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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Sidney Bechet – Masters of Jazz (1945-47)

February 13, 2009 at 9:12 pm (Baby Dodds, Big Sid Catlett, George "Pops" Foster, Kaiser Marshall, Milton Mezzrow, Oran "Hot Lips" Page, Sidney Bechet) (, , )

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Sidney Bechet – ss

featuring:

Baby Dodds – dr

Milton Mezzrow – cl

Oran “Hot Lips” Page – tr

George “Pops” Foster – b

Big Sid Catlett – dr

Kaiser Marshall – dr

and many more

Rec. 1945-47

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