Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong's All Stars

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...back, very bluesy in places - a true classic. Then we have "Little Brown Jug". I defy you to not try and lindyhop or jitterbug your way round the room when this is on. It's so infectious it should carry a health warning. Some fantastic drum playing by Kenny John. "St. Louis Blues - March" has you thinking of cheerleaders and Max Wall all at once. There. Now you'll have to get the album to see what I mean! This is incredibly catchy and it'll have you practising baton twirling with a broom handle in no time. If I was a soldier I'd have gladly marched all day long to this little number. This next one is an all-time favourite, definitely on my desert island discs list, and it's "Basin Street Blues". Because this is from the soundtrack of the film, the vocals are done by none other than the great man Louis Armstong himself. It starts... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic range of great tunes and songs
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...Times and Peg 'o' My Heart) show the smooth and terribly sophisticated side of Jack Teagarden's music, whilst the next track, Swingin' on the teagarden Gate, is entirely different. So full of the jazz ethos that you can almost see the people dancing to it. So Many Times and Peg 'o' My Heart are for slow dancing. Then it's back to the smoother sound with Teagarden's rather melancholy Can't we Talk It Over, a ballad about a young man bemoaning the fact that he and his girlfriend are on the verge of splitting up. After four great (but different)classics from Teagarden we next hear from a young Louis Armstrong. The first track from Louis is Melancholy Blues. This is a great blues and jazz crossover. Yes, it is jazz, but yes, at the same time it could pass muster for a blues classic, too. The other Three tracks form Louis Armstrong (West End... Read review

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Advantages: Original . earthy , leaves you wanting more .
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...Bessie Smith-born 15th April1894-died 26th September1937. Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee . She started her career in minstrelsy & vaudeville , she went on to record The St Louis blues & was accompanied by Louis Armstrong on the cornet & Fred Longshaw on the harmonium. The track was written and recorded by the great W.C. Hardy. Bessie Smith ,Vol 2 - St Louis blues is a C.D of original recordings from 1924-1925-featuring Fletcher Henderson . When you listen to this C.D. you can imagine yourself sitting in the front row of the audience watching & listening to some of the greatest musiciansof all time-including :- Fletcher Henderson/piano Don Redman/clarinet Robert Robbins/violin Irving Johns/piano Charlie Green/trombone Joe Smith/cornet Fred Longshaw / piano Louis Armstrong /cornet and piano. Buster Bailey/ clarinet... Read review

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