Louis Armstrong – Live At The 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival (CD, Japanese Edition)
RARITY - Sealed
Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong [click here to see more vinyl & CD featuring Louis Armstrong]
Vocals – Trummy Young (6-8), Velma Middleton (16-18)
Bass – Mort Herbert
Clarinet – Peanuts Hucko
Drums – Danny Barcelona
Piano – Billy Kyle
Trombone – Trummy Young
Written by Clarence Muse (2), Leon Rene (2), Otis Rene (2), Ballard MacDonald (3), James F. Hanley (3), Al Lewis (4), Larry Stock (4), Vincent Rose (4), Eddie Edwards (5), Harry DeCosta (5), Henry Ragas (5), Larry Shields (5), James LaRocca (5), Tony Sbarbaro (5), Cole Porter (6, 7), Clarence Williams (8), Juan Tizol (9), Jacques Prévert (10), Johnny Mercer (10), Joseph Kosma (10), Henry Creamer (11), Turner Layton (11), Harry Link (12), Holt Marvell (12), Jack Strachey (12), Bertolt Brecht (13), Kurt Weill (13), Marc Blitzstein (13), Benny Goodman (14), Chick Webb (14), Edgar Sampson (14), Charlie Shavers (15), Sydney Robin (15), William Christopher Handy (16), Carroll Loveday (17), Helmy Kresa (17)
18 is a Traditional song
1 CD, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Live
Label : Monterey Jazz Festival Records
Original Label : Monterey Jazz Festival Records
Recorded live at the first Monterey Jazz Festival October 3, 1958 (opening night)
Recorded by Harold Lindsay, Russ Tinkham
Produced by Jimmy Lyons, Jason Olaine, Nick Phillips
Executive-Producer – Glen Barros, Tim Jackson
Mastered by Joe Tarantino
Liner Notes by Richard Hadlock
Originally released in August 2007
Tracks :
- Introduction by Dizzy Gillespie
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- (Back Home Again In) Indiana
- Blueberry Hill
- Tiger Rag
- Now You Has Jazz
- High Society Calypso
- Bucket's Got A Hole In It
- Perdido
- Autumn Leaves
- After You've Gone
- These Foolish Things
- Mack The Knife
- Stompin' At The Savoy
- Undecided
- St. Louis Blues
- That's My Desire
- When The Saints Go Marching In
Reviews :
“In 2007, Concord and the Monterey Jazz Festival joined forces to celebrate the fiftieth edition of the long running festival by launching a special project, issuing selected performances from the vast Monterey Jazz Festival recorded archives held by the Braun Music Library of Stanford University. This CD comes from the opening night set by Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars at the very first Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958. Armstrong had developed a fairly set routine by this point in his career, playing and singing a mix of classic jazz, swing, songs from movies and pop. Joining him are trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Peanuts Hucko, pianist Billy Kyle, bassist Mort Hebert and drummer Danny Barcelona, with vocalist Velma Middleton added for three songs at the end of the show. Armstrong has the audience in the palm of his hand throughout the concert, whether playing, singing or doing a bit of comedy. Hucko and the vastly underrated Billy Kyle also solo with gusto, though Young's blustery playing in "Undecided" comes off a bit ham-handed. The source material survived the years surprisingly well, with few audio flaws, aside from musicians occasionally moving away from the microphones and excessively loud drums at times. This is a promising start to what will hopefully become a long running CD series that is sure to be treasured by jazz aficionados.” AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.25 / 5