Satchmo in Style

by Louis Armstrong

Overview

Not only was Louis Armstrong a major jazz star, but his fame as a popular entertainer was growing by the time these sessions were recorded for Decca between 1949 and 1954. Gordon Jenkins provides the arrangements and serves as conductor, although the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter all that much. His horn is the highlight of "Chloe," though the overbearing choir makes one long for Spike Jones' satirical version instead. The undisguised attack on bop, "The Whiffenpoof Song," falls flat in a bland easy listening arrangement, though Armstrong's spoof of Dizzy Gillespie's scat vocals is briefly amusing. "Spooks" doesn't stand a ghost of chance -- it's an attempt at vocal Halloween humor that deserved to be left in the vault. This release is not one of the high points of Louis Armstrong's career. ~ Ken Dryden

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/2017
Label:	Wax Time
UPC:	8436559462297
Rank:	47072

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Velma Middleton   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars   Primary Artist
Gordon Jenkins   Primary Artist,Conductor,Featured Artist
Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra,Featured Artist
George Jenkins   Primary Artist
Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra and Choir   Primary Artist
Cozy Cole   Guest Artist,Drums
Allan Reuss   Guitar
Bernie Leighton   Piano
Chris Griffin   Trumpet
Jack Lesberg   Bass
Charlie LaVere   Piano
Phil Stephens   Bass
Red Ballard   Trombone
Marty Napoleon   Piano
Nick Fatool   Drums
Bob McCracken   Clarinet
Arvell Shaw   Bass
George Thow   Trumpet
Carl Poole   Trumpet
George Berg   Woodwind
Yank Lawson   Trumpet
Billy Butterfield   Trumpet
Carl Kress   Guitar
Romeo Penque   Flute,Woodwind
Johnny Blowers   Drums
Milt Yaner   Sax (Alto)
Will Bradley   Trombone
Art Ryerson   Guitar
Wayne E. Songer   Sax (Alto)
Charles Gifford   Trumpet
Art Drelinger   Sax (Tenor)
Eddie Miller & His Orchestra   Sax (Tenor)
Dent Eckels   Sax (Tenor)
Thomas Parshley   Sax (Tenor)
Bruce Hudson   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Kevin Reeves   Mastering
Irving Berlin   Composer
Clarence Muse   Composer
Larry Stock   Composer
Louis Wolfe Gilbert   Composer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Carlos Kase   Research
Rudolf Friml   Composer
Louis Armstrong   Composer
Leon Rene   Composer
Percy Venable   Composer
Neil Moret   Composer
Philip Bailey   Liner Notes
Rudy Vallee   Composer
Nathaniel Shilkret   Composer
Otis Rene   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Milt Gabler   Original Recording Producer
Al Lewis   Composer
Tolchard Evans   Composer
Tod Galloway   Composer
Bryan Koniarz   Production Supervisor
Gus Kahn   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Stanley Damerell   Composer
Ben Young   Reissue Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Vincent Rose   Composer
Robert Hargreaves   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Arranger
Peter Keepnews   Notes Editing
Burt Korall   Original Liner Notes
George S. Pomeroy   Composer
Joyce Kilmer   Composer
Hollis King   Art Direction
Harry Beasley Smith   Composer
Matt Dubey   Composer
Harold Karr   Composer
Isabelle Wong   Design
Cynthia Sesso   Photo Research
Sherniece Smith   Art Producer
Harry Karr   Composer
Meade Minnigerode   Composer
Charles G. Dawes   Composer
Oscar Rasbach   Composer
Lawrence Stock   Composer
Otis T. Rene Jr.   Composer