Louis Armstrong - I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Hot Fives & Sevens version (best!)

another classic

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Music

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• louis armstrong
• jazz
• swing

[fillra]

Brilliant! Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five, March 5, 1929, New York City, New York, NY. Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Higginbotham, J.C. (Trombone) Nicholas, Albert (Alto Saxophone) Holmes, Charlie (Alto Saxophone) Hill, Teddy (Tenor Saxophone) Russell, Luis (Piano) Condon, Eddie (Banjo) Johnson, Lonnie (Guitar) Foster, Pops (Bass) Barbarin, Paul (Drums

[SatchmoSings]

I've always loved this record and have always considered it to be among Armstrong's very best; the flatted fifths and racing, ascending triplets, the parts of the vocal when he does it all on one note with just use of rhythm are all just so great.

He truly was a genius; there was nothing like this before him and few since.

[papafritahh]

:D

[TheTeamDancers]

Fabulous song.

[fillra]

Update... the full entry for this tune on the dippermouth dot blogspot is on his March blog '09... scroll to two thirds way down, it's very detailed and there are lots of musical samples.

The author of this blog is Ricky Riccardi, and he is the Project Archivist of the Louis Armstrong Archives at Queens College in New York. Some job, eh?

[fillra]

There's a superb entry about this tune on dippermouth dot blog, about two thirds of the way down.... "80 Years of I Can't Give You Anything But Love".