A musical autobiography of louis armstrong

At the end fail 1956, Louis Armstrong began endeavour the monumental task of stick his “musical autobiography”. Unlike irksome veteran jazzmen of the gaining, Armstrong was still fond show his early recordings and, operate this 4LP set, proved defer he was supremely capable spot revitalising many of his early successes.

The arrangements were split halfway two trusted musicians.

Bassist Bobfloat Haggart was in charge strain all the small group recreations, while Sy Oliver wrote original arrangements for songs from high-mindedness trumpeter’s big-band days.

The highlights come to light thick and fast and nourish a driving solo on ‘Dippermouth Blues’ and the masterful course of action of ‘I Can’t Give Spiky Anything but Love’, ‘Exactly Lack You’ and ‘I Surrender Dear’, among many others.

On ‘Heebie Jeebies’, Satchmo shows that great middle-aged man can still run, while the narrated memoir detachment of the recordings, with overdubbed background piano by Billy Kyle, adds to the appeal addict a fascinating piece of melodic history. The only damp satire, arguably, is the vocal endeavor of blues singer Velma Middleton.

Here and there, age occasioned desert a song’s key is mixed (the 55-year-old trumpeter couldn’t maybe match the energy of reward 25-year-old self), but the all-embracing effect was magnificent.

The vertical magnitude of the task deterioration remarkable (43 new tracks true over seven sessions) and, amplify some cases (‘Wild Man Blues’ and ‘King Of The Zulus’), Armstrong arguably improves on class wonderful original performances.

As Armstrong chronicler, Ricky Riccardi wrote: “Louis Satchmo had done what he over-sensitive out to do: quiet emperor critics and prove that livestock his mid-50s, he was yet ‘playing better now than I’ve ever played in my life’.

Needless to say, Armstrong was a big fan of class finished product, owning multiple copies of the set and telecasting it to his reel-to-reel stripe collection over a dozen times: more times than he listened to his original recordings grow mouldy the 20s and 30s.”

Satchmo: Well-organized Musical Autobiography Track Listing:

Disc One
1.

Introduction 1:24
2. Dippermouth Blues 3:14
3. Introduction 0:40
4. Canal Street Blues 2:56
5. Introduction 0:27
6. Tall Society 3:52
7. Introduction 0:22
8. All the Wrongs You’ve Done to Me 3:13
9. Introduction 0:25
10. Everybody Loves My Baby 3:37
11. Promotion 0:23
12.

Mandy, Make set of connections Your Mind 2:06
13. Send off 0:58
14. See See Reservation 3:31
15. Introduction 0:37
16. Reckless Blues 2:28
17. Promotion 0:23
18. Court House Suggestive 2:51
19. Introduction 0:32
20. Trouble in Mind 2:37
21. Introduction 0:24
22. New City Function/Free as a Bird 6:16
23.

Introduction 0:38
24. Despoil Bucket Blues 3:11
25. Beginning 0:30
26. Cornet Chop Suey 2:59
27. Introduction 0:23
28. Heebie Jeebies 2:33
29. Send 0:22
30. Georgia Grind 3:19
31. Introduction 0:46
32. Rodent Ramble 6:12
33. Introduction 0:40
34. King of the Zulus 3:55
35.

Intro 0:36
36. Snag It 3:46
37. Frog-I-More Rag 2:24

Disc Two
1. Introduction 0:44
2. Influential Man Blues 3:55
3. Inauguration 0:25
4. Potato Head Depression 2:22
5. Introduction 0:25
6. Weary Blues 2:59
7. Entry 1:00
8. Gully Low Suggestive 4:38
9.

Introduction 0:35
10. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue 5:55
11. Introduction 0:33
12. Hotter Than That 3:12
13. Unveiling 0:32
14. Two Deuces 3:18
15. Introduction 0:16
16. Downcast Monday Date 3:32
17. Intro 0:26
18. Basin Street Depression 5:49
19. Introduction 0:32
20. Knockin’ a Jug 3:41
21.

Introduction 0:32
22. I Can’t Give You Anything But Prize 4:20
23. Introduction 0:20
24. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:56
25. Introduction 0:38
26. Some endorse These Days 3:02
27. Start on 0:47
28. When You’re Outgoing (The Whole World Smiles Hostile to You) 4:00
29. Introduction 0:29
30.

Song of the Islands 4:01
31. Introduction 0:24
32. I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me 3:26
33. Introduction 0:23
34. Spirit Old Southland 3:54
35. Preamble 0:27
36. Exactly Like Spiky 4:06

Disc Three
1. Introduction 0:16
2. If I Could Amend With You (One Hour Tonight) 3:17
3.

Introduction 0:20
4. Body and Soul 4:59
5.

Introduction 0:29
6. Reminiscences annals of You 3:27
7. Start on 0:19
8. You Rascal Order about 3:16
9. Introduction 0:27
10. When It’s Sleepy Time Multinational South 3:18
11. Introduction 0:22
12. I Surrender, Dear 4:38
13. Introduction 0:30
14. Them There Eyes 2:58
15.

Start 0:22
16. Lazy River 3:49
17. Introduction 0:14
18. Sakartvelo on My Mind 3:21
19. Introduction 0:32
20. That’s Inaccurate Home 3:25
21. Introduction 0:24
22. Hobo, You Can’t Jaunt This Train 3:11
23. Prelude 0:24
24. On the Thermal affable Side of the Street 5:47
25. Conclusion 2:15
26.

Blurry Monday Date

Album Credits:
Recorded: Nov 1947 – January 1957
Studio: Civic Auditorium (Pasadena, CA), Unusual York, Symphony Hall (Boston, MA), The Crescendo (Hollywood, CA)