ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED !!
This release presents a previously unissued performance by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars recorded at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw on January 7, 1959. Satchmo’s 1959 European tour would end abruptly on July 18, 1959, after Louis suffered a heart attack in Spoleto, Italy. The 1959 All Stars included well known figures such as trombonist Trummy Young, clarinettist Peanuts Hucko, and pianist Billy Kyle.
Another rarely heard set from the same tour, recorded in Germany
a few days later, has been added here as a bonus.
Personnel:
[1-12] Louis Armstrong & His All Starstars
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals;
TRUMMY YOUNG, trombone & vocals
PEANUTS HUCKO, clarinet
BILLY KYLE, piano
MORT HERBERT, bass
DANNY BARCELONA, drums
Recorded in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland, February 7, 1959.
[13-18] Bonus track: Same personnel.
Recorded in Germany (probably Hamburg), mid-February 1959.
Tracks:
01. Announcement/ When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
02. Back Home Again In Indiana
03. Basin Street Blues
04. Tiger Rag
05. Now You Has Jazz
06. That Old Rugged Cross
07. Sweet Georgia Brown
08. Autumn Leaves
09. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10. I Get Ideas [Adiós Muchachos]
11. I Cover The Waterfront
12. Mack The Knife
13. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
14. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue;
15. C’est Si Bon
16. La Vie En Rose
17. Muskrat Ramble
18. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Total time: 78:16