Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) Mosaic Records 2009 Presumably everyone knows that {{Louis Armstrong = 3483}}'s greatest and most important work was done in the '20s with and around the time of the incredible Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions. During the Swing Era he led a big band and after the war returned to the small group format for the most of the rest of...
In 1986 LILLIAN was honoured by her city with the official title of 'Musical Ambassador' which had not been bestowed on a New Orleans musician since the world famous Louis Armstrong. LILLIAN has been compared with the legendary female voices of Jazz music as Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson and she has had the unique distinction of being one of the only performers...
I am never sure why I am here. It's approaching the five year anniversary of this blog and if you want personal details of my life you either need to go back to older posts or be really good, as some of you are, at reading the unwritten. ~ I'm just back from a gig, winding down from the inimitable flavor of doing stand up. I was one of several comedians on the line-up at Gesher Shalom/The JCC of Fort...
Back in the 1950s and 60s, the Southend Odeon was THE place in south Essex to see not just nationally, but internationally famous acts and groups. Doubling up as a cinema and an auditorium, the Odeon - on Southend High Street - was consistently putting on major shows and acts to more than 2,000 people at a time. Louis Armstrong appeared there in 1962, The Beatles played twice in 63, The Rolling Stones...
I’m writing this at just after seven in the morning in central London. I’m relaxing in a comfortable chair, listening to Louis Armstrong, sipping a freshly-made ‘Iron Man’ juice (strawberry, kiwi and apple, since you ask). I’m running a course this morning, see, and as always arrived at the venue a little early. “Joe and the [...]
This Columbus Day Weekend, Chicago was the place to be. If you love makeup and beauty the way that I do, it was a weekend to treasure. The Powder Group rolled into town for the Artist Summit — a veritable who’s who of makeup artists, brands, and professionals in the field. And we kicked things [...] Related posts: It’s a Drugstore Diva Party!! Weekend Love Weekend Rewind — Louis...
ATLANTA, Ga. — On October 26th, downtown Atlanta played stage to a live band as Narconon of Georgia celebrated Red Ribbon Week at Woodruff Park. A local band, sponsored by Narconon, took center stage at Woodruff Park, on the corner of Auburn Avenue and Peachtree Street downtown. The songs, written by Michael Jackson, Louis Armstrong, [...]
In case you didn't hear about it. the legendary Soupy Sales passed on last month. I didn't really get a chance to give him his just due as I was in the middle of the Halloween countdown and a Soupy post just didn't fit. So, today I offer you Soupy's first album. It's a soundtrack of sorts but more of a companion album to his television show. The show originated in 1953 from the studios of WXYZ-TV in...
ATLANTA, Ga. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On October 26th, downtown Atlanta played stage to a live band as Narconon of Georgia celebrated Red Ribbon Week at Woodruff Park. A local band, sponsored by Narconon, took center stage at Woodruff Park. The songs, written by Michael Jackson, Louis Armstrong, as well as original compositions, had park goers dancing. People from all walks of life stopped to hear...
It is somewhat disconcerting how few new male vocalists inhabiting the jazz idiom practice their craft with the same degree of genius and virtuosity as saxophonists and other instrumentalists. It is a conundrum why so many new artists don't play the first instrument--the human voice. Some posit that poeta nascitur non fit? Is it true that vocal art is the one art that cannot really be taught, but only...
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