Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
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1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson
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| Released | Late 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 31 and October 14, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 70:02 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 studio album (recorded in 1957) by Louis Armstrong, accompanied by Oscar Peterson.[6]
The album was reissued in 1997 on CD with four bonus tracks, recorded at the sessions that produced Ella and Louis Again.[7]
Bonus tracks
- "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:42
- "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
- "I'll Never Be the Same" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Gus Kahn) – 3:29
- "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:10
- "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:56
- "I Was Doing All Right" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:20
- "What's New?" (Sonny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:40
- "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 4:31
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 4:02
- "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) – 2:14
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:24
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11
- "I Get a Kick out of You" (Porter) – 4:16
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Kahn) – 3:55
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:16
- "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Porter) – 8:42
Personnel
Performance
- Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Louie Bellson – drums
Production
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
- Val Valentin – engineer
- Norman Granz – producer
References
- ↑ "Billboard". 30 November 1959.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Tynan, John A. (4 February 1960). "Vocal". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. pp. 28–29.
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 12. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson at AllMusic
- ↑ Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Verve Music Group. Accessed July 13, 2008.
