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LOUIS ARMSTRONG STORY
(durata ’58)
Video originale fuori commercio realizzato da Giorgio Lombardi per il Museo del Jazz,
con la collaborazione di Sergio Portaleoni e Gianni Sorgia, dedicato alla vicenda
artistica del grande trombettista Louis Armstrong.
Elenco dei brani che costituiscono l’ossatura della video-antologia:
1. WEST END BLUES (il capolavoro di Satchmo registrato nel 1928 con gli storici
“Hot Five” con Earl Hines al pianoforte – in mancanza di filmati d’epoca il brano è
eseguito in sottofondo a fotomontaggi con fotografie e materiale originale.
2. I COVER THE WATERFRONT ( Copenhagen, October 21, 1933)
Louis Armstrong tp, vo, Charles D. Johnson tp, Lionel Guimares tb, Peter Duconge
cl, as, Fletcher Allen, Henry Tyres o Alfred Pratt sax, Just Baretto p, German
Arango b, Oliver Times dm.
3. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, BABY (1942)
Louis Armstrong tp, voc. L’orchestra include Henderson Chambers, James Whitney
& George Washington tb, Lawrence Lucie g, John Simmons b, Sidney Catlett dm.
4. A WATCHA SAY ( Hollywood – agosto 1944 )
Louis Armstrong tp, vo, Dorothy Dandridge voc. L’orchestra include Herby
Flemming tb, Dexter Gordon ten.
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS ( settembre 1946 )
Louis Armstrong tp, vo, Billie Holiday vo, Kid Ory tb, Barney Bigard cl, Charley Beal
p, Bud Scott g, Red Callender b, Sidney Catlett dm.
6. WHERE THE BLUES WAS BORN IN NEW ORLEANS
Stessa formazione.
7. THE GOLDWIN STOMP ( 1947 – 1948 )
Louis Armstrong tp, Lionel Hampton vibr. L’orchestra include inoltre Benny Carter
as, Vic Dickenson tb, Zutty Singleton dm.
8. A SONG WAS BORN
Louis Armstrong tb, vo, Tommy Dorsey tb, Benny Goodman cl, Charlie Barnet as,
Lionel Hampton vib, Mel Powell p, Al Hendrickson g, Harry Babasin b, Louis
Bellson dm, The Golden Gate Quartet vo, The Brazilians con Laurindo Almeida g,
Jeri Southern vo, che doppia Virginia Mayo.
9. BASIN STREET BLUES (concerto, Francia, 1955 )
Louis Armstrong pt, Edmund Hall cl, Trummy Young tb, Billy Kyle p, Arvell Shaw b,
Barrett Deems dm.
10. BIRTH OF THE BLUES
11. NOW YOU HAS JAZZ ( Hollywood estate 1956 )
Louis Armstrong tp, vo. Con Frank Sinatra ( I titolo ) e Bing Crosby ( II titolo ).
Trummy Young tb, Edmund Hall cl, Billy Kyle p, Arvell Shaw b, Barrett Deems dm
+ Orchestra Camarata.
12. ROCKIN’ CHAIR ( Dicembre 30, 1957 )
Louis Armstrong tp, vo, Jack Teagarden tb, vo, Bobby Hackett cnt, Peanuts
Hucko cl, Billy Kyle p, Squire Gersh b, Barrett Deems dm.
13. JEEPERS CREEPERS ( aprile 1958 )
Louis Armstrong tp, vo, Ruby Eraff cnt, Jack Teagarden to, vo, Tony Parentl cl,
Marty Napoleon p, Chuppy Jackson b, Cozy Cole dm.
14. ST. LOUIS BLUES
Louis Armstrong tp, vo, George Shearing p, Gerry Mulligan bs, Lionel Hampton
vib, Chubby Jackson b, Jack Teagarden tb, Gene Krupa, Cory Cole, John
Philip Sousa dm.
15. UMBRELLA MAN ( novembre 1958 )
Louis Armstrong & Dizzy Gillespie tp, vo, Junior Mance p, vo, Les Spann g,
Sam Jones b, Lex Humphries dm.
16. BASIN STREET BLUES (Anversa, 1959 )
Louis Armstrong tp, Peanuts Hucko cl, Trummy Young Trne, Billy Kile p, Mort
Herbert cb, Danny Barcelona dr,
17. WHEN IT’S TIME DOWN SOUTH
(Prova del Festival di Newport 10 luglio 1970) “ 70 Years Birthday”
Louis Armstrong vo, Bobby Hackett cnt, Tyree Glenn tb, Dave McKenna p,
Jack Lesberg b, Oliver Jackson
18. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
Stessa formazione come sopra.
19. HELLO, DOLLY ( 1969 )
Louis Armstrong & Barbara Streisand vo, con orchestra
20. HELLO, LOUIS ( Ella Fitzgerald, 23 ottobre 1972)
Doc Severinsen, Max Kaminsky, Dizzy Gillespie tp, Bobby Hackett cnt, Tyree
Glenn tb, Barney Bigard cl, Earl Hines p, Arvell Shaw b, Barrett Deems dm.
Ella Fitzgerald vo.