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BING AND SATCHMO

Reference: DIS-124401 The complete original album Bing & Satchmo (MGM E3882), the only complete LP Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby ever made as a team and their last recording together.

As a bonus, their three duets from the 1956 movie High Society, as well as further duets taken from Crosby's 1950-51 TV shows and their only 1951 duet of �Gone Fishin'�.

Also included are their first collaborative recording (�Pennies from Heaven�), which dates back to 1936, and a private recording of Louis and his band singing (and swinging!) �Happy Birthday� to Bing in 1939.

�Bing and Satchmo... That's a good album. I mean, I'm proud of that album, of my efforts�. (Billy May)

Includes 16-page booklet

TRACKLIST:
01 MUSKRAT RAMBLE 3:03
02 SUGAR 5:13
03 THE PREACHER 2:21
04 DARDANELLA 2:50
05 LET'S SING LIKE A DIXIELAND BAND 2:21
06 WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS 3:09
07 BROTHER BILL 3:01
08 LITTLE OL' TUNE 3:07
09 AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL 3:02
10 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MOON 3:41
11 LAZY RIVER 3:15
12 BYE BYE BLUES 3:44
13 LITTLE ONE 2:29
14 I LOVE YOU, SAMANTHA 3:09
15 NOW YOU HAS JAZZ 4:13
16 GONE FISHIN' [studio version] 2:28
17 BLUEBERRY HILL 3:34
18 LAZY BONES 2:49
19 A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON 3:22
20 GONE FISHIN' [live version] 2:43
21 MEMPHIS BLUES 4:09
22 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN 3:22
23 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BING! 2:19

LOUIS ARMSTRONG, vocals & trumpet
BING CROSBY, vocals

On all tracks, plus:

1-12: Bing & Satchmo (MGM E3882) Dick Cathcart, Shorty Sherock (tp), Abe Lincoln, Moe Schneider, Tommy Pederson (tb), Justin Gordon, Chuck Gentry, Matty Matlock, Wilbur Schwartz (reeds), Stan Wrightsman (p), George Van Eps (g), Morty Corb (b), Nick Fatool (d), The Jud Conlon singers (choir) arranged by Bill E. Thompson. Additional lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Orchestral arrangements and conducting by Billy May. New York, June 28-30 & July 5, 1960.

*BONUS TRACKS (13-23):

13-15: Trummy Young (tb), Edmond Hall (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Barrett Deems (d), plus MGM studio orchestra, Johnny Green (cond). Original soundtrack from the film High Society, Hollywood, January 6-18, 1956. 16: Studio orchestra. San Francisco, April 25, 1951. 17-21: Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires & Orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter with special guests Jack Teagarden (tb) & Ella Fitzgerald (vc on 21). Bing Crosby TV Show, San Francisco, 1950-51. 22: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra. Los Angeles, August 17, 1936. 23: Omit Bing Crosby. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra. New York, April 25, 1939.

Label

ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS

Artist:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Format:

Label code:

EJC 55477

Number of discs:

Recording:

1960

Title:

BING AND SATCHMO

Colaborations:

BING CROSBY, BILLY MAY

Price

8.43 €