Satchmo the Great [Columbia]

Louis Armstrong

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Satchmo the Great [Columbia] Review

by Scott Yanow

In 1956 Edward R. Murrow narrated a feature film, Satchmo the Great, that contained highlights from some of Louis Armstrong's world tours. This soundtrack has some narration by Murrow between songs plus an interview with Armstrong. Musically there are renditions of "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," "Indiana," "Oh Didn't He Ramble," "Mack the Knife," "Mahogany Hall Stomp" and "Black and Blue" that add little to the more familiar versions. Most interesting is a lengthy "St. Louis Blues" that teams Armstrong and his All-Stars with Leonard Bernstein and a symphony orchestra.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:25 SpotifyAmazon
2 Louis Armstrong 03:27 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:19 SpotifyAmazon
4 Louis Armstrong 03:50 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:52 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 07:00 SpotifyAmazon
7 Louis Armstrong 01:15 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:13 SpotifyAmazon
9 Louis Armstrong 01:44 SpotifyAmazon
10 Louis Armstrong 01:15 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:17 SpotifyAmazon
12 Louis Armstrong 03:58 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:24 SpotifyAmazon
14 Louis Armstrong 00:09 SpotifyAmazon
15 Louis Armstrong 03:50 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:45 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
18 Louis Armstrong 02:36 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:45 SpotifyAmazon
20 Louis Armstrong 00:37 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 00:43 SpotifyAmazon
22 Louis Armstrong 10:26 SpotifyAmazon
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Louis Armstrong feat: Edward R. Murrow 01:28 SpotifyAmazon
24 Louis Armstrong 04:57
25 Louis Armstrong 05:20 SpotifyAmazon
26 Louis Armstrong 03:33
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