Louis Armstrong - The Complete Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats '2013

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Album name	The Complete Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats
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Date	2013
Genre	Jazz
Play time	1:19:16
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	182 mb / 379 mb
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Â Recorded in 1955 a year after his masterpiece Louis Armstrong and His
All-Stars Plays W.C.Handy,Satch Plays Fats is another classic New Orleans
flavoured album. Sure Fats Waller did not hail from there but came from New York
but Pops definately did and that was the way he played with that original form
of Jazz that emanated from his trumpet in the 1920s. The All-Stars are exactly
the same as for the W.C Handy album with Thelma Middleton providing vocals again
and although sometimes criticised for her range she most likely did what Louis
Armstrong always wanted and that is to accompany him and not make things
unbalanced and I myself absolutely love to hear Louis sing but you would have to
agree he was not Frank Sinatra. Trummy Young is blasting on trombone with his
usual approach and poor Barney Bigard on clarinet is still trying to be heard by
blowing as hard as he can to keep up.Billy Kyle is on piano,Arvell Shaw, bass
and Barrett Deems is on drums. Fats was a stride pianist who often used humour
in his lyrics but he still passed along the message of being black in the first
half of the ninetenth century with his composition Black and Blue and his songs
that he composed in the 1920s and 30s are still played today and are considered
Jazz Standards as Fats Wallers place in Jazz history is considered to be a
cornerstone for the genre. His tunes were part of Louis Armstrongs standard
repertoire with Aint Misbehavin and Keepin Out of Mischief being two of his
regulars and as usual he breathes new life into them with a traditional approach
that only he could do with only the best trumpet playing in Jazz.

Honeysuckle Rose begins the album and the whole band has a quick shot with a
solo and Thelma with Billy on piano lead us in ,with Louis coming in on vocals
and Barneys clarinet just underneath with some superb quick solos from everybody
with Louis going first. Blue Turning Grey Over You is down tempo and New Orleans
as it can get with Louis opening with some wonderful trumpet and singing this
one without Thelma. Im Crazy Bout My Baby and My Babys Crazy Bout Me with
Squeeze Me follow with both being superb. Keepin Out of Mischief Is one of the
highlights with a wonderful rendition by the band and who else could sing it
better, than Louis, even Frank Sinatra could not have had the feel that Louis
had for this song. All That Meat and No Potatoes is often pointed out as low
point and it does not really seem to gel with the vocals between Thelma and
Louis but does it matter when Trummy and Barney play two great solos
respectively. The last two tracks are more high points with the first being a
wonderful version of ( What did I do to be so) Black and Blue with the closer
being a stunning take of Aint Misbehavin and given beautiful spirited feel with
some of that top note Louis Armstrong trumpet. Trummys trombone with Barneys
clarinet are superb but Louis just blows them all away with his solo that just
keeps getting higher.

Satch Plays Fats is just as essential as W.C Handy in your jazz collection with
both being New Orleans traditional masterpieces from the greatest musician ever
that played trumpet and one whos own exuberance always showed through with his
joyful approach to life as well as his music. Both these albums are my favourite
Louis Armstrong  albums and both are pure Jazz with that original New Orleans
influence.This review was only taken from the original issue of the cd which was
released way back in the late 1980s and all those extra bonus tracks were not
issued on this edition. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

1 Honeysuckle Rose 2:57
2 Blue Turning Grey Over You 4:56
3 Im Crazy Bout My Baby 4:29
4 Squeeze Me 5:06
5 Keepin Out Of Mischief Now 3:22
6 All That Meat And No Potatoes 5:17
7 Ive Got The Feeling Im Falling 3:13
8 (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue 4:39
9 Aint Misbehavin 4:01

Bonus Tracks
10 Honeysuckle Rose [Alt. Take 1] 2:59
11 Honeysuckle Rose [Alt. Take 2 With Dubbed Applause] 3:07
12 Blue Turning Grey Over You [Alt. Take 1] 4:44
13 Blue Turning Grey Over You [Alt. Take 2] 5:00
14 Im Crazy Bout My Baby [Alt. Take 1] 4:29
15 Im Crazy Bout My Baby [Alt. Take 2] 4:41
16 Keepin Out Of Mischief Now [Partial Alt. Take] 3:21
17 Ive Got The Feeling Im Falling [Alt. Take] 3:16
18 (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue [Alt. Take] 4:54
19 Aint Misbehavin [Alt. Take] 4:35