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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelNot Now Music
UPC5060397601308
eBay Product ID (ePID)25050147014
Product Key Features
Release Year1962
FormatVinyl
InstrumentTrumpet
GenreJazz Instrument
TypeLP
ArtistJack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong
Release TitleSings the Blues
Additional Product Features
Additional informationPersonnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Jack Teagarden, The All-Stars, The Hot Six, The Dixieland Seven. Recorded between January 26, 1933 and June 10, 1947. Includes liner notes by Gene Kalbacher. Digitally remastered by Vince Caro (March 17, 1993, BMG Studios, New York, New York). SINGS THE BLUES features versions of some of Pop's finest tunes. These tracks have been culled primarily from Armstrong's semi-big-band recordings of the '30s and from initial incarnations of his All-Stars in the mid-'40s (including early jazz legends like Kid Ory and Barney Bigard). Such tracks as the opening "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" and "The Blues Are Brewin'" showcase the man's gruff, conversational, and deservedly legendary approach to jazz vocals. OKeh classics like "Basin Street Blues" and W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" are given reverent treatments here, with thrilling stop-time breaks and Satch's superb scat technique. All-Star concert staples like "Rockin' Chair" (performed with Jack Teagarden) and "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" are full of Armstrong's characteristic verve and good humor. Taken together, this collection represents the Armstrong of the '30s and '40s at his best.