Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule [Red LP]

by Louis Armstrong

Overview

While Louis Armstrong famously recorded several holiday classics, he surprisingly never released a full Christmas album. 2022's Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule amends this by compiling all of the legendary trumpeter/vocalist's best-known holiday tunes. Included are such favorites as his duet with Ella Fitzgerald on "I've Got My Love to Keep Warm," his 1953 take on "'Zat You, Santa Clause," and the swinging "Christmas Night in Harlem" with the Benny Carter Orchestra. We also get Armstrong's jovial original version of the Steve Allen title track and a rare 1971 home-recorded reading of the traditional poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)," augmented here with nuanced and delicately rendered piano backing from Sullivan Fortner. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2022
Label:	Universal / Verve
UPC:	0602448116048
Rank:	138847

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Commanders   Primary Artist
Benny Carter & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist,Vocals
Velma Middleton   Primary Artist
Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
J.J. Johnson   Trombone
Clark Terry   Trumpet
Joe Wilder   Trumpet
Jerome Richardson   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Louie Bellson   Drums
Urbie Green   Trombone
Oscar Peterson   Piano
Hank Jones   Piano
Herb Ellis   Guitar
Russ Savakus   Guitar (Bass)
Benny Carter   Conductor
Grady Tate   Drums
Sullivan Fortner   Piano
Daniel Trimboli   Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Art Ryerson   Guitar
Sam Markowitz   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Camarata   Conductor
Willard Suyker   Guitar
Allen Hanlon   Guitar
Tommy Goodman   Conductor
Warren Hard   Percussion
Raymond Stanfield   Sax (Baritone)
Ray Brown   Double Bass

Technical Credits

Seth Foster   Mixing,Mastering Engineer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Steve Allen   Composer
Bob Simpson   Recording
Bob Thiele   Producer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Eddie Brackett   Recording
Louis Armstrong   Recording
Robert Allen   Composer
Richard M. Sherman   Composer
Norman Granz   Producer
Milt Gabler   Producer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Al Stillman   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Jack Fox   Composer
Benny Carter   Recording Arranger
Felix Bernard   Composer
Raymond Scott   Composer
Dick Smith   Composer
Sullivan Fortner   Composer
Joe Van Winkle   Composer
Camarata   Recording Arranger
George Douglas   Composer
Christopher Allen   Recording