Armstrong, Louis: Stop Playing Those Blues

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Cat No: 8120817

Release Date: 01 January 2007

Label: Naxos - Jazz Legends / Naxos Jazz Legends

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 636943281727

Genres: Jazz

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Louis Armstrong, Vol.7 'Stop Playing Those Blues' -- Original Recordings 1946-1947 During 1946-47, Louis Armstrong was at the turning point of his career. He had been leading big bands since 1929 but there was increasing pressure on him to break up the orchestra and form a smaller all-star band. Satch was reluctant to put his sidemen out of work, but a series of events made it obvious to him that this change would make sense.Louis Armstrong had already been a major jazz star for nearly 25 years and a household name for over fifteen by 1946. He was born on 4 August 1901 in New Orleans. Raised in poverty by a single mother, he grew up loving watching the New Orleans brass bands. Little Louis sang in a vocal group on the streets and began to play cornet in hopes of playing with the bands he admired. On New Year's Eve of 1912 his life changed. To celebrate the New Year, he shot off a pistol in the air, and was arrested. Viewed by the courts as an unsupervised delinquent, Armstrong was sent to live in a waif's home. But instead of treating this as a tragedy, he thrived in the disciplined setting. He worked at studying cornet and it was a highlight of his early life when he was given the chance to play with the school's band.Released from the home after two years, Louis Armstrong worked odd jobs, befriended his idol cornetist Joe 'King' Oliver, and worked his way up in the New Orleans music world. By 1919 when Oliver moved up North, Armstrong was considered such a promising player that he was recommended for the King's spot in Kid Ory's important band. In 1922, King Oliver sent for Armstrong to join his Creole Jazz Band in Chicago as second cornetist. Louis Armstrong was more than ready and it was soon obvious that he was surpassing his idol. He made his recording debut with Oliver in 1923 and married pianist Lil Hardin, his second of four wives. In 1924 Lil urged Armstrong to accept an offer to join Fletcher Henderson's big band in New York, feeling that he would never make it big if he was content to be someone else's second cornetist. She was right for Armstrong became a sensation in the jazz world, changing the way that most New York jazz musicians played. Armstrong knew how to use space dramatically, he 'told a story' in his solos, his phrasing was smooth and legato, he had very impressive technique and his tone was beautiful.After a year with Henderson, Armstrong returned to Chicago where in his series of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings during 1925-28, he recorded one classic after another, permanently changing jazz from an ensemble-oriented folk music into a solo vehicle for brilliant virtuosos. In addition to his trumpet solos (he switched from cornet in 1926), his raspy vocals featured horn-like phrasing, inventive scat-singing and a perfect placement of notes. If Louis Armstrong had passed away in 1929, he would still be remembered as one of jazz's true giants.But he had many accomplishments ah
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