose", "Summertime", "Mack the Knife".

Then of course there are the songs with Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, and the classics recorded with his old mentor Joe Oliver. Even the song "Melancholy Blues", performed by Louis and Hot Seven, is currently traveling in space, inside the Voyager space probe, as part of the most precious human creations collected by the spacecraft, in case it ever has an encounter with other civilizations.