Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck
Release Date: 01 February 2018
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437016248546
Genres: Jazz
Description
"The Real Ambassadors" (Columbia OS2250) was the first and only collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong. It also features Carmen McRae, and the trio of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. The album consists of the music from a Broadway play written by Brubeck and his wife, lyricist Iola, full of anti-racism songs and tunes that celebrate human understanding. Despite the star-studded cast, it only had one live performance (at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival), and the only existing version is the studio recording presented here. An instrumental reading of the ballad "Summer Song" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, as well as four tunes presenting Carmen McRae backed by the same group (the only vocal tracks from the Brubeck LP Tonight Only!) have been added here as a bonus. Includes cover art by Jean-Pierre Leloir.
Tracklisting
Chet Baker
Vinyl Guardians
Django Reinhardt
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
Sonny Rollins
Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck
