jazzbo Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 I'm not sure we have a thread dedicated solely to the UrFather, the Man, Louis Armstrong. Summer is coming on. . . and summer is always a time that I pull out Armstrong and play. I pulled out the Autobiography sessions yesterday and was just totally overwhelmed once more with the expressive power, the sly and clever self-editing, the personality that resonates from this music. There simply is no other musician who quite communicates to me with such a strong and clear link. The beautiful full and rich sound of the horn. The swing that any three notes represent in a way so few others ever could. The texture in the voice. The choice, oh the uncanny choice of note and shade and placement. Put on some Pops today and be elevated! Quote
John L Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 Put on some Pops today and be elevated! Excellent idea, Lon. Thanks. I will. Quote
sal Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 I don't listen to much pre-bebop jazz, but Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens are some of my favorite recordings in my collection. Such moving, emotional, and fun music. Haven't spun them in a while, will remedy that this weekend. Quote
paul secor Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 Some cool Louis with Johnny Cash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqc209-rwNI Quote
jazzbo Posted May 30, 2007 Author Report Posted May 30, 2007 Don't pass this one by if you're a Pops fan. . . awesome! Quote
Jazz Kat Posted May 31, 2007 Report Posted May 31, 2007 I don't listen to much pre-bebop jazz, but Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens are some of my favorite recordings in my collection. Such moving, emotional, and fun music. Haven't spun them in a while, will remedy that this weekend. I don't listen to his pre-bop recordings. I listen to is 60's pop stuff from time to time. I probaly wouldn't if those songs weren't so sentimental. Quote
Harold_Z Posted May 31, 2007 Report Posted May 31, 2007 Something for all of us to enjoy, but espescially for those who haven't had the pleasure....One of the classic lineups. DIG POPS AND THE ALL STARS! Pops is tops ! Quote
Harold_Z Posted May 31, 2007 Report Posted May 31, 2007 (edited) Another one. Not billed as the All Stars, but really an all star lineup. Pops and Big T Edited May 31, 2007 by Harold_Z Quote
gslade Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 Don't pass this one by if you're a Pops fan. . . awesome! Looks like I need to----- Add another to the list Quote
mmilovan Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 Especially, I like to listen to All Star sides and live concerts he made around 1947. with Teagarden, Big Sid Catlett and Earl Hines. Among greatest recordings he ever made. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 I don't listen to his pre-bop recordings. I listen to is 60's pop stuff from time to time. I probaly wouldn't if those songs weren't so sentimental. Could somebody please explain this kind of logic (if any) to me? Did Pops record any bop (a.k.a. jiu jitsu music in his lingo) at all? So is there anything by him AFTER his "pre-bop recordings" to listen to? Does this mean jazzkat listens to those Pops recordings that are the most non-jazz recordings of his that he ever made? Strange, very strange ... Quote
Tom Storer Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 I think he meant recordings made chronologically before the bebop era, not recordings that are stylistically pre-bebop, since that's all Louis ever made. Jazz Kat, I hope you haven't overlooked the collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald and with Duke Ellington, which are gems and belong in every jazz fan's collection! Quote
John L Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 I think he meant recordings made chronologically before the bebop era, not recordings that are stylistically pre-bebop, since that's all Louis ever made. Jazz Kat, I hope you haven't overlooked the collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald and with Duke Ellington, which are gems and belong in every jazz fan's collection! Louis Armstrong is pre-bop, post-bop: the past before bop and the future after bop. That doesn't mean that he is bop. Quote
Shawn Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 Louis fits into no category...he is his own category!!! Quote
montg Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 I recently read an anecdote (maybe apochryphal) where Ruby Braff was in some sort of comatose state late in life until someone played a recording of Pops singing 'I'm in the Mood for Love', which pulled Braff back into consciousness. Lon, you mentioned the autobiographical sessions--I really enjoy those too. Another one from that period that I really enjoy is the ambassador satch album--a positive vibe, for sure. Quote
jazzbo Posted June 1, 2007 Author Report Posted June 1, 2007 (edited) Ambassador Satch, yes. . . . I've had an lp, the most recent cd, and I recently found a cheap copy of the SACD of this and really enjoy listening to it. This is one of the seminal records that helped make my friend Dave a jazz fanatic and trumpet player when he encountered it in the early seventies (about the same time a copy of Plays W. C. Handy was making me a Pops fan a few hundred miles away!) Today I'm going to play parts of the Columbia "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" box set. This is a great collection (especially the booklet) and though most of it is now available in better sound, still sounds good and flows really well (great for iPod/i-deck listening)! Edited June 1, 2007 by jazzbo Quote
LarryCurleyMoe Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 I Love Pops! His music from the 30's is a GAS! "Skeletons in the closet on parade" is a favorite of mine...from "Pennies from Heaven." Love "Cabin in the Sky" - pops looks groovy with horns! You're right Lon, SUMMERTIME is a GREAT TIME to listen to Louis. With the price of gas as high as it is, I just hang out in the back yard and "party!" I'm installing outdoor speakers to pipe jazz & other music to the back yard! Old-timey jazz & country music in the summer is a groove! I just ordered the "Now You Has Jazz" at your rec. Lon and can't wait to get it! Quote
jazzbo Posted June 1, 2007 Author Report Posted June 1, 2007 Alright! I'm sure you're going to enjoy it! Nice collection of stuff rarely seen outside that collection and it's a good summertime record! Quote
LarryCurleyMoe Posted June 1, 2007 Report Posted June 1, 2007 I'm now hosting a temporary radio show ("Flying Home") on a local community station - jazz before 1950 and use a lot of the Chronological Classics Pops & Hot 5's/7's on Columbia. Additonally, I play music by many other early pioneers - McKinney Cotton Pickers, Moten, Trumbauer, Mole, Bechet, etc...and feel that this is a good program for the SUMMER TIME when folks may be out on the porch, cookin' yard bird, and so forth. A lot of jazz really is PARTY MUSIC!! Quote
jazzbo Posted June 1, 2007 Author Report Posted June 1, 2007 Definitely, the music grew from partyin', the music was serious, as serious as your life partyin' music. . . . Congrats on the show! Must be a lot of fun. I'm a big fan of that early jazz as well. It's uplifting and more and more I need the uplift! Quote
jazzbo Posted June 1, 2007 Author Report Posted June 1, 2007 You know recent listening to the Berigan and Prima/Manone Mosaics has shown how deep the love for Pops goes in the sound and approach of those cats. Pops was just so important! Quote
Tom Storer Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 Louis Armstrong is pre-bop, post-bop: the past before bop and the future after bop. That doesn't mean that he is bop. That's a nice companion piece to the quip Tommy Flanagan liked to make: "Bebop is the music from before the Beatles... and after the Beatles." Quote
John L Posted June 2, 2007 Report Posted June 2, 2007 Louis Armstrong is pre-bop, post-bop: the past before bop and the future after bop. That doesn't mean that he is bop. That's a nice companion piece to the quip Tommy Flanagan liked to make: "Bebop is the music from before the Beatles... and after the Beatles." I seem to recall that you and I together heard Tommy Flanagan make that comment at a concert in Paris. Quote
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