Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Plays King Oliver
Louis Armstrong - trumpet, vocals [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Louis Armstrong]
Bass – Mort Herbert
Clarinet – Peanuts Hucko
Drums – Danny Barcelona
Piano – Billy Kyle
Trombone – Trummy Young
Arranged by Louis Armstrong
Written by Joe Primerose (A1), Percy Venable (A2), Roger Graham (A3), Spencer Williams (A3), King Olivier (A5), Walter Melrose (A5), Clarence Williams (B2), Spencer Williams (B2), Louis Armstrong (B3), Philmore Holley (B3), Jelly Roll Morton (B4), King Oliver (B6)
1 LP, Tip-on style Gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12"
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Audio Fidelity
Recorded September 30, 1959 - October 2, 1959 at Radio Recorders Studio in Hollywood, Calif
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in 2024
Tracks :
Side A:
- St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)
- I Want A Big Butter & Egg Man
- I Ain't Got Nobody
- Panama
- Dr. Jazz
- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
Side B:
- Frankie And Johnny
- I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll
- Drop That Sack
- Jelly Roll Blues
- Old Kentucky Home
- Chimes Blues
Reviews :
"In October 1959, more than four years since his last tribute album (Satch Plays Fats), Louis Armstrong gathered his All-Stars for a session paying homage to King Oliver -- his earliest musical hero and the man who enabled two of his breakout gigs (first in 1918, when he took over Oliver's spot in Kid Ory's band, and later, in 1922, when Oliver summoned him to Chicago to join his own group). Armstrong selected all the material, which ranges from songs with a direct King Oliver connection -- either written by him or played by him -- to a few of Armstrong's period favorites that, he admitted with a sly smile, "Joe [Oliver] might have played." The sextet, including veterans Peanuts Hucko on clarinet and Trummy Young on trombone, relaxes into a perfect New Orleans groove, allowing Armstrong to stretch out to especially good effect on the haunting dirge "St. James Infirmary" -- barely three minutes in its original incarnation as a 1928 Hot Five session but close to five here. Armstrong clearly enjoys taking vocals on songs like "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man," "Frankie and Johnny," and even "Old Kentucky Home," while the band does him well on Oliver compositions like "New Orleans Stomp" and "Dr. Jazz."
"The material, originally recorded for Audio Fidelity and available on LPs like The Best of Louis Armstrong and Doctor Jazz (for Blue Moon), made its best appearance on the comprehensive Fuel 2000 release Satchmo Plays King Oliver, the first of the digital era to include both original takes and alternates, all 22 songs that came from the three-day session." AllMusic Review by John Bush.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.5 / 5