Louis Armstrong
The Real Ambassadors + 5 Bonus (PWR 27293)
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1961
The Real Ambassadors + 5 Bonus
Louis Armstrong
Poll Winners Records
8436028699735
PWR 130284
PWR 27293
JAZZ
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The Real Ambassadors + 5 Bonus
5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE - 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS
The complete original album The Real Ambassadors (Columbia OS2250), which was the first and only collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong. Also featured are Carmen McRae, and the trio of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. All of the existing music from the sessions, as well as additional songs by Brubeck and McRae recorded during the same period have been included here as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals
CARMEN McRAE, vocals
DAVE LAMBERT, JON HENDRICKS & ANNIE ROSS, vocals
TRUMMY YOUNG, trombone & vocals
JOE DARENSBOURG, clarinet
DAVE BRUBECK & BILLY KYLE, piano
EUGENE WRIGHT & IRVING MANNING, bass
JOE MORELLO & DANNY BARCELONA, drums
New York, July-December, 1961.
*Bonus Tracks (21-25):
Carmen McRae (vcl), Dave Brubeck (p), Eugene Wright (b), Joe Morello (d).
Live at Basin Street East, New York, September 6, 1961.
Tracks:
01 EVERYBODY’S COMIN’ 1:50
02 CULTURAL EXCHANGE 4:42
03 GOOD REVIEWS 2:09
04 REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE 2:33
05 MY ONE BAD HABIT 2:41
06 LONESOME 2:29
07 SUMMER SONG 3:18
08 KING FOR A DAY 3:41
09 BLOW SATCHMO 0:48
10 THE REAL AMBASSADOR 3:12
11 NOMAD 2:56
12 IN THE LURCH 2:32
13 ONE MOMENT WORTH YEARS 4:22
14 YOU SWING BABY [THE DUKE] 2:36
15 SUMMER SONG 2:26
16 THEY SAY I LOOK LIKE GOD 5:30
17 I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL YOU TOLD ME 3:02
18 SINCE LOVE HAD ITS WAY 2:34
19 EASY AS YOU GO 1:41
20 SWING BELLS/BLOW SATCHMO/FINALE 6:06
21 EASY AS YOU GO 1:43*
22 TAKE FIVE 2:18*
23 IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY 3:01*
24 OH, SO BLUE 2:35*
25 LORD, LORD 5:30*
Total Time: 76:29
INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS
The complete original album The Real Ambassadors (Columbia OS2250), which was the first and only collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong. Also featured are Carmen McRae, and the trio of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. All of the existing music from the sessions, as well as additional songs by Brubeck and McRae recorded during the same period have been included here as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals
CARMEN McRAE, vocals
DAVE LAMBERT, JON HENDRICKS & ANNIE ROSS, vocals
TRUMMY YOUNG, trombone & vocals
JOE DARENSBOURG, clarinet
DAVE BRUBECK & BILLY KYLE, piano
EUGENE WRIGHT & IRVING MANNING, bass
JOE MORELLO & DANNY BARCELONA, drums
New York, July-December, 1961.
*Bonus Tracks (21-25):
Carmen McRae (vcl), Dave Brubeck (p), Eugene Wright (b), Joe Morello (d).
Live at Basin Street East, New York, September 6, 1961.
Tracks:
01 EVERYBODY’S COMIN’ 1:50
02 CULTURAL EXCHANGE 4:42
03 GOOD REVIEWS 2:09
04 REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE 2:33
05 MY ONE BAD HABIT 2:41
06 LONESOME 2:29
07 SUMMER SONG 3:18
08 KING FOR A DAY 3:41
09 BLOW SATCHMO 0:48
10 THE REAL AMBASSADOR 3:12
11 NOMAD 2:56
12 IN THE LURCH 2:32
13 ONE MOMENT WORTH YEARS 4:22
14 YOU SWING BABY [THE DUKE] 2:36
15 SUMMER SONG 2:26
16 THEY SAY I LOOK LIKE GOD 5:30
17 I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL YOU TOLD ME 3:02
18 SINCE LOVE HAD ITS WAY 2:34
19 EASY AS YOU GO 1:41
20 SWING BELLS/BLOW SATCHMO/FINALE 6:06
21 EASY AS YOU GO 1:43*
22 TAKE FIVE 2:18*
23 IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY 3:01*
24 OH, SO BLUE 2:35*
25 LORD, LORD 5:30*
Total Time: 76:29
