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# Jazz Icons: Louis Armstrong Live in '59

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Product Description          Jazz Icons: Louis Armstrong is one of the only known complete Armstrong concerts from the 1950s to be captured on fi lm. This 55-minute set, fi lmed in Belgium in 1959, features many of SatchmoÂs greatest songs including Â"Mack The KnifeÂ", Â"When ItÂs Sleepy Time Down SouthÂ" and Â"StompinÂ At The Savoy,Â" backed by his stellar band the All-Stars, featuring Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Kyle, Danny Barcelona and Mort Herbert.             .com          The very existence of this hour-long concert, billed as perhaps the only complete Louis Armstrong show ever recorded on film, is a treat; the fact that Live in '59 is excellent both musically and technically makes it truly special. By the time of this Belgian gig, Armstrong was decades past the groundbreaking work that established him as the greatest and most influential instrumentalist and vocalist in jazz history. Yet he was still in fine form; then in his late fifties, he was playing a bit less and singing a little more, but his chops were in good shape, and his trumpet sound (described by Wynton Marsalis in the DVD liner notes as "big and open with a deep spiritual essence--a sound closest to the Angel Gabriel") remained inimitable. The band, with trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Michael "Peanuts" Hucko, pianist Billy Kyle, bass player Mort Herbert, and drummer Danny Barcelona, is at once tight and loose, enough at ease with the music to let it breathe on its own. As for the repertoire, it's a virtual primer on Dixieland and early jazz, including "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," the riotous "Hold That Tiger," "Now You Has Jazz" (with Young helping Satchmo recreate his duet with Bing Crosby in the film High Society), a tour de force rendition of "Stompin' at the Savoy," and two Armstrong standards, "Mack the Knife" and "When the Saints Go Marching In" (saucy, plus-sized vocalist Velma Middleton appears for a couple of numbers at the end, including an innuendo-laden "St. Louis Blues"). Typical of the Jazz Icons series, both audio and video are amazingly clean and clear. But perhaps best of all is the opportunity to witness Louis, his musicians, and the audience simply having a ball. In retrospect, Armstrong's mugging--the wide eyes, the parading around the stage, the constant shucking and jiving--led to accusations that he was pandering to his white audiences like some latter day minstrel, and many musicians subsequently adopted a too-cool-for-the-room stance in response. But "Pops" wasn't just a musician; he was an entertainer. "What you're there for," he once said, "is to please the people," and there's no doubt that Live in '59 will do exactly that. --Sam Graham             
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                 Review          "Jazz Icons is doing for jazz what the Criterion Collection has done for classic and important films". -- Jazz Times           See more

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## Customer Reviews

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    Definitely, just the most pure and perfect jazz, Jazz, JAZZ!!!
  

*by S***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2013*

Not always, but occasionally, occurs in your life the opportunity to purchase and have something really big, important and transcendental among your belongings. Such is the case of the DVD "Jazz Icons: Louis Armstrong Live in '59".Definitely, this concert (originally recorded on film format and now brought to life again in an exceptional cared and polished, in both sound and image, digital format) has it all: great jazz music, great songs, great jazz stars playing outstanding music and performing extraordinary solos in each of the instruments in which they are experts (the percussion solo performed by Danny Barcelona has no comparison!), great guests (Velma Middleton is just fantastic!), dancing, laughter, joy and nonstop good humor all along the show, from begining to end. But above all, this one unique concert has on stage the great, great Satchmo, Louis Armstrong.If you only had on this DVD, just the great "Pops" playing his trumpet and singing the songs with that unmistakable voice that just makes you forget all the bad situations and just enjoy all the good things in life, you'll still have one hell of a musical event in the history of jazz and concerts. But having also included in this wonderful DVD all I've previously mentioned, you can not say anything but that you have, in every sense of the word, only the best jazz, Jazz, JAZZ, for listening and watching!So, you just lean back in your favourite and most comfortable chair and thoroughly enjoy each and every one of the songs and music contained in this musical material. Although, I dare you to continue sitting in that chair without getting up and dance after ten minutes of watching this DVD!Finally, I just want to make a special mention regarding the extremely fast shipping (the DVD arrived long before the estimated delivery date, notwithstanding that the product I purchased was an international shipping!) and perfect packaging and product protection that the seller Classical Music Superstore did, which led for me to get my DVD in perfect conditions without a scratch. Thanks to Classical Music Superstore and to Amazon.com for such an excellent job! It met all my expectations by far!Thanks for reading my review! God bless you all!

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    Louis Armstrong at the hight of his powers...
  

*by A***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2006*

I seldom write reviews for items on Amazon, but I felt compelled to do so in this instance as the only other reviewer of this DVD on Amazon at this time gave this disc only a four star rating. Fewer than five stars for this DVD seemed like a real injustice to me.This is with no doubt the best Louis Armstrong concert DVD currently in print. There are a handful of documentaries, but, if you are looking for a concert, your only other choice is the 1962 Louis Armstrong performance with Eddie Condon and the Bobby Hackett Sextet. Although that DVD is also a classic, there are only 6 songs with Louis Armstrong appearing on them, and, by contrast, his performance is more subdued than in this 1959 concert.In this concert, Louis is in his absolute prime, hitting a series of truly astounding notes, singing and scatting at his best, and performing with an ebullience that was unique only to Louis Armstrong in his prime. In one sequence he chases his trombone player around the piano in a phenomenal dueling horn solo. If you are a Louis Armstrong fan in the least, please do not debate buying this DVD... If you can spare the cost, simply buy it and be enriched by the brilliance of a true American master in his prime. There is good reason why the pioneering jazz masters were called America's classical musicians, on a par with Europe's classical masters, and this DVD provides ample proof of that claim.

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    What a Wonderful Whirl
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 17, 2020*

This was a gift for a famous musician who met his idol, Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was a star and had been so for decades. This kid came to his dressing room to get an autograph. Instead, Louis invited him in and inquired about the kid's playing, practice schedule, and ambition. Then he encourage him to follow his dream. He was more than a star, he was a hero and that makes him a Jazz Icon. It was my pleasure to give this video as a reminder of the fact that our achievements are built upon the encouragement of those whom we admire, and our determination to fulfill the glimmer observed by a star.

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