Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats (1955) [Reissue 2000] [SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats (1955) [Reissue 2000] [SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC] Download

In 1955, Louis Armstrong, along with vocalist Velma Middleton, got into the studio to pay tribute to the late Fats Waller. All the standards are here: “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Squeeze Me,” “Ain’t Misbehavin,” rendered in fine and mellow but gently, genially swinging fashion. Armstrong’s trumpet is superb and his voice carries the good-time spirit of Waller’s music.Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller only worked together twice, briefly in 1925 in Erskine Tate’s band and four years later in the New York revue Connie’s Hot Chocolates. But Waller made an indelible enough impression for Satchmo to record the tribute album Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller in 1955, when such ideas were new. The nine tracks feature Armstrong ably supported by his All-Stars on such classics as “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Squeeze Me,” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” The mid-’50s was a fertile time for Armstrong, and this makes for a stellar package.

Tracklist:

01. Honeysuckle Rose
02. Blue Turning Grey Over You
03. I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby
04. Squeeze Me
05. Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now
06. All That Meat And No Potatoes
07. I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling
08. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
09. Ain’t Misbehavin’
10. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue (Edited Alternate Version)
11. I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (Edited Alternate Version)
12. Blue Turning Grey Over You (Edited Alternate Version)
13. I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling (Edited Alternate Version)
14. Squeeze Me
15. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
16. Ain’t Misbehavin’
17. Blue Turning Grey Over You
18. Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now
19. Sweet Savannah Sue
20. That Rhythm Man