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Louis ARMSTRONG

C'est si bon

release : 2001

This new selection of recordings by Louis Armstrong is the indispensable supplement to the CD, ‘Fireworks’, belonging to the same collection, which included the impressive series of master-pieces cut in 1928 by the inspired trumpeter and singer. Here, we may appreciate the sides dating from the 1940 to 1950 period, when the mature Armstrong at his zenith, was in full control of his talent and his public impact to the point where he could transfigure any song and attract a prestigious audience from wider horizons, not only the conventional jazz fans.
He is thus found in a great variety of situations, from the big studio band to the combo with its New Orleans instrumentation, as the unique soloist or sharing the limelight with the other soloists from his ‘all stars’, including a few jazzmen who were to go down in history, from Sidney Bechet to Jack Teagarden, or again with suitable vocal partners such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Louis Jordan, with whom he invented, much to everyone’s surprise, age-resistant hits which are still successful today, or took an everlasting lease on traditional tunes or hits from bygone days. Armstrong’s full splendour can be discovered in the two French songs which he recorded half-way through the century, C’est si bon and La Vie en rose in the same way it is apparent in When It’s Sleepy Time Down South, his signature tune, and in I Wonder,
That’s For Me and Lovely Weather We’re Having, in trifling pieces which he transcended in a disarming manner, and it comes gushes out in the repertory taking him back to his Louisiana roots. The technical quality emphasises the extraordinary fullness, the unparalleled warmth of his sound, the timbre of his voice and the stupendous swing which enlivens each instrumental or sung phrase.

Claude Carrière

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    1.C'est si bon03:04 (Hornez Andre (Adap. Seelen Jerry) - Betti Ange) Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Melvin "Red" Solomon, Bernie Privin, Paul Webster (tp), Morton Bullman (tb), Hymie Schertzer, Milt Yaner (as), Art Drelinger, Bill Holcomb (ts), Earl Hines (p), Everett Barksdale (g), George Duvivier (b), Johnny Blowers (d), Sy Oliver (arr, cond) - New York, 26 June 1950.

  • 2.You won't be satisfied02:54 (James F./Stock L. - James F./Stock L.) Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald acc. by Bob Haggart's Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Billy Butterfield (tp), Bill Stegmeyer (cl, as), George Koenig (as), Jack Greenberg, Art Drellinger (ts), Milton Chatz (bar), Joe Bushkin (p), Danny Perri (g), Trigger Alpert (b), Cozy Cole (d), Bob Haggart (cond) - New York, 18 Jan. 1946.

  • 3.You can't lose a broken heart03:16 (Johnson J.P./Miller F.E. - Johnson J.P./Miller F.E.) Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday with Sy Oliver√ïs Orchestra: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday (voc), Bernie Privin (tp), Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (as), Art Drellinger (ts), Pat Nizza (ts, bar), Billy Kyle (p), Everett Barksdale (g), Joe Benjamin (b), James Crawford (d), Sy Oliver (arr, cond) - New York, 30 Sep. 1949.

  • 4.Blues for yesterday02:37 (Carr Lester) Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Vic Dickenson (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Leonard Feather (p), Allan Reuss (g), Red Callender (b), Zutty Singleton (d) - Los Angeles, 6 Sep. 1946.

  • 5.Perdido street blues03:02 (Armstrong Lil - Armstrong Lil) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Claude Jones (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Luis Russell (p), Bernard Addison (g), Wellman Braud (b), Zutty Singleton (d)..

  • 6.When it's sleepy time down south03:15 (Rene Lyon/Muse Clarence/Rene Otid - Rene Lyon/Muse Clarence/Rene Otid) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp), Shelton Hemphill, Frank Galbraith, Gene Prince (tp), George Washington, Norman Greene, Henderson Chambers (tb), Rupert Cole, Carl Frye (as), Joe Garland, Prince Robinson (ts), Luis Russell (p, dir), Lawrence Lucie (g), Hayes Alvis (b), Sidney Catlett (d) - Chicago, 16 Nov. 1941.

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    7.La vie en rose03:25 (Piaf Edith - Louiguy) Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Melvin "Red" Solomon, Bernie Privin, Paul Webster (tp), Morton Bullman (tb), Hymie Schertzer, Milt Yaner (as), Art Drelinger, Bill Holcomb (ts), Earl Hines (p), Everett Barksdale (g), George Duvivier (b), Johnny Blowers (d), Sy Oliver (arr, cond) - New York, 25 June 1950.

  • 8.Dream a little dream of me03:06 (Andree F./Kahn Gus/Schwandt W. - Andree F./Kahn Gus/Schwandt W.) Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald acc. by Sy Oliver√ïs Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Paul Webster (tp), Hank D√ïAmico (cl), Frank Ludwig (ts), Hank Jones (p), Everett Barksdale (g), Ray Brown (b), Johnny Blowers (d), Sy Oliver (arr, cond) - New York, 26 June 1950.

  • 9.You rascal you03:06 (Thread S. - Thread S.) Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Louis Jordan (as, voc), Aaron Izenhall (tp), Josh Jackson (ts), Bill Doggett (p), Bill Jennings (g), Bob Bushnell (b), Joe Morris (d) - New York, 23 Aug. 1950.

  • 10.Do you know what it means03:02 (Delange E. - Alter L.) Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Kid Ory (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Charlie Beal (p), Bud Scott (g), Red Callender (b), Minor Hall (d) - Los Angeles, 17 Oct. 1946.

  • 11.Long Long Journey04:30 (Feather Leonard - Feather Leonard) Leonard Feather's Esquire All American 1946 Award Winners: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Duke Ellington (p), Charlie Shavers (tp), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Don Byas (ts), Remo Palmieri (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Sonny Greer (d) - New York, 10 Jan. 1946.

  • 12.Rockin' chair03:07 (Carmichael H. - Carmichael H.) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Bobby Hackett (cnt), Jack Teagarden (tb, voc), Peanuts Hucko (cl, ts), Ernie Caceres (cl, bar), Johnny Guarnieri (p, celeste), Al Casey (g), Al Hall (b), Cozy Cole (d) - New York, 10 June 1947.

  • 13.Where the blues were born in New Orleans03:09 (Dixon C./Carleton B. - Dixon C./Carleton B.) Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Kid Ory (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Charlie Beal (p), Bud Scott (g), Red Callender (b), Minor Hall (d) - Los Angeles, 17 Oct. 1946.

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    14.I wonder02:39 (Gante Cecil/Leveen Raymond - Gant Cecil/Leveen Raymond) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Billy Butterfield (tp), Sid Stoneburn, Jules Rubin (as, cl), Bill Stegmeyer, Arthur Rollini (ts, cl), Paul Ricci (bar, bcl), Dave Bowman (p), Carl Kress (g), Bob Haggart (b), Johnny Blowers (d) - New York, 14 Jan. 1945.

  • 15.The blues are brewin'02:57 (Alter L./Delange E. - Alter L./Delange E.) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Robert Butler, Louis Gray, Fats Ford, Ed Mullens (tp), Russell Moore, Waddet Williams, Nat Allen, James Whitney (tb), Don Hill, Amos Gordon (as), Joe Garland, John Sparrow (ts), Ernest Thompson (bar), Earl Mason (p), Elmer Warner (g), Arvell Shaw (b), Edmond McConnery (d) - Los Angeles, 17 Oct. 1946.

  • 16.Lovely weather we're having03:18 (Bushkin Joe/Devried J. - Bushkin Joe/Devried J.) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Jack Teagarden (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Dick Cary (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Sidney Catlett (d) - Chicago, 16 Oct. 1947.

  • 17.Jack Armstrong Blues03:01 (Armstrong Louis/Teagarden Jack - Armstrong Louis/Teagarden Jack) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Bobby Hackett (cnt), Jack Teagarden (tb, voc), Peanuts Hucko (cl, ts), Ernie Caceres (cl, bar), Johnny Guarnieri (p, celeste), Al Casey (g), Al Hall (b), Cozy Cole (d) - New York, 10 June 1947.

  • 18.That's for me05:07 (Rodgers Richard/Hammerstein II Oscar - Rodgers Richard/Hammerstein II Oscar) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Jack Teagarden (tb, voc), Barney Bigard (cl), Earl Hines (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Cozy Cole (d) - New York, 26 April 1950.

  • 19.Back O'Town blues03:17 (Armstrong Louis/Russell L. - Armstrong Louis/Russell L.) Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Ludwig Jordan, Ed Mullens, Fats Ford, William √íChieftie√ì Scott (tp), √íBig Chief√ì Russell Moore, Adam Martin, Norman Powe, Al Cobbs (tb), Don Hill, Amos Gordon (as), John Sparrow, Joe Garland (ts), Ernest Thompson (bar), Ed Swanston (p), Elmer Warner (g), Arvell Shaw (b), Butch Ballard (d), Velma Middleton (voc) - New York, 27 April 1946.

  • 20.New Orleans function06:14 (Handy W. - Handy W.) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Jack Teagarden (tb, voc), Barney Bigard (cl), Earl Hines (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Cozy Cole (d) - New York, 26 April 1950.

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