Session at Midnight/Session at Riverside (1955/56)

March 28, 2009 at 3:56 pm (Arvell Shaw, Benny Carter, Charlie Shavers, Coleman Hawkins) ()

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“The All Stars”

Jam-Session at Midnight ( Dec. 1955)
and
Jam-Session at Riverside (May 1956)

feat.

Coleman Hawkins – sax
Benny Carter – sax, tr
Charlie Shavers – tr
Arvell Shaw – b

and many more

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Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars

March 3, 2009 at 9:11 pm (5 Stars *****, Arvell Shaw, Barney Bigard, Big Sid Catlett, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton)

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Louis Armstrong – tr
Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines – p
Jack Teagarden – trombone
Barney Bigard – clarinet
Big Sid Catlett – dr
Arvell Shaw – b
Velma Middleton – voc

Rec. possibly 1951 (?) or later

Wow, that’s a cool session!

This is my favourite ‘Satchmo’ – Recording! Velma Middleton sings very great, especially on “Blue Skies”.
You can listen a 1000 times! (minimum)

JazzCrisis: * * * * *

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Louis Armstrong Complete 1950-51 All Stars Decca Recordings

February 23, 2009 at 3:42 pm (Arvell Shaw, Barney Bigard, Cozy Cole, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton) ()

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Louis Armstrong – tr
Jack Teagarden – trombone
Barney Bigard – cl
Earl “Fatha” Hines – p
Arvell Shaw – b
Cozy Cole – dr
Velma Middleton – voc

Rec. in NYC, 26 & 27 Apr 1950
Los Angeles, 23 Apr 1951

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