A historical document of jazz!

In 1954 for the first time published recording brings impressive performance Armstrong and his "All Stars" expressed. The voice of Satchmo's solo outstanding, but that does not provide his instrumental abilities in the shadows. From his backing band that plays good overall, especially Trummy Young and Velma Middleton hervor- are annul. The interpretation of the "Saint-Louis-Blues" is second to none, the trumpet introduction is brilliant. The other pieces, like "Loveless Love", "Long Gone" and "Atlanta Blues" give an insight into what jazz really means. Rounding out the 1997 newly released CD by 5 previously inaccessible "sample sequences" that allow the listener to work Armstrongs and the band during their interpretations Try in significantly. Of the best connoisseurs of the Jazz and the Armstrong biographers such. B. Ilse Storb, this CD is unanimously assessed as a milestone in the history of jazz and in Armstrong's recording career.
The booklet accompanying the CD is provided with beautiful photos, the texts of the producer George Avakian has written himself, lead the listener into the development phase of the one-off project "Louis Armstrong Plays WC Handy" a.
A stroke of luck in the recording history!