Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

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Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
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Studio album by
ReleasedLate 1959 [1]
RecordedJuly 31 and October 14, 1957
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Jazz
Length70:02
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
Louis Armstrong chronology
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(1957)
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(1959)
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(1957)
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Professional ratings
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Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 studio album (recorded in 1957) by Louis Armstrong, accompanied by Oscar Peterson. [6]

Contents

The album was reissued in 1997 on CD with four bonus tracks, recorded at the sessions that produced Ella and Louis Again . [7]

Track listing

  1. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:42
  2. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
  3. "I'll Never Be the Same" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Gus Kahn) – 3:29
  4. "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:10
  5. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:56
  6. "I Was Doing All Right" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:20
  7. "What's New?" (Sonny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:40
  8. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 4:31
  9. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 4:02
  10. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) – 2:14
  11. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:24
  12. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11

Bonus tracks

  1. "I Get a Kick out of You" (Porter) – 4:16
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Kahn) – 3:55
  3. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:16
  4. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Porter) – 8:42

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. "Billboard". 30 November 1959.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Tynan, John A. (4 February 1960). "Vocal". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 3. pp. 28–29.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 12. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 44. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  6. Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson at AllMusic
  7. Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Verve Music Group. Accessed July 13, 2008.