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Not only was Louis Armstrong a major jazz star, but his fame as a popular entertainer was growing by the time these sessions were recorded for Decca between 1949 and 1954. Gordon Jenkins provides the arrangements and serves as conductor, although the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter all that much. His horn is the highlight of "Chloe," though the overbearing choir makes one long for Spike Jones' satirical version instead. The undisguised attack on bop, "The Whiffenpoof Song," falls flat in a bland easy listening arrangement, though Armstrong's spoof of Dizzy Gillespie's scat vocals is briefly amusing. "Spooks" doesn't stand a ghost of chance -- it's an attempt at vocal Halloween humor that deserved to be left in the vault. This release is not one of the high points of Louis Armstrong's career.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Hymie Schertzer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Lesberg, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Unknown, Choir - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Rose, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butterfield, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Kress, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Al Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Leighton, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Yank Lawson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Will Bradley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Stock, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins Orchestra And Choir, MainArtist - Michael Kapp, Producer - Artie Drelinger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Yaner, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carl A. Poole, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Parsley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bowers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Charles Gates Dawes, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - L. Wolfe Gilbert, ComposerLyricist - Nathaniel Shilkret, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Neil Moret, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Otto Harbach, ComposerLyricist - Rudolf Friml, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hymie Schertzer, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Lesberg, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Unknown, Choir - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butterfield, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Kress, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Bernie Leighton, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Yank Lawson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Beasley Smith, ComposerLyricist - Will Bradley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jenkins Orchestra And Choir, MainArtist - Artie Drelinger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Yaner, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carl A. Poole, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Parsley, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bowers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Rudy Vallee, ComposerLyricist - George S. Pomeroy, Author - Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, MainArtist - Meade Minningerode, ComposerLyricist - Ted B. Galloway, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOYCE KILMER, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Oscar Rasbach, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Matt Dubey, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Harold Karr, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Otis Rene, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra, MainArtist - Clarence Muse, ComposerLyricist - Leon T. Rene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Velma Middleton, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stanley J. Damerell, ComposerLyricist - Robert Hargreaves, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Tolchard Evans, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1951 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arvell Shaw, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Bigard, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Freeman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Velma Middleton, MainArtist - Percy Venable, ComposerLyricist - Kenny John, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Otis Rene, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra, MainArtist - Clarence Muse, ComposerLyricist - Leon T. Rene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Not only was Louis Armstrong a major jazz star, but his fame as a popular entertainer was growing by the time these sessions were recorded for Decca between 1949 and 1954. Gordon Jenkins provides the arrangements and serves as conductor, although the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter all that much. His horn is the highlight of "Chloe," though the overbearing choir makes one long for Spike Jones' satirical version instead. The undisguised attack on bop, "The Whiffenpoof Song," falls flat in a bland easy listening arrangement, though Armstrong's spoof of Dizzy Gillespie's scat vocals is briefly amusing. "Spooks" doesn't stand a ghost of chance -- it's an attempt at vocal Halloween humor that deserved to be left in the vault. This release is not one of the high points of Louis Armstrong's career.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:59
- Main artists: Louis Armstrong
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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