Oh, no reason.....
#Satchmo
Happy birthday, Louis Armstrong (b. 8/4/1901 in New Orleans).
"There is a God, and he plays the trumpet" (Grant Morrison, Doom Patrol)
Today is Louis Armstrong's birthday! Check out my birthday tribute to Pops from the WFMU archives and start your week with a smile!
Louis Armstrong always said he was born on July 4th, 1900, but many jazz scholars now say his actual date of birth was August 4th, 1901. But the real truth is that Louis sounds great on any date! Pops is tops, and we'll hear why with an hour of Armstrong on this week's Crescent City Connection, Saturday at 10am eastern (9 central) on the Rock'n'Soul Radio stream from @WFMU.
6 de julio de 1971, fallece en New York el trompetista y cantante #LouisArmstrong #Satchmo ✨🎶🎺🎙️.
Armstrong visitó Chile en 1957 como parte del plan de USA d llevar "Embajadores para el mundo" mostrando bondades del "american style" en plena guerra fría.
#HoyAprendí la razón por la que apodaban #Satchmo al #LouisArmstrong, y que el equivalente en caló mexicano sería apodarle “el #chicatrón”
You live and learn
Louis Armstrong - Louis in London (Live at the BBC)
Given how long Satchmo had been on the scene, it's hard to believe that here, in his last live recording, he was only 67...and he died at 69.
69. Not nice.
Anyway, this came from a TV broadcast, unreleased until recently, and despite being mono (a bit of a surprise given its age), is in generally great shape. The band plays selections from his long, storied career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3EQnxskwwI
Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) pictured moisturizing his lips while travelling on a train during his tour of France, November 1955. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
See our latest post on Satchmo, Louis Armstrong. Louis was one of the foremost Jazz musicians of the 20th century. #Satchmo #LouisArmstrong https://historianspeaks.org/f/louis-armstrong-jazz-musician-and-singer
Satchmo Fest Second Line featuring Treme Brass Band
https://freediverse.com/videos/watch/419b4f7d-3ba1-40c2-9365-3ac1287d2925
TBC Brass Band playing 'I Don't F*ck With You, Don't F*ck With Me'
https://freediverse.com/videos/watch/47c1d090-49fe-4c2f-bc52-ff6a4d393a06
Satchmo 2010 Second Line feat. TBC Brass Band, Sudan & Dumaine Street Gang
https://freediverse.com/videos/watch/c5a8d661-7c5f-4837-bf75-8625f612a648
"End of the song, start of the story..."
This evening's viewing distraction: some classic musical fun with High Society. Bing Crosby, Satchmo, Sinatra, and the goddess that is Grace Kelly.
#film #music #musique #HighSociety #1950sFilm #Musical #films #movies #ClassicFilm #BingCrosby #GraceKelly #FrankSinatra #LouisArmstrong #Satchmo
"Some of you young folks been saying to me
Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'?
How about all them wars all over the place?
You call them wonderful?
And how about hunger and pollution?
That ain't so wonderful either.
Well, how about listening to old Pops for a minute.
Seems to me, it ain’t the world that's so bad
but what we're doin' to it.
And all I'm saying is
See what a wonderful world it would be
if only we'd give it a chance.
Love baby, love.
That's the secret, yeah.
If lots more of us loved each other
we'd solve lots more problems.
And then this world would be gasser.
That's wha' ol' Pops keeps saying…"
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
(Original Spoken Intro Version) ABC Records 1967, 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg
#WonderfulWorld #LouisArmstrong #Love #Peace #Goodwill #SpokenWord #Satchmo #Pops #Music #Trees #Roses #Rainbows #Friends
On this date in time
Louis Armstrong came to life
Made the world better
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #LouisArmstrong #Trumpet #Horn #Trumpeter #Jazz #Satchmo #Satch #Pops #Louie #WhatAWonderfulWorld #BBC #AtTheBBC #LiveAtTheBBC https://youtu.be/CaCSuzR4DwM
August 4, 2024
Heute vor 123 Jahren wurde Louis Armstrong geboren.
Louis Armstrong ist ein Anagramm von
Organ mutlos, Sir.
#Geburtstagsanagramm
#AnagrammTextperfekt
#Anagramm #Anagramme #TeamAnagramm
#LouisArmstrong #Satchmo
Animation made for #Satchmo's 120th #birthday
4. August 2021
Jazz -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/39
#LouisArmstrong #jazz #music #animation #gif #gimp #gmic #Geburtstag
The current view from on deck on a beautiful Friday evening. I think to myself “God damn, it’d be nice if it would stay that way.”
#MusicOfMastodon
#Satchmo
#NorthernWayOfLife
[This guest post was written by platenworm about number 995 on The List. The album was submitted by mfennvt.]
Besides being a terrible music junkie I also have a fetish for luxurious CD boxes. But maybe it’s all the same thing. One of the most beautiful releases in my collection is the Charley Patton Screamin’ And Hollerin’ The Blues (The Worlds of Charley Patton) box as released by John Fahey’s Revenant label in 2001 (also in the 1001 Other Albums list, at number 370). Another great one is the wooden Goodbye, Babylon box released by Dust-to-Digital in 2003. Monumental releases that can really transfer to another place and time. Well, if any musical figure deserved a monumental release like that, it’s of course Louis Armstrong. This man meant so much to the history of music, it’s impossible to exaggerate. Like a lot of people I first heard him as a kid through his hit singles “Hello, Dolly!” and “What A Wonderful World.”
At that time, I was also very much in love with Fats Domino, Meat Loaf and The Bee Gees. But then my teenage puberty years kicked in and, thanks to my older sister’s Deep Purple’s Made In Japan and Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains The Same double live albums, I got lost in the sonic mayhem of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal. It took me some time to get over this, but I thank “When Doves Cry” from Prince for helping me a bit.
So began my travel through the world of music without the self imposed boundaries as a metalhead.
Once in a while I heard something by Louis Armstrong and it always grabbed me. But the real re-discovery came a few years ago when my mother had to go to a home for the elderly with dementia. Someone who took care of her, when she was there, heard I was music mad. My mother probably told her. So, she asked me if I would like to play records for the people there. I thought that was a great idea. So, I bought me a very old small pick-up, ideal for playing 45’s, and went hunting for suitable vinyl singles to play. Living in the Netherlands, I of course played mainly old nostalgic Dutch songs, but also some great singles by Louis Armstrong with and without Ella Fitzgerald (check number 1008 in The List for the marvelous Ella & Louis album). The timelessness of those singles really stuck with me. And they also made my “audience” feel real good. I almost always ended with the unbeatable “What A Wonderful World” and that did the make happy and leave them humming trick.
Since then, I was looking for a great box of Louis Armstrong’s music. And see here, thanks to the 1001 Other Albums list, I found out about this amazing 10-CD box. It was already released in 2011, but I luckily found a copy here in the Netherlands for a nice price. This box is really something else. The 10 CDs are boxed in a replica of a Louis Armstrong travel case, along with a beautiful hardcover book and some sheet music. A real monument for a monumental figure.
Louis Armstrong was at the birth of Jazz and a real innovator, a great musician blessed with a wonderful voice. He was also somebody who really wanted to bring some real joy in the lives of people in really hard and cruel times.
Beside the fantastic hot jazz songs, I have weak spot for his poppier smooth sentimental side. It gives me the feeling that, in the end, there’s always a essence of something good in the world. Even if it doesn’t seem that way a lot of times. And, well, I’m just a sucker for his warm, soulful and raw voice.
CD 1 till 7 covers Louis’ recordings chronologically. A wonderful way to dive deep into his catalogue: his first recordings in 1923, the great New Orleans years before he went to Chicago to steam up the windy city, through to his later poppier career, and ending with 2 songs from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1970.
CD 8 is a complete (according to the booklet) “Live At The Hollywood Bowl” concert from 1956. And Louis & The All Stars band, with a guest appearance of Ella Fitzgerald, were on fire that night. Fantastic stuff……
CD 9 is an almost 71-minute interview for the Down Beat magazine known as the “Slivovice Interview”, recorded in 1965 in Louis & Lucille Armstrong’s house in Corona, Queens, New York City (www.louisarmstronghouse.org). What a very nice man Louis was. A real pleasure to hear him dig up memories and experiences. Like sitting next to him chatting along at his kitchen table.
And last but not least is CD 10. Filled with rare & unreleased takes made between 1955 and 1964. Mostly recorded in Los Angeles in 1957-1958, and some earlier and later recordings made in New York. Jolly fun with false starts and such. But also loose and intimate takes to enjoy.
I don’t believe in any God or other make-believe but still……God Bless You Dear Louis for your long lasting gift to humankind. Indeed it can be A Wonderful World………….may love conquer all.
Psssst……….some homework: http://youtu.be/Mgp6Etsy_WI
- Discogs: Louis Armstrong – “Satchmo”: Ambassador of Jazz
- Discogs: Louis Armstrong – “Satchmo”: Ambassador of Jazz (4-CD version)
- [Note there’s no stream for this album, but there’s plenty of Louis Armstrong albums/compilations/playlists/videos online! Take a look around, see what you like. You really can’t go wrong with Louis.]
[Alt text for accompanying image: The box set case is meant to look like a leather suitcase. It has “Satchmo” written in the center close to the top, and has a number of different reproductions of stickers randomly placed underneath, e.g., one for The Cotton Club in NYC, one for Hotel Sherman in Chicago, and one for Majestic Lines European cruiseship.]
https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/03/24/louis-armstrong-satchmo-ambassador-of-jazz-2011-us/
Louis Armstrong and his all-stars - Satch Plays Fats
A 1956 copy (from my Dad's collection) of a disc from Holland, clearly bought by him when he was in the Air Force (as a physician, stationed in Germany)…and I can't help but think of him trying to relax in any downtime listening to Satchmo and his band covering these Fats Waller tunes.
This mono Phillips version sounds great.
#nowplaying #jazz #dixieland #satchmo #louisarmstrong #vinyl
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