Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy

Locations
Call Number: CD Jazz Handy Louis 1997
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 3rd Floor, CDs 2-week checkout	CD Jazz Handy Louis 1997	2-week checkout	On Shelf

Originally released in Oct. 1954; with bonus tracks (tracks 12-16).
Program notes by George Avakian inserted in container.
St. Louis blues (8:50) -- Yellow dog blues (4:16) -- Loveless love (4:28) -- Aunt Hagar's blues (4:57) -- Long gone (from Bowlin' Green) (5:08) -- The Memphis blues (or Mister Crump) (2:59) -- Beale Street blues (4:56) -- Ole Miss Blues (4:56) -- Chantez les bas (Sing 'em low) (4:48) -- Hesitating blues (5:20) -- Atlanta blues (Make me one pallet on your floor) (4:33) -- Geroge Avakian's interview with W.C. Handy (2:44) -- Loveless love (rehearsal sequence) (5:55) -- Hesitating blues (rehearsal sequence) (5:38) -- Alligator story (0:47) -- Long gone (from the Bowlin' Green) (rehearsal sequence) (7:53).
Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Trummy Young, trombone; Barney Bigard, clarinet; Billy Kyle, piano; Arvell Shaw, bass; Barrett Deems, drums; Velma Middleton, vocal.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great Mid-Century Jazz submitted by Meginator on June 21, 2020, 2:57pm The immediate acoustic impression of this album is of Armstrong’s trumpet blasting clear ahead of the supporting musicians (perhaps an artifact of the original recording technology, perhaps not), and the focus is usually on him. Happily, Armstrong is loud and clear, both behind the trumpet and as a vocalist, his signature gravelly bass anchoring these tracks and giving them a solid foundation in the blues. This is mid-century jazz at its finest, improvisations flowing naturally out of the orchestrated background and playing wonderfully against the vocals. The music has real soulfulness to it, from Armstrong’s signature trumpet style to wailing trombones and other steady background musicians. Armstrong at his finest is incomparable, and this album features one of the finest musicians playing some of the best blues compositions; it’s a can’t-miss proposition and it sure doesn’t.