Louis Armstrong At Berlin 1965
Louis Armstrong at Berlin 1965
Shteinberg Andrei
MUS A124
12/03/2015
Louis Armstrong's legendary concert in Berlin. Armstrong's career was in full bloom and from 1955 on, Armstrong traveled the world, performing with his All Stars in support of U.S. interests abroad. He did not comment on the political situation, saying that he is interested in his audience and not in the Wall. Armstrong and his All Stars began their first tours to Eastern Europe behind the ''Iron Curtain,'' where he became known as “Ambassador Satch.” This concert took place in East Berlin in March of 1965 at the Friedrichstadtpalast and it was a part of historical Europian tour and of course all tickets were sold out very fast. This performance was recorded by Eastern Germany television - Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF) on March 22, among the members of “Ambassador Satch” on this concert were: Clarinet - Eddie Shu, Bass - Arvell Shaw, Drums - Danny Barcelona, Piano - Billy Kyle, Trombone - Tyree Glenn, Trumpet and Vocals - Louis Armstrong, Vocals - Jewel Brown. Armstrong and his All Stars played six concerts in Berlin, four in Leipzig and five more in Magdeburg, Erfurt and Schwerin. Also, during that tour Louis Armstrong visited CSSR, Hungaria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria. The first song made a tempo of the whole concert. Louis Armstrong began the performance with «When It Is Sleepy Time Down South», this swing song with slow tempo and Armstrong's wonderful solo part is now considered as a jazz standard, followed by «Indiana» with piano solo by Billy Kyle, bass solo by Arvell Shaw, clarinet solo by Eddie Shu, trombone solo by Tyree Glenn and outstanding instrumental session in general. Louis Armstrong was the best trumpet player of this era and his trumpet solo sounded wonderful in this song «Black and Blue». Song has a very slow tempo with instrumental beginning and the Armstrong's trumpet part, after that Armstrong took his vocal part and in combination with
Shteinberg Andrei
MUS A124
12/03/2015
Louis Armstrong's legendary concert in Berlin. Armstrong's career was in full bloom and from 1955 on, Armstrong traveled the world, performing with his All Stars in support of U.S. interests abroad. He did not comment on the political situation, saying that he is interested in his audience and not in the Wall. Armstrong and his All Stars began their first tours to Eastern Europe behind the ''Iron Curtain,'' where he became known as “Ambassador Satch.” This concert took place in East Berlin in March of 1965 at the Friedrichstadtpalast and it was a part of historical Europian tour and of course all tickets were sold out very fast. This performance was recorded by Eastern Germany television - Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF) on March 22, among the members of “Ambassador Satch” on this concert were: Clarinet - Eddie Shu, Bass - Arvell Shaw, Drums - Danny Barcelona, Piano - Billy Kyle, Trombone - Tyree Glenn, Trumpet and Vocals - Louis Armstrong, Vocals - Jewel Brown. Armstrong and his All Stars played six concerts in Berlin, four in Leipzig and five more in Magdeburg, Erfurt and Schwerin. Also, during that tour Louis Armstrong visited CSSR, Hungaria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria. The first song made a tempo of the whole concert. Louis Armstrong began the performance with «When It Is Sleepy Time Down South», this swing song with slow tempo and Armstrong's wonderful solo part is now considered as a jazz standard, followed by «Indiana» with piano solo by Billy Kyle, bass solo by Arvell Shaw, clarinet solo by Eddie Shu, trombone solo by Tyree Glenn and outstanding instrumental session in general. Louis Armstrong was the best trumpet player of this era and his trumpet solo sounded wonderful in this song «Black and Blue». Song has a very slow tempo with instrumental beginning and the Armstrong's trumpet part, after that Armstrong took his vocal part and in combination with