Posted on 12/16/2011 12:12:34 PM PST by sussex
Louis Armstrong plays and sings Edith Piaf’s love song “La vie en rose”. Not only does he manage to convey the romantic message of the lyrics with his gruff and gravelly voice but he proceeds to offer a masterclass in jazz trumpet…..
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Thanks. What a great song.
Loved it (along with the rest of the score/music) in “French Kiss”.
My all time favorite song, his What a Wonderful World!!
Here’s the direct link to the video, without the trip to the blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8IJzYAda1wA#!
No, my first thought of Louis Armstrong is usually his version of “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You.”
I actually have a copy of what is apparently Armstrong’s first recorded appearance. It’s a 78-rpm record of King Oliver’s band on the Gennett label from around 1924, in which Armstrong was a sideman. A old neighbor gave me her collection of a few hundred 78s which belonged to her father. He’d been a budding musician in the 20s, and bought a lot of jazz/dance band records to help him learn to play. Pre-radio, that was the only way to keep up with the latest musical trends (and in the 20s, the musical trends and advancements used to move at an incredibly rapid clip).
But don't get me started on Kenny Gorelick's lame attempt at musical necrophilia, when he had the audacity to do a posthumous duet with Satchmo on that.
A British interviewer once made the mistake of asking Louie to define "jazz". His answer was priceless, "If you gots to axe da question, you won't understan' da answer." Perfect.
What a great post. Thank you. Here are some favorite Armstrong quotes:
I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has always been my music, it’s always come first, but the music ain’t worth nothing if you can’t lay it on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, ‘cause what you’re there for is to please the people.
All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.
What is jazz? Man, if you have to ask you’ll never know.
There’s some folks, that, if they don’t know, you can’t tell ‘em.
If it wasn’t for jazz, there wouldn’t be no rock and roll.
[on being asked about his #1 song “Hello Dolly”] It sure feels good to be up there with [The Beatles].
A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
http://blueopossum.homestead.com/Armstrong.html
Louis’ duets with Ella Fitzgerald are superb.
Their “April in Paris” is an absolute joy.
Funny last name. He should shorten it by about seven letters.
“My all time favorite song, his What a Wonderful World!!”
That song never fails to bring a tear to my eyes.
I have a Cd with a collection of Satchmo favorites. I also like the one he did with Bing Crosby - “Gone Fishin”
Satchmo was a class act.
The song title Romantic should be capitalized.
Yeah, they do my favorite version of “Baby it’s Cold Outside”.
As a teenager living in Europe I had the privilege of seeing Satchmo in concert and shaking his hand afterwards.
What impressed me even more was shaking the hand of Clifford Brown when I saw him in concert with Lionel Hampton.
Loved his song in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” - We Have All The Time In The World.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJeEwkVoUpk
I remember his romantic songs but my favorite will always be the very first one I ever heard him do, “Ten Feet off the Ground”.
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