LOUIS ARMSTRONG - CLASSICS

WNTS

£22.50

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: WNTSC11939
Barcode: 3760396021030
Release Date: 17 May 2024
Genre: Jazz

An incredible, charismatic personality, composer, singer and actor, Louis Armstrong remains one of the most influential figures in jazz. His influence on the development of jazz is almost impossible to measure. Billie Holiday said she always wanted to have the big sound of Bessie Smith and the feeling of Armstrong in her singing. This "Golden Classics" compilation includes some of her best recordings, all carefully remastered: "La Vie en rose", "C'est si bon", "You Rascal You", "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and the George Gershwin standard "Summertime", both performed by the delightful Ella Fitzgerald. In a 1971 interview with DownBeat magazine, Duke Ellington said: "If anyone was a master, it was Louis Armstrong. He was and will remain the embodiment of jazz." Louis Armstrong was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a pioneer.

TRACKLIST:
FACE A
A1. C'est si bon !
A2. Dream a Little Dream of Me
A3. Someday You'll Be Sorry
A4. When You're Smiling
A5. Stormy Weather
FACE B
B1. La vie en rose
B2. You Rascal You
B3. Struttin' With Some BBQ
B4. Summertime
B5. When It's Sleepy Time Down South