Louis Armstrong The Legendary Berlin Concert vol 1 1965

The Legendary Berlin Concert vol 1 is a live album by Louis Armstrong & his All Stars.

It was recorded at the Friedrichstadtpalast in East Berlin (i.e. behind the “wall”) on March 22, 1965.

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Louis Armstrong Satchmo At Pasadena 1951

Satchmo At Pasadena is a live album by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars.

It was recorded at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California on January 30, 1951.

Playing on the album are:

Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet,
Velma Middleton – vocals,
Jack Teagarden – trimbone,
Barney Bigard – clarinet,
Earl Hines – piano,
Arvell Shaw – bass,
Cozy Cole – drums.

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Louis Armstrong At The Crescendo 1955 Complete Edition

At The Crescendo 1955 Complete Edition is a live album by Louis Armstrong.

It was recorded at the club in Hollywood, Los Angeles on 21 January 1955.

It has previously been issued as At The Crescendo volume 1 and volume 2 and has now been combined and extended with 18 extra tracks, many of them alternative versions.

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Louis Armstrong Live at the University of North Carolina 1954

Live at the University of North Carolina is a live album by Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars.

It was recorded at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall on 8th May 1954.

It also includes bonus tracks from:

  • 1956 Newport Jazz Festival,
  • 1954 performances with Sidney Bechet and James P. Johnson, and
  • a soundtrack excerpt from the seldom-seen 1937 film Artists and Models

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Louis Armstrong Live At The Hollywood Empire 1949

Live At The Hollywood Empire 1949 is a live album by Louis Armstrong And His All Stars.

It was recorded in Los Angeles in March 1949 and was broadcast on the radio in April 1949.

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Best Live Albums By Louis Armstrong

It’s hard to imagine how jazz would have developed from the 1920s to the 1970s without Louis Armstrong. His playing and his vocals were foundations to what followed.

He is a true jazz legend.

But he’s is, perhaps, underappreciated by modern fans of jazz because of developments in the last decade of his life when his single, Hello Dolly, knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts. He’d become a caricature.

Was his best time really back in the 1920s when he played with his Hot Five and Hot Seven bands?

That may have been when he as most innovative but he was making fine music in the 1940s and 1950s.

What Are The Best Live Albums By Louis Armstrong?

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Louis Armstrong The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings 1947 1956

The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings is a 9 CD box set by Louis Armstrong & The All Stars with a wide range of difference performances, especially from 1947 and 1956.

The contents include:

  • Town Hall concert from May 17, 1947,
  • a long lost Carnegie Hall date from November 1947,
  • a concert from the Netherlands,
  • a set in Milan.
  • a date from Los Angeles in January 1956 that was initially issued as though it was live, but wasn’t.
  • The Great Chicago Concert from June 1956 is well known, but has been out of print a long time.
  • There’s also a concert from Newport in 1956, with four previously unissued performances.
  • A date at Lewisohn Stadium found producer Avakian recording a rehearsal session

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Louis Armstrong Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary The Complete Performances 1947

Satchmo at Symphony Hall 65th Anniversary is a live album by Louis Armstrong.

It is an extended version of an earlier album called Satchmo At Symphony Hall from 1947.

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Louis Armstrong Satchmo at Symphony Hall 1947

Satchmo at Symphony Hall 1947 is a live album by Louis Armstrong.

It was recorded in New York in 1947.

There is also a 65th Anniversary Complete Performance version of this concert recording.

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