Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars – Jazz is Back in Grand Rapids (2-LP Vinyl Set)

Description

*This is a 2-LP Vinyl set*

Release Date:  2017

Label:  GHB

 

Track List

Side A

1. Sleepy Time Down South
2. Back Home Again in Indiana
3. The Gypsy
4. Ole Miss

 

Side B

1. Tin Roof Blues
2. Bucket’s Got a Hole in it
3. Perdido
4. Dardanella

 

Side C

1. How High the Moon
2. Mack the Knife
3. Margie
4. Blues a la Hey Bob-a-rebob

 

Side D

1. That’s My Desire
2. Kokomo
3. When the Saints Go Marching In

 

 

Notes

Pressed On Purple Vinyl

This 1956 concert by Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars is a historical gem, which is finally getting it’s vinyl debut with this double LP release. Recorded on March 26, 1956, at the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, MI, it affords jazz fans a chance to hear what the barnstorming Armstrong’s shows were like in heartland America. Armstrong’s affable presence is pervasive, but not always center stage, as each member of the All-Stars gets his turn in the course of the revue. The release was remastered for vinyl from analog tape and pressed at Pallas Group in Germany on purple vinyl.

Personnel

• Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals
• Edmond Hall – clarinet
• Trummy Young – trombone
• Billy Kyle – piano
• Arvell Shaw – bass
• Barrett Deems – drums
• Velma Middleton – vocals