Tag: 1947
From the Record Shelves #312 – Woody’n You – In this tune from December 1947, we hear an inspired Dizzy Gillespie put life with his trumpet into an already very lively arrangement. He originally wrote it for Woody Herman’s Orchestra, and it was released under the title Algo Buono (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #249 – The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise – This is more a demonstration of skills than jazz, but when it is as good as this, I can take it in a small portion. Especially since I know that those musicians can do a lot more than that, which the fine Swaggie LP (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #158 – Someday You’ll Be Sorry – It must be decades since I’ve listened to this album, but way back then I did it a lot. As it happens most often when you listen to something with Louis Armstrong, your foot starts going up and down (…) read more and listenread more and listen
From the Record Shelves #142 – Beato te. Even if you do not know Italian you may feel the joy of spring that is the subject here. “Beato te” means “lucky you”. And late in the song it’s comes to “lucky me”. “Primavera” is the Italian word for spring. (…) read more and listenread more and listen