The Very Best of Louis Armstrong

The Very Best of Louis Armstrong Artist: Louis Armstrong
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 731454392129
EAN: 0731454392129
ASIN: B00004TWRX


Release Date: 2002-03-26

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Listmania:

  1. 1960's male singers and groups (8 of 12)

Tracks:

  1. Hello, Dolly!
  2. What a Wonderful World
  3. Jeepers Creepers
  4. King of the Zulus - Louis Armstrong, Trummy Young
  5. We Have All the Time in the World
  6. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
  7. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  8. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  9. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday
  10. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
  11. Stormy Weather
  12. C'Est Si Bon [Live]
  13. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
  14. Vie en Rose
  15. We'll Be Together Again
  16. Makin' Whoopee
  17. Summertime - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
  18. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
  19. Basin Street Blues [Live]
  20. I'm in the Mood for Love

Tracks:

  1. When the Saints Go Marching In
  2. Mack the Knife
  3. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
  4. Don't Fence Me In [Live] - Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton
  5. Stars Fell on Alabama - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
  6. Georgia Bo Bo
  7. She's the Daughter of a Planter from Havana
  8. You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan
  9. Just One of Those Things
  10. Baby, It's Cold Outside [Live] - Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton
  11. Tenderly - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
  12. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
  13. Pretty Little Missy
  14. Lazy River
  15. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
  16. Blueberry Hill
  17. Dream a Little Dream of Me
  18. Gone Fishin' - Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby
  19. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
  20. Ain't Misbehavin'

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Half a century of quality jazz music.......2003-09-29

This British compilation contains some of Louis' finest music from the 1920's up to 1970. While the standard of re-mastering is high, there is a limit to how much can be done with very old recordings, even with the best technology available in the year 2000. Nevertheless, the engineers have done a superb job.

Louis (nicknamed Satchmo) is best remembered in Britain for What a wonderful world, which topped the UK charts in the sixties, and We have all the love in the world, which came close to providing Louis with a second chart-topper in the nineties following its use in a TV commercial.

The album includes several duets, with partners including Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Louis Jordan, two live tracks with Velma Middleton (Don't fence me in and Baby it's cold outside) and six tracks with Ella Fitzgerald. The Louis and Ella duets include Summertime, Tenderly and Stars fell on Alabama.

Most people remember Blueberry hill as a Fats Domino rock'n'roll song but it was originally an American hit for Glenn Miller. Dream a little dream is a song that was written in the thirties but is most commonly associated with the Mamas and Papas, who revived it with great success in the sixties. Among the other classic songs here are Hello Dolly, Jeepers creepers, Alexander's ragtime band, Stormy weather, Making whoopee, When the saints go marching in, Mack the knife and Ain't misbehaving, just to name a few.

It is, of course, impossible to include more than a sample of his great recordings on this set so it is quite possible that some of your favorites are missing, but this collection of the great man's music is about as good as you will find on two CD's.

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