"Jack-Armstrong Blues" V-Disc 1944

[Larry Kart]

Just ran across this. Some sublime playing. The longer of two takes. Teagarden and Lou McGarity begin by trading off, then Louis, a visitor to the session, begins to play and Heaven's Gate opens wide:

Some further info:

http://www.storyvillerecords.com/products/midnights-at-v-disc-jucd2048

https://books.google.com/books?id=mvyj8r6puTgC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=herb+ellis+jack+armstrong+blues&source=bl&ots=hXyKrsVVp4&sig=LMFoMH0yh5QiFhqMiroy9LBOOzw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IIQ1VfSXN7T-sASE4IC4Dw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=herb%20ellis%20jack%20armstrong%20blues&f=false

[Larry Kart]

McGarity leads off in the trombone exchanges. Then after Louis' long solo, it's all Teagarden until Louis take it out.

[Larry Kart]

For some reason, when I click on the top link in my first post, it sometimes defaults to another Teagarden performance. If you have that problem, go to YouTube, enter "Jack Armstrong Blues V-Disc" and then select the one that runs 4:52 or so.

Here it is again:

[jazzbo]

I'm familiar with the issued 78. My Dad, Bill Armstrong, bought a copy years ago for his brother, my uncle Jack Armstrong.

Edited April 20, 2015 by jazzbo

[Peter Friedman]

I have had this for about 15 years on a Jazz Unlimited (Storyville) CD titled - Midnights At V-Disc.

Great Stuff !

[ghost of miles]

Ricky Riccardi has high praise for this session in his new Louis book.

[jazzbo]

My Dad had a 78 copy of this for a long time, about ten years ago he gave it to my uncle, Jack Armstrong.

[bichos]

4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Ricky Riccardi has high praise for this session in his new Louis book.

ricky riccardi has alway high praise for all satchmo (including hello dolly.....)

 

Keep boppin´

marcel

 

(...i know: shit storm is comming over me....   :-)

 

[gmonahan]

Don't knock Hello Dolly--Satch's version of "Moon River" on that record is to die for! But, getting back to Jack-Armstrong, that has always been my favorite of the things they did together in the studio for RCA in the mid-40s and my favorite Satch from the whole decade. Listen to him wail on that thing! Is this version also the one on Jasmine's 4-cd Swinging on a V-Disc set?

 

 

 

gregmo

[ghost of miles]

On 11/13/2020 at 6:37 PM, gmonahan said:

Don't knock Hello Dolly--Satch's version of "Moon River" on that record is to die for! But, getting back to Jack-Armstrong, that has always been my favorite of the things they did together in the studio for RCA in the mid-40s and my favorite Satch from the whole decade. Listen to him wail on that thing! Is this version also the one on Jasmine's 4-cd Swinging on a V-Disc set?

 

 

 

gregmo

The recording that Larry posted is the longer, alternative take, and is indeed the one used on that Jasmine collection (which I picked up recently). The originally-issued version also features excellent playing by Armstrong, but it’s about a minute shorter:

 

[gmonahan]

Interesting! Thanks for posting that! Here's the original RCA version, which is about 37 seconds shorter than the "shorter" V-Disc version!

RCA Version: Jack-Armstrong Blues

One liner-note writer (I forget which) commented that he thought Satch had been listening to Charlie Parker when he played that solo. I'm not sure I agree with that, but it's an interesting thought.

 

 

gregmo

Edited November 15, 2020 by gmonahan