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Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong In Scandinavia

Read "Louis Armstrong In Scandinavia" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez

Throughout this collection of Louis Armstrong's Scandinavian appearances from 1933-1967, he's greeted with affectionate roars of excitement from his audiences. Six live performances included here from 1933 in Stockholm and Copenhagen may actually be the earliest ever recorded live jazz. Even without that being added to his accomplishments, Louis “Pops Armstrong's place in the jazz pantheon ...

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Sidney Bechet: Sidney Bechet

Read "Sidney Bechet" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez

Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) is a legendary jazz figure whose range of instruments included soprano, tenor and bass saxophones, piano, bass, drums and, most famously, the clarinet. A true jazz star, Bechet's graceful playing and structural skill made him into the first significant jazz soloist, even before his fellow New Orleans native, Louis Armstrong. ...

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Swingin' Stuff

By Stuff Smith

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Caravan; Take the A Train; Old Stinkin' Blues; Only Time Will Tell; Mack the Knife; One O'Clock Jump; Blues for Timme (Timme's Blues); My Blue Heaven; Bugle Blues; C Jam Blues; Perdido; S'posin'; How High the Moon.

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Piano Passion

By Billy Strayhorn

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Lush Life; Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'; Passion Flower; Take The A Train; Strange Feeling; Day Dream; Chelsea Bridge; Multi Colored Blue; Something To Live For; A Flower Is a Lonesome Thing; Cottontail; C Jam Blues; Flamingo; Bang-Up Blues; Tonk; Johnny Come Lately; In A Blue Summer Garden; Great Times; Tonk (Pianistically Allied); Drawing Room Blues; Tonk.

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Storyville Masters of Jazz: Louis Armstrong

By Louis Armstrong

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Indiana; Give Me A Kiss To Build A Dream On; The Bucket's Got A Hole In It; Mack The Knife; Blueberry Hill; When The Saints Go Marching In; Ole Miss; Tiger Rag; High Society Calypso; C'est Si Bon; La Vie En Rose; The Faithful Hussar; When It's Sleepy Time Down South; I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You; Way Down Yonder In New Orleans; Dear Old Southland; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans; Someday You Will Be Sorry; A Song Is Born.

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Louis Armstrong: Storyville Masters of Jazz: Louis Armstrong

Read "Storyville Masters of Jazz: Louis Armstrong" reviewed by Greg Thomas

by Greg Thomas

Was Louis Armstrong more an entertainer or artist? The dichotomy suggested by this question won't be resolved by this disc because it's a matter of perspective, like particles and waves in physics. Although liner notes author Mike Hennessey claims that he was “an entertainer first, a brilliantly gifted jazzman second, Armstrong made it ...

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Stuff Smith: Swingin' Stuff

Read "Swingin' Stuff" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Not only was Stuff Smith one of the first prominent jazz violinists, his gritty sound was very distinctive. These live sessions, recorded in 1965 (two years prior to his death), will be of great interest to fans of his work, with the addition of four previously unissued songs. Smith is accompanied by a superb rhythm section ...

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Billy Strayhorn: Piano Passion

Read "Piano Passion" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez

During their nearly three decades of working together, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington created a legacy of music for the ages. This set offers a rare opportunity to hear Strayhorn the composer playing many of his own songs, as well as some he wrote with Ellington and others. Their partnership began in 1939 and ended only ...

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Hot Stuff

By Stuff Smith

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Skip It / The Girl From Ipanema / Tenderly / Take The A Train / Bugle Blues / I Can't Get Started / Mack The Knife / Blues For Timme / Old Stinkin' Blues / The C-Jam Blues / Caravan / Timme's Blues / Oh, Lady Be Good!

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Storyville Records

Read "Storyville Records" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon

Based in Denmark and boasting a catalogue of rarities and seminal recordings that would make any U.S. label drool, Storyville has carved a unique niche for itself on the international jazz landscape. Its own story began in 1952 as 23-year old Danish jazz aficionado Karl Emil Knudsen released a 1924 Louis and Lil' Armstrong recording with ...


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