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Description: Overshadowed by the headline-making success of Louis Armstrong's concurrent collaborations with vocalist Ella Fitzgerald (Porgy and Bess--, for example), these two lush and extravagant orchestra-and-vocals sessions, recorded (if you believe the notes, in a single day) in Los Angeles in 1957, reappear on two CDs, with out-takes and pin-drop hifi sound. Russell Garcia¹s arrangements are glossy but forgettable backgrounds; but enthusiasts for Armstrong¹s vocals will want to wallow in his splendidly recorded, lazy crooning. He picks up the trumpet regularly too, and the contrast between his antique, highly-personalised sound and t ... (more)
Manufacturer: Verve
Release date: 2 November 1999
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0731455983128 UPC: 731455983128
Tags: 1960 (1), Louis Armstrong (1)
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Music...Jazz Collection (80 music items)