View basket “Four! With Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell” 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 Sonny Rollins Newk’s Time (Classic Vinyl) Jazz | Decca (UMO) [GB] | Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 15th December 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sonny Rollins Newk’s Time (Classic Vinyl) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) [GB] | Jazz | Blue Note SKU: 5524262 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Weldon Irvine Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd November 2018 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Weldon Irvine Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: APL1-0703 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd November 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Sun Ra Space Is The Place – Deluxe Box Set Jazz | Modern Harmonic | 3LP, BluRay, Box Set, DVD Released 12th May 2023 £121.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sun Ra Space Is The Place – Deluxe Box Set £121.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Modern Harmonic SKU: LPMH8267C Formats: 3LP, BluRay, Box Set, DVD Released Date: 12th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jimmy Smith Hooche Cooche Man Jazz | Lilith | 1LP Released 23rd March 2007 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jimmy Smith Hooche Cooche Man £15.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Lilith SKU: LR125 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd March 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nils Kugelmann Stormy Beauty Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 21st July 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nils Kugelmann Stormy Beauty £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9684-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Evans Trio, The Brilliant Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 3rd November 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Evans Trio, The Brilliant £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2953G Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hank Mobley Mobley’s Message Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 15th September 2012 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hank Mobley Mobley’s Message £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ7061 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th September 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chiminyo I Am Panda Jazz | Gearbox | 2LP Released 25th September 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chiminyo I Am Panda £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1563 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 25th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ida Sand My Soul Kitchen Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 9th November 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ida Sand My Soul Kitchen £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACT97361 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Irene Kral Where Is Love Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 24th June 2008 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Irene Kral Where Is Love £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PP1012 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th June 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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