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Louis Armstrong

Title: Live in Japan - Yokahama 1953

Label: Rare Live Recordings

Cat No:RLR88649
Format:CD

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• For the first time ever on CD, a rare Armstrong concert with his All Stars - recorded in Yokohama, Japan, less than a decade after the U.S. bombings that ended the Second World War. This, remarkably, seems to be his only recorded performance in Japan.

• Louis is in fine form on trumpet and vocals, and is accompanied by Trummy Young and Barney Bigard. As a bonus, this CD includes a long unavailable live set in Firenze from the same period.

• Personnel : Louis Armstrong (tp, vcl), Trummy Young (tb) on all tracks, with : Barney Bigard, clarinet; Billy Kyle, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Kenny John, drums; and Velma Middleton, vocals. NBC New Year’s Eve Broadcast, Yokohama, Japan, December 31, 1953. Bonus tracks : Bob McCracken (cl), Marty Napoleon (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Cozy Cole (d), Velma Middleton (vcl.). Teatro Odeon, Firenze, Italy, October 25, 1952.

• Total Time: 76:01 - 19 tracks - 12-page booklet.

Track Listing for Live in Japan - Yokahama 1953
01) Announcements / WHEN IT’S SLEEPY
TIME DOWN SOUTH 5:14
02) INDIANA 4:25
03) A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON 4:42
04) TEA FOR TWO 8:13
05) THE BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE IN IT 3:20
06) MARGIE 3:55
07) VELMA’S BLUES 3:24
08) C’EST SI BON 2:23
09) STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY into WHEN
IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH 6:52
10) ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET 3:46
11) LITTLE COQUETTE 2:50
12) THAT’S MY DESIRE 4:02
13) SAINT LOUIS BLUES 3:04
14) ON THE ALAMO 2:41
15) HOW HIGH THE MOON 4:16
16) BUGLE CALL RAG 3:26
17) BASIN STREET BLUES 4:12
18) VELMA’S BLUES 2:42
19) WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH 2:24

TT: 76:01

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