View basket “Very Best Of Diana Krall” has been added to your basket. A Gift to Pops Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars, The SKU: 3857105 Barcode: 0602438571055 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve Released Date: 17th December 2021 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 2021 Tribute Album features New Arrangements and Performances of Tunes Associated with Louis Armstrong, with Special Guests including Wynton Marsalis and Common! The A-list ensemble The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars release a tribute album to the great musician on Verve Records entitled A Gift To Pops. It celebrates the continuing influence and undying legacy of the jazz giant and storied entertainer, 50 years after his death in 1971, with special guests including Wynton Marsalis and Common. The group is comprised largely of stellar Crescent City musicians, who have inventively re-envisioned music associated with the trumpeter and vocalist during his five-decade career. A Gift To Pops includes new arrangements and performances of tunes ranging from “The Peanut Vendor” (recorded by “Satchmo” in 1930) to his late-period No.1 “What a Wonderful World,” the most successful recording of his career). “We decided to make a recording that captures the essence of Pops,” says co-producer and band member Wycliffe Gordon. “We wanted to perform the music the way he might have played it if he were still alive. We all had ideas for how to pull this off, by including songs influenced by gospel, the blues, the traditional brass band sounds, popular music and rap.” Impresario George Wein writes in the liner notes for the album: “With this recording, this music of Louis Armstrong demonstrates how he created the language of jazz and influenced all the music that followed – from swing to bebop and even to rap, as demonstrated by Common. But there’s one thing for sure: This band and record demonstrate that there was nothing common about Louis Armstrong.” Nicholas Payton, who arranged seven of the songs, stars on trumpet throughout, including on his own arrangements such as the swinging “Strutting with Some Barbeque,” the lyrical and bluesy “A Kiss to Dream On,” and the playful “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead.” The latter rendition features vocals by Gordon, drummer Herlin Riley ,and bassist Reginald Veal. Payton takes lead vocals on his modern arrangement of Fats Waller’s “Black and Blue,” with its theme of racial consciousness and prejudice, with Common delivering his rap poetry in such lines as “Went through black and blue for the bright day,” and “My school of thought is black openness/To define and redefine what the culture is.” “Common added a different spin to the tune,” notes Gordon. “It seemed like things we had talked about as a country had changed, but they didn’t, which is why this is important.” Adds Harris: “We’re hoping Common will draw young people into Louis Armstrong. We’re out to make changes.” Gordon also arranges “Up a Lazy River,” with features his and Riley’s vocals; Veal’s “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” gospel hymn; pianist Davell Crawford’s bluesy “Rockin’ Chair” by Hoagy Carmichael; and Riley’s percussive festive take on “The Peanut Vendor,” on which Marsalis takes an extended solo. “Louis Armstrong’s singing, playing and his interpretations illuminate timeless human fundamentals,” says Marsalis. “His grace, eloquence, intelligence and naturalness are still showing us how to play and what playing means. Rightfully beloved across the world, he embodied what is best about America. In these trying times, his music and memory are the perfect inspiration for us to rise up and be the very best of ourselves as artists, citizens and as people.” The band also features trumpeters Ashlin Parker and Wendell Brunious, tenor saxophonist Roderick Paulin, pianist Courtney Bryan, banjo player Don Vappie, vocalists Niki Haris and Menia Chester. Guitarist Derwin “Big D” Perkins makes a guest cameo appearance on “Black and Blue.” Artist Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars, The Genre Jazz Label Verve Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings The Peanut Vendor Struttin' With Some Barbeque Up A Lazy River I'll Be Glad When You're Dead Rockin' Chair St. Louis Blues Black And Blue Just A Closer Walk With Thee What A Wonderful World Philosophy of Life Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Joe Lovano Our Daily Bread Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 2nd June 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Lovano Our Daily Bread £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4877747 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mel Tormé Tormé (Acoustic Sounds) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 25th October 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mel Tormé Tormé (Acoustic Sounds) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 6562733 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 25th October 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Iiro Rantala Potsdam Jazz | ACT | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 25th March 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Iiro Rantala Potsdam £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9946-1 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eddie Cleanhead Vinson Back Door Blues With The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Jazz | Doxy | 180g, 1LP Released 26th September 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eddie Cleanhead Vinson Back Door Blues With The Cannonball Adderley Quintet £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Doxy SKU: DOY686LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 26th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nobuyasu Furuya Quintet The Major Jazz | No Business | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd July 2012 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nobuyasu Furuya Quintet The Major £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: No Business SKU: NBLP44 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd July 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johanna Summer Schumann Kaleidoskop Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 7th May 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johanna Summer Schumann Kaleidoskop £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9681-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dexter Gordon Soy Califa Jazz | Gearbox | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 12th May 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dexter Gordon Soy Califa £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1526 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bałdych - Courtois - Telderman Clouds Jazz | ACT | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 9th October 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bałdych - Courtois - Telderman Clouds £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP99181 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Diana Krall The Look Of Love Jazz | Verve | 180g, 2LP Released 8th August 2016 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Diana Krall The Look Of Love £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 4737707 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 8th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dizzy Reece Star Bright (Classic Vinyl Series) Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 21st April 2023 £24.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Dizzy Reece Star Bright (Classic Vinyl Series) £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 5504143 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
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