Louis Armstrong

 

Artist:  Louis Armstrong
Born:  August 4, 1901.  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Died:  July 6, 1971 (Aged 69).  Corona, Queens, New York City, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Traditional Pop
Occupations:  Musician
Instruments:  Trumpet, Cornet, Vocals

Louis Armstrong was an American Jazz Trumpeter and Singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.  Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops.  He was a foundational influence in Jazz and an influential Singer and a great improviser and he was one of the first truly popular African-American's influence extends well beyond Jazz Music.

Artist:  Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

Title:  The Great Summit (Limited Edition Colored Vinyl 180 Gram) 

(2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Traditional Pop

Label:  Ober Entertainment/20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP. 

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Duke's Place (5:03)

 2.  I'm Just A Lucky So And So (3:09)

 3.  Cottontail (3:42)

 4.  Mood Indigo (3:57)

 5.  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (2:38)

Side B:

 1.  The Beautiful American (3:08)

 2.  Black And Tan Fantasy (3:59)

 3.  Drop Me Off In Harlem (3:49)

 4.  The Mooche (3:38)

 5. In A Mellow Tone (3:48)

Bonus Track:

 6.  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (4:16)

Personnel:

Louis Armstrong:  Trumpet, Vocals

Due Ellington:  Piano

Trummy Young:  Trombone

Barney Bigard:  Clarinet

Mort Herbert:  Bass

Danny Barcelona:  Drums

Bonus Track:  B6

Lous Armstrong:  Vocals

with Russell Garcia's Orchestra:

Russ Garcia:  Conductor

Frank Beach, Buddy Childers, Cappy Lewis: Trumpets

Mill Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyale:  Trombones

Vincent DeRosa:  Flugelhorn

Paul Smith:  Piano

Tony Rizzi:  Guitar

Joe Mondragon: Bass

Alvin Stoller:  Drums

The Great Summit is the 1961 album by Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, originally released in 1961 by Roulette/Blue Note, remastered and reissued in 2021 by 20th Century Masterworks.  Limited Edition in Colored VirginVinyl 180 Gram, plus Bonus Track.