Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong ( 4 august 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana - 6 iulie 1971, New York City) a fost un trompetist si cantaret de jazz, unul din exponentii cei mai reprezentativi ai "Stilului New Orleans" in muzica de jazz executata in Chicago in jurul anilor 1920 - 1930.
Louis Armstrong- Biografie
Louis Armstrong, nascut in New Orleans (Louisiana) a avut o copilarie zbuciumata; parintii s-au despartit la putin timp dupa nasterea sa. A fost incredintat sa fie crescut unei matuse, Josephine, in timp ce mama sa, cu mare probabilitate, practica prostitutia. A fost atras de muzica din frageda tinerete, canta la colturi de strada impreuna cu grupuri improvizate, neavand posibilitatea si nici forta sa foloseasca un instrument de suflat, care ar fi corespuns dorintei lui. Aceasta practica muzicala spontana, neslefuita i-a permis sa dezvolte o intonatie optima si un deosebit simt al improvizatiei, caracteristica esentiala a jazzului. Viata de strada comporta insa riscuri, minor fiind, este surprins in posesia unui pistol si este condamnat sa petreaca doi ani intr-o casa de corectie. Aici canta in corul institutiei si primeste primele lectii de trompeta de la Peter Davis. Dupa ce a fost eliberat, cutreiera strazile New Orleans-lui impreuna cu o mica formatie orchestrala simpatizata de populatia orasului, executand, printre altele, bucata "When the Saints Go Marchin'in", care - ani mai tarziu - avea sa fie una din piesele sale cele mai interpretate. In cursul acelor peregrinari prin oras, il intalneste pe Joe Oliver, considerat cel mai bun cornetist din New Orleans, supranumit "King Oliver", care ii da lectii de trompeta, il accepta in formatia sa si, intr-o seara, Armstrong il substituie cu succes pe trompetistul orchestrei, Kid Ory, el insusi o celebritate locala. Abia in noiembrie 1918, stimulat de performantele efectuate pe "riverboats" - mici vase ce navigau pe Mississippi - incepe sa invete notele muzicale si sa descifreze partituri, devenind astfel un muzician profesionist complet.
In anul 1922 se muta la Chicago, care devenise in acea vreme centrul muzicii de jazz, in continua dezvoltare. In aceasta perioada a maturizarii sale artistice, Louis Armstrong este preocupat de rigorile polifonice ale liniilor muzicale, avand tendinta de a conferi solistului un rol in acelasi timp conducator, dar si integrat in textura muzicala. Este angajat de "King Oliver", venit si el la Chicago, in formatia "Creole Jazz Band", unde are posibilitatea ca trompetist solist sa-si desfasoare intreaga virtuozitate pe care o dobandise intre timp. Intr-adevar, iubitorii de jazz sunt unanimi in a recunoaste in executiile lui "Satchmo" inventivitate, fantezie ritmica si melodica, unite cu un impresionant volum sonor si un timbru de neuitat. In anul 1924 paraseste formatia lui Oliver si intra in "Big Band"-ul lui Fletcher Henderson din New York, un colos al jazz-ului, care dispunea de una din cele mai bune orchestre ale timpului, cu interpreti de prestigiu. Cu aceasta orchestra, Armstrong are posibilitatea sa inregistreze discuri avand ca parteneri celebritati ca Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith si multi altii. Se hotaraste sa se dedice carierei de solist si inregistreaza "Hot Fives and Hot Sevens", transformand jazz-ul in una din cele mai inalte expresii ale muzicii, cu sunetul clar si briliant al trompetei sale si cu vocea sa ragusita, pornita parca din fundul gatlejului. Urmeaza o serie de succese si, datorita prezentei sale carismatice, contribuie la ruperea oricaror bariere rasiale, devenind unul din primii "stars" de culoare in muzica americana.
In ultimii ani ai vietii, Louis Armstrong personifica la cel mai inalt nivel muzica de jazz si devine - impreuna cu formatia sa "All Stars" - ambasadorul acestui gen in intreaga lume. Tendinta comercializanta a unor impresari lipsiti de scrupule nu l-a scutit insa nici pe el de anumite concesii facute succeselor ieftine, printre altele in unele filme pe care le-a turnat. Louis Armstrong, "The King of Jazz", cum a mai fost numit, se imbolaveste, din pacate de cancer la git. Desi medicul ii spune sa renunte la trompeta, Armstrong nu poate sa o facae si in cele din urma moare in ziua de 6 iulie 1971, in casa sa din cartierul Queens al orasului New York.
Louis Armstrong - Discografie
Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
- Best Foot Forward (1963)
- Liza! Liza! (1964)
- Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live at the London Palladium (1965)
- Flora the Red Menace (1965)
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy (1954)
Side 1
1. "St. Louis Blues" (Handy) - 8:50
2. "Yellow Dog Blues" (Handy) - 4:16
3. "Loveless Love" (Handy) - 4:28
4. "Aunt Hagar's Blues" (Brymn, Handy) - 4:57
5. "Long Gone (From Bowling Green)" (Handy, Smith) - 5:08
Side 2
1. "Memphis Blues" (Handy, Norton) - 2:59
2. "Beale Street Blues" (Handy) - 4:56
3. "Ole Miss Blues" (Handy) - 3:25
4. "Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low)" (Handy) - 4:48
5. "Hesitating Blues" (Handy) - 5:20
6. "Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet on Your Floor)" (Elman, Handy) - 4:33
High Society (1956)
1. "High Society" (Overture) - Cole Porter Orchestra
2. "High Society Calypso" - Louis Armstrong
3. "Little One" - Bing Crosby
4. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" - Celeste Holm, Frank Sinatra
5. "True Love" - Crosby, Grace Kelly
6. "You're Sensational" - Frank Sinatra
7. "I Love You, Samantha" - Crosby
8. "Now You Has Jazz" - Armstrong, Crosby
9. "Well, Did You Evah!" - Crosby, Sinatra
10. "Mind if I Make Love to You?" - Sinatra
Ella and Louis (1956)
1. “Can't We Be Friends?” (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:45
2. “Isn't This a Lovely Day?” (Irving Berlin) – 6:14
3. “Moonlight in Vermont” (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:40
4. “They Can't Take That Away from Me” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36
5. “Under a Blanket of Blue” (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 4:16
6. “Tenderly” (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 5:05
7. “A Foggy Day” (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:31
8. “Stars Fell on Alabama” (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:32
9. “Cheek to Cheek” (Berlin) – 5:52
10. “The Nearness of You” (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:40
11. “April in Paris” (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 6:33
Ella and Louis Again (1957)
1. "Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 5:01
2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:59
3. "They All Laughed" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:50
4. "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 2:28
5. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 6:00
6. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Cole Porter) – 8:44
7. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Goodman, Andy Razaf, Sampson, Chick Webb) – 5:16
8. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:47
9. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:11
10. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:15
11. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 7:40
12. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 3:12
13. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:21
14. "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" (Berlin) – 3:28
15. "A Fine Romance" (Fields, Kern) – 3:56
16. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:45
17. "Our Love is Here to Stay" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:01
18. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Porter) – 4:21
19. "Learnin' the Blues" (Delores Vicki Silvers) – 7:11
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
1. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:42
2. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
3. "I'll Never Be the Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) – 3:29
4. "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:10
5. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:56
6. "I Was Doing All Right" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:20
7. "What's New?" (Sonny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:40
8. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 4:31
9. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 4:02
10. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) – 2:14
11. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:24
12. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11
Porgy and Bess (Armstrong & Fitzgerald album) (1957)
1. "Overture" (George Gershwin) – 10:52
2. "Summertime" – 4:58
3. "I Wants to Stay Here" – 4:38
4. "My Man's Gone Now" – 4:02
5. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" – 3:52
6. "Buzzard Song" – 2:58
7. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" – 5:28
8. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:34
9. "What You Want Wid Bess?" – 1:59
10. "Woman Is a Sometime Thing" – 4:47
11. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" – 2:00
12. Medley: "Here Come de Honey Man"/"Crab Man"/"Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine" – 3:29
13. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 4:54
14. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" – 2:36
15. "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!" – 2:57
American Freedom (1961)
1. "Duke's Place"
2. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
3. "Cotton Tail"
4. "Mood Indigo"
5. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"
6. "Beautiful American"
7. "Black and Tan Fantasy"
8. "Drop Me Off in Harlem"
9. "The Mooche"
10. "In a Mellow Tone"
11. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
12. "Solitude"
13. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
14. "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
15. "Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)"
16. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"
17. "Azalea"
The Real Ambassadors (1994)
1. “Everybody’s Comin’” (1:45)
2. “Cultural Exchange” (4:38)
3. “Good Reviews” (2:05)
4. “Remember Who You Are” (2:29)
5. “My One Bad Habit” (2:37)
6. “Lonesome” (2:24)
7. “Summer Song” (3:14)
8. “King for a Day” (3:40)
9. “Blow Satchmo” (0:44)
10. “The Real Ambassadors” (3:08)
11. “Nomad” (2:51)
12. “In the Lurch” (2:28)
13. “One Moment Worth Years” (4:17)
14. “You Swing Baby (The Duke)” (2:31)
15. “Summer Song” (2:32)
16. “They Say I Look Like God” (5:26)
17. “I Didn’t Know Until You Told Me” (2:58)
18. “Since Love Had Its Way” (2:31)
19. “Easy As You Go” (2:32)
20. “Swing Bells / Blow Satchmo / Finale” (6:05)
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997)
Disc One
1. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:45
2. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) – 6:14
3. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:40
4. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36
5. "Under a Blanket of Blue" (Jerry Livingston, Al. J Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 4:16
6. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 5:05
7. "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:31
8. "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:32
9. "Cheek to Cheek" (Berlin) – 5:52
10. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:40
11. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 6:33
Disc Two
1. "Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 5:01
2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:59
3. "They All Laughed" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:50
4. "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 2:28
5. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 6:00
6. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Cole Porter) – 8:44
7. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Goodman, Andy Razaf, Sampson, Chick Webb) – 5:16
8. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:47
9. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:11
10. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:15
11. "These Foolish Things" (Harry link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 7:40
12. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Berlin) – 3:12
13. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:21
14. "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" (Berlin) – 3:28
15. "A Fine Romance" (Fields, Kern) – 3:56
16. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:45
17. "Our Love is Here to Stay" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:01
18. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Porter) – 4:21
19. "Learnin' the Blues" (Delores Vicki Silvers) – 7:11
20. "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (Freddie James, Larry Stock) – 3:53
21. "Undecided" (Sydney Robin, Charlie Shavers) – 3:39
Disc Three
1. Overture (G. Gershwin) – 10:52
2. "Summertime" – 4:58
3. "I Wants to Stay Here" – 4:38
4. "My Man's Gone Now" – 4:02
5. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" – 3:52
6. "Buzzard Song" – 2:58
7. "Bess, You is My Woman Now" – 5:28
8. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 6:34
9. "What You Want Wid Bess?" – 1:59
10. "Woman Is a Sometime Thing" – 4:47
11. "Oh, Doctor Jesus" – 2:00
12. Medley: "Here Come de Honey Man"/"Crab Man"/"Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine" – 3:29
13. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 4:54
14. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" – 2:36
15. "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!" – 2:57
Single
A
A Kiss To Build a Dream On
April in Paris (song)
Autumn in New York (song)
B
Back Home Again in Indiana
Basin Street Blues
Blueberry Hill (song)
D
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Dream a Little Dream of Me
G
Georgia on My Mind
H
Heebie Jeebies (composition) Hello, Dolly! (song)
J
Jeepers Creepers (song)
K
Kiss of Fire
L
Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love
M
Mack the Knife
Muggles (recording)
N
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Now You Has Jazz
O
On a Little Bamboo Bridge
P
Pennies from Heaven (song)
Performers of When the Saints Go Marching In
Potato Head Blues
S
Shine (1910 song)
Skokiaan
St. James Infirmary Blues
St. Louis Blues (song)
Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)
Stardust (song) Stars Fell on Alabama
T
That Lucky Old Sun
Tiger Rag
V
La Vie en rose
W
We Have All the Time in the World
West End Blues
What a Wonderful World
When the Saints Go Marching In
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