Louis ARMSTRONG & His Orchestra " Swingin' On Nothing " !!!

RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MR LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCHESTRA ! Louis Armstrong[1] (August 4, 1901 -- July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance.
With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics.
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general.
Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a strong supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.
You can watch all my rare oldies soundies on : http://www.myspace.com/swingcocktail ! Many thanks , NICKY .

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[fillra01]

@ytzpaul Hi! For Louis Armstrong from all eras, try the excellent "dippermouth blog", stories, audios, photos, videos. It's run by Ricky Riccardi who is the Archivist at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York, also a jazz pianist and author.

Currently his blog has lots about the formation of the All Stars in the late 40s.

Phil (UK)

[laurelinsgarden]

@fillra01 Thanks for the information!

[ytzpaul]

Thanks for the upload - I hadn't heard much from Louis Armstrong

during the forties -- A treat!

[fillra01]

@laurelinsgarden The large lady is Velma Midddleton, Armstrong's vocalist until 1959, famous for risqué routines with Louis, also doing 'the splits'. The other singer, George Washington, was a trombonist in Armstrong's orchestra. Recorded April 20, 1942, Los Angeles, CA

[raynefallz1]

@laurenlingsgarden

What a wonderful soundie! I looked through Billboard's online soundie reviews and the vocalists are Velma Middleton & George Washington. It was reviewed in the August 22 1942 issue of Billboard. I also checked William Forrest Crouch's online soundies listed and did not see it listed. Evidently, it was produced by a different film director for Minoco

[laurelinsgarden]

Who are the vocalists?