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Elsewhere Art . . . Louis Armstrong

Elsewhere Art . . . Louis Armstrong

...But what else are you going to for the great Louis Armstrong other than cast him as some holy man radiating...

Louis Armstrong: Louis in London; Live at the BBC (Verve/digital outlets)

Louis Armstrong: Louis in London; Live at the BBC (Verve/digital outlets)

...after the Beatles' Lady Madonna), the great Louis Armstrong has been a figure who divides assessment. To... ...the mothers who have sons in Vietnam”. Louis Armstrong wasn't an easy one to pigeon-hole. Still...

LOUIS ARMSTRONG. THE COMPLETE TOWN HALL CONCERT (1947): The Brother Bob of jazz?

LOUIS ARMSTRONG. THE COMPLETE TOWN HALL CONCERT (1947): The Brother Bob of jazz?

...easy to get people under 30 interested in Louis Armstrong. Because they know nothing or very little... ...maid in love with bandleader Armstrong). Louis Armstrong was always going to be better on a stage than...

Louis Armstrong: Why Did Mrs Murphy Leave Town? (1970)

Louis Armstrong: Why Did Mrs Murphy Leave Town? (1970)

...the very end of his long career the great Louis Armstrong seemed rather detached and indifferent to the... ...was, unfortunately, one of the last times Louis Armstrong went into a recording studio and it seems sad...

DIXIELAND DISCOVERY: Louis, Pete, Al and me down South

DIXIELAND DISCOVERY: Louis, Pete, Al and me down South

...exceptions: a man would be a fool to dismiss Louis Armstrong, perhaps the most important musician of the...

BOB DYLAN: HIS THEME TIME RADIO HOUR (2011): What's the frequency, Bobby?

BOB DYLAN: HIS THEME TIME RADIO HOUR (2011): What's the frequency, Bobby?

...famous names (Wanda Jackson, Lucinda Williams, Louis Armstrong, Loretta Lynn, Mose Allison, Sun Ra, Captain...

Dave Brubeck: Indian Summer (2007)

Dave Brubeck: Indian Summer (2007)

...musician to be on the cover of Time (after Louis Armstrong) but was embarrassed by the accolade because...

CHRISTIAN SCOTT INTERVIEWED (2010): The navigator in difficult waters

CHRISTIAN SCOTT INTERVIEWED (2010): The navigator in difficult waters

...hear Miles Davis in my playing just as much as Louis Armstrong and that is important to me. I don't think... ...would say I sound like Miles Davis or Louis Armstrong – but you can hear their inspiration. So...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul "The Axeman" Martin of Devilskin

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul "The Axeman" Martin of Devilskin

...of music which really affected you was . . . Louis Armstrong “What A Wonderful World” Your...

JIMI HENDRIX, AN ESSAY: In my Life

JIMI HENDRIX, AN ESSAY: In my Life

...Music -- which included my Dad’s love of Louis Armstrong and my older sister’s collection of late...

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011, READERS' CHOICES

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011, READERS' CHOICES

...he had to die for that to happenFreddy KingLouis Armstrong - after reading two different biographies -...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Li'l Chuck

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Li'l Chuck

...The original 1956 photograph my Dad took of Louis Armstrong, my collection of ticket stubs from all the...

REVOLUTION, COMING RIGHT AT YA: The message in the music

REVOLUTION, COMING RIGHT AT YA: The message in the music

...mayor of Cleveland. He also had Scott-Heron, Louis Armstrong (included here with his aching version of...

ORNETTE COLEMAN, DAVE BRUBECK AND ME: A Song For Guy

ORNETTE COLEMAN, DAVE BRUBECK AND ME: A Song For Guy

...from jazz entirely however -- my Dad played Louis Armstrong and With The Beatles back-to-back -- but there...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . MUTT CAREY: Go north, young man

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . MUTT CAREY: Go north, young man

...first choice had been the New Orleans player Louis Armstrong but when the 21-year old Armstrong decided not...

PLEASE PLEASE ME; THE POTENCY OF MUSIC (an essay, 2014)

PLEASE PLEASE ME; THE POTENCY OF MUSIC (an essay, 2014)

...in my case through my Dad's interest in Louis Armstrong. And hearing Dave Brubeck Quartet's addictive...

WYNTON MARSALIS, FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE PENITENTIARY (2008): Wynton in the 21st century

WYNTON MARSALIS, FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE PENITENTIARY (2008): Wynton in the 21st century

...have actually changed the course of the music: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Dizzy...

MAYNARD FERGUSON INTERVIEWED (2002): And the band played on

MAYNARD FERGUSON INTERVIEWED (2002): And the band played on

...tune. You can get so snobby that you could say Louis Armstrong and Dixieland is old and so not have anything...

Charles Mingus: Thirteen Pictures, The Charles Mingus Anthology (1993)

Charles Mingus: Thirteen Pictures, The Charles Mingus Anthology (1993)

...played with Barney Bigard, toured briefly with Louis Armstrong and then for a year with Lionel Hampton, and...

DAVE BRUBECK (1920-2012): Standing the test of Time

DAVE BRUBECK (1920-2012): Standing the test of Time

...with Charles Mingus, laying down chords behind Louis Armstrong or in previously unreleased live sessions for...

GUEST RADIO HOST GRAHAM DONLON offers his 101 classic albums

GUEST RADIO HOST GRAHAM DONLON offers his 101 classic albums

...100. Otis Redding – Otis Blue 101. Louis Armstrong – Best Of The Hot 5 & Hot 7...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Mark Lockett

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Mark Lockett

...insist on playing me a tune or spinning a Louis Armstrong record. I wanted to play the drums at nine...

THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists; 100 Hits, American Songbooks

THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists; 100 Hits, American Songbooks

...of artists includes Sinatra, Ella, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong, Ellington, Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, Dean...

Hep Stars: No Response (1965)

Hep Stars: No Response (1965)

...were towards black artists in the Thirties (Louis Armstrong described in horrific terms) and just how...

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Original Album Classics

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Original Album Classics

...of jazz, and why my Dad would play and sing Louis Armstrong songs. Brubeck's Take Five -- which in all...

TROMBONE SHORTY INTERVIEWED (2011): Born to blow

TROMBONE SHORTY INTERVIEWED (2011): Born to blow

...at the time my brother was very influenced by Louis Armstrong and Louis always had a trombone player...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . HUGUES PANASSIE: Writing a line through jazz

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . HUGUES PANASSIE: Writing a line through jazz

...phony label was the genuine Victor one, giving Louis Armstrong as the recording artist and stating the real... ...his totem pole, at the top of which was early Louis Armstrong. And while he railed against white artists... ...often so wrongheaded. In his '83 biograhy of Louis Armstrong, the American James Lincoln Collier cites...

Catherine Russell: Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village/Ode)

Catherine Russell: Inside This Heart of Mine (World Village/Ode)

...star Wynonie Harris, Willie Dixon (Spoonful), Louis Armstrong and others. This breaks no boundaries but...

THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists; New Orleans. Blues, soul and jazz gumbo

THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists; New Orleans. Blues, soul and jazz gumbo

...order, takes you on a journey from Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and King...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Pokey LaFarge

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Pokey LaFarge

...they are so emotionally moving are . . . Louis Armstrong- St. James Infirmary. Sidney Bechet-Maple Leaf...

Elsewhere Art . . . Ray Brown

Elsewhere Art . . . Ray Brown

...he'd also played with Sinatra, Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Quincy . . . Our tribute...

RAVI SHANKAR (1920 - 2012): More Than One Lifetime

RAVI SHANKAR (1920 - 2012): More Than One Lifetime

...Stravinsky, Anna Pavlova, Sergovia, Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie … In the article I wrote I...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: David Donaldson of Thrashing Marlin

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: David Donaldson of Thrashing Marlin

.... When I was a kid my dad had three albums. A Louis Armstrong, a Kiri Te Kanawa and one by Harry Secombe.... ...he didn’t really like the Louis Armstrong but he loved Kiri and Harry. On Sundays our...

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella at Zardi's (Verve/Universal)

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella at Zardi's (Verve/Universal)

...Her discography is vast – albums with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others...

CHARLIE PARKER: A life and musical shards of light

CHARLIE PARKER: A life and musical shards of light

...history of jazz can be told in four words: Louis Armstrong – Charlie Parker.” In offering...

Alberta Hunter: You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark (c1936)

Alberta Hunter: You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark (c1936)

...to her mother -- but hooked up to sing with Louis Armstrong, Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DAVID MUNROW: Remembrance of things past

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DAVID MUNROW: Remembrance of things past

...Record – alongside music by Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Stravinsky, Bach and Mozart – there is...

CHARLIE HUNTER, INTERVIEWED (1999): Has guitar. crosses over

CHARLIE HUNTER, INTERVIEWED (1999): Has guitar. crosses over

...are, just as Art Blakey, Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong did. They all did something which represented...

POKEY LaFARGE INTERVIEWED (2015): The past is alive and well and living in the present

POKEY LaFARGE INTERVIEWED (2015): The past is alive and well and living in the present

...others you've never heard of, for every Louis Armstrong there were a thousand other people who starved...

FIVE, AND MORE, INFLUENTIAL BLUES ARTISTS (2020): Woke up this mornin'

FIVE, AND MORE, INFLUENTIAL BLUES ARTISTS (2020): Woke up this mornin'

.... Howlin' Wolf: Described as sounding like Louis Armstrong's evil twin, the roar and rumble of Chester...

Roy Milton: The Hucklebuck (1949)

Roy Milton: The Hucklebuck (1949)

...Parker uses the riff in Now's the Time, Louis Armstrong played it, Pearl Bailey and Frank Sinatra sang...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson

...and/or personal reasons?BB King and Louis Armstrong. Both of them overcame utterly shit...

Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch/Warners)

Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch/Warners)

...source music: Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet etc. And of course he is right....

Jimmie Rodgers: TB Blues (1931)

Jimmie Rodgers: TB Blues (1931)

...first to record with one. In July 1930 he had Louis Armstrong play cornet on his Blue Yodel Number 9,...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2022: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2022: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

...In, with a vocal by Foster referencing Louis Armstrong – and the suggestive Noddin' Ya Head...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . MONICA ZETTERLUND: From smalltown Sweden to the world stage

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . MONICA ZETTERLUND: From smalltown Sweden to the world stage

...Orchestra (in London), Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Louis Armstrong and Quincy Jones, sang regularly at the famous...

Various: Rogue's Gallery (Anti/Shock)

Various: Rogue's Gallery (Anti/Shock)

...a ship -- not only played my Beatles and his Louis Armstrong albums with equal enjoyment, but would often...

Ella Fitzgerald: The Lost Berlin Tapes (Verve/digital outlets)

Ella Fitzgerald: The Lost Berlin Tapes (Verve/digital outlets)

...Summertime and Mack the Knife (mimicking Louis Armstrong, forgetting the name of the town she was in,...

RY COODER INTERVIEWED (2009): Dry, wry and moving right along

RY COODER INTERVIEWED (2009): Dry, wry and moving right along

...trumpets are tougher on you -- although Louis Armstrong sounded good although even he had to taper off...

BOB THIELE PROFILED (2013): At the helm of the Flying Dutchman

BOB THIELE PROFILED (2013): At the helm of the Flying Dutchman

...was heartbroken -- could be found producing Louis Armstrong on a song he (Thiele) co-wrote under a...

LEROY JONES INTERVIEWED (2004): Trumpeter from Nawlins and the frozen North

LEROY JONES INTERVIEWED (2004): Trumpeter from Nawlins and the frozen North

...laughs he also sounds like Satchmo, the great Louis Armstrong.Yet Jones is different from so many of his...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson

...on music or musicians you have read is . . . Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life – Laurence Bergreen...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Michael League of Snarky Puppy

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Michael League of Snarky Puppy

...experience great jazz. You would go to . . ? Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven. Anywhere, any show. Which period... ...book on the jazz life you have read is . . . Louis Armstrong's autobiography. If you could get on stage... ...anyone it would be . . . (And you would play?) Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. "Why Can't We Be...

JOHN SCOFIELD INTERVIEWED (2008): Has guitar, will travel . . . and travel, and travel

JOHN SCOFIELD INTERVIEWED (2008): Has guitar, will travel . . . and travel, and travel

...did start with the blues. I remember hearing a Louis Armstrong record when I was about 10 and not knowing...

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends series

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends series

...Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong . . . Compiled by the very worthy and...

Various Artists: The Ramones Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)

Various Artists: The Ramones Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)

...psyched-out classic Time has Come Today to Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World, which Joey covered on his...

PHILIP LARKIN ON JAZZ: The poet laureate of swing

PHILIP LARKIN ON JAZZ: The poet laureate of swing

...let alone the music, of Benny Goodman or even Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with their three minute...

ORNETTE COLEMAN, INTERVIEWED (1996): The gentle genial genius in conversation

ORNETTE COLEMAN, INTERVIEWED (1996): The gentle genial genius in conversation

...and even sang with an amateur chorus at one of Louis Armstrong's final sessions. Oh, and he played the White... ...years ago some people took Thelonious Monk and Louis Armstrong and a bunch of others great Americans and put...

JAZZ: A FILM by KEN BURNS (DVD): The never-ending story

JAZZ: A FILM by KEN BURNS (DVD): The never-ending story

...and aspiration, and artists as towering as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington could assimilate all that...

SOLOMON BURKE INTERVIEWED (2002): The rock'n'soul preacherman

SOLOMON BURKE INTERVIEWED (2002): The rock'n'soul preacherman

...place. There's a self-confessed touch of Louis Armstrong in his delivery of Tom Waits' Diamond in Your...

EDDIE DANIELS INTERVIEWED (1999): Seasons in the sun

EDDIE DANIELS INTERVIEWED (1999): Seasons in the sun

...ornamentation and maybe bending a note, like Louis Armstrong bending the melody. It was still Mack the...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . BUTTERBEANS AND SUSIE: Dat ol' black magic?

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . BUTTERBEANS AND SUSIE: Dat ol' black magic?

...three early tunes by King Oliver, a few with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (He Likes It Slow in '26) and...

LESTER BOWIE REMEMBERED (1941-1999): Does humour belong in music?

LESTER BOWIE REMEMBERED (1941-1999): Does humour belong in music?

...place in jazz. Certainly Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong entertained by mugging things up. But mostly...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Roger Manins

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Roger Manins

...lot of Jazzers, but you know—Lester and Louis Armstrong, they move me. Miles does not and never has....

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's (Resonance/digital outlets)

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's (Resonance/digital outlets)

...In, with a vocal by Foster referencing Louis Armstrong – and the suggestive Noddin' Ya Head...

GETTING OLDER (2010: A greybeard still here

GETTING OLDER (2010: A greybeard still here

...the sun and snooze off to With the Beatles and Louis Armstrong's Hello Dolly albums on the radiogram. He also...

ROCK'N'ROLL NEVER FORGETS: A journey back through time

ROCK'N'ROLL NEVER FORGETS: A journey back through time

...myself he was a new Dylan. I bought Dad the Louis Armstrong album Hello Dolly and we both loved it. It...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul Dyne

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul Dyne

...You would go to . . ?
 Chicago 1922 to hear Louis Armstrong with King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band at...

Fats Waller: My Very Good Friend the Milkman Said (1935)

Fats Waller: My Very Good Friend the Milkman Said (1935)

...Feets Too Big in the Beatles' Hamburg days. Louis Armstrong once said, "Fats is gone now, but to me...

MONTY ALEXANDER INTERVIEWED (2002): Keys to Sinatra and Bob Marley

MONTY ALEXANDER INTERVIEWED (2002): Keys to Sinatra and Bob Marley

...is still his idol. He was in awe of Cole and Louis Armstrong when they played in Kingston's Carib Theatre,...

RAVI SHANKAR INTERVIEWED (1998): In the house of the master

RAVI SHANKAR INTERVIEWED (1998): In the house of the master

...Casals, Stravinsky, Segovia, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie. Turning the pages on his...

MID-YEAR REPORT, THE TOP 20 OF (2022): The taste of Elsewhere

MID-YEAR REPORT, THE TOP 20 OF (2022): The taste of Elsewhere

...In, with a vocal by Foster referencing Louis Armstrong – and the suggestive Noddin' Ya Head...

DAVE BRUBECK (2011): A jazz life of constant discovery

DAVE BRUBECK (2011): A jazz life of constant discovery

...the pianist with singers such as Carmen McRae, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett and even Peter, Paul and Mary....

TEDDY PENDERGRASS: THE REAL TEDDY PENDERGRASS, CONSIDERED (2023): Sex and soul music

TEDDY PENDERGRASS: THE REAL TEDDY PENDERGRASS, CONSIDERED (2023): Sex and soul music

...Elvis in the Sixties, Bill Withers, Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Mathis, early Duke...

Sarah Vaughan: After You've Gone (1963)

Sarah Vaughan: After You've Gone (1963)

...been a jazz artist who hasn't covered it, from Louis Armstrong to Paul Whiteman through an alphabet of great...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Byron Asher

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Byron Asher

...and this is how it works'? Something from Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives or Hot Sevens –...

Blues at Elsewhere

...and bandleader Lil Hardin (1898-1971) who was Louis Armstrong's second...