Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:53 am
Hi,
There was a marvelouos session done with Bing and Louis along with Billy May. I have heard the LP (the radio station has it). I have heard on good authority that a CD exists of the session.
I have been searching for the past 3 years for the CD. Does anyone have this CD or know where I could get one?
Here is the info on the recording sessions:
Bing and Satchmo (MGM) -- RECORDING DATES: June 28-29, 1960. ACCOMPANIMENT: Louis Armstrong and the Billy May Orchestra. TRACKS: Sugar, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Let's Sing Like a Dixieland Band, Brother Bill, Muskrat Ramble, Dardanella, Bye Bye Blues, Lazy River, Preacher, Rocky Mountain Moon, Lil Ol Tune, At the Jazz Band Ball. EVALUATION: Louis Armstrong appeared in several movies with Bing, and on many of Bing's radio and TV shows, and shared a hit single (Gone Fishin). Finally they get together for an album. Nearly every track jumps. Songwriter Johnny Mercer joins in the fun with an unbilled cameo vocal on "Lazy River." The CD has been released in Australia on the Axis label (CDAX 701597). Eight tracks are included on the EMI CD "Legends of the 20th Century." Grade: A
There was a marvelouos session done with Bing and Louis along with Billy May. I have heard the LP (the radio station has it). I have heard on good authority that a CD exists of the session.
I have been searching for the past 3 years for the CD. Does anyone have this CD or know where I could get one?
Here is the info on the recording sessions:
Bing and Satchmo (MGM) -- RECORDING DATES: June 28-29, 1960. ACCOMPANIMENT: Louis Armstrong and the Billy May Orchestra. TRACKS: Sugar, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Let's Sing Like a Dixieland Band, Brother Bill, Muskrat Ramble, Dardanella, Bye Bye Blues, Lazy River, Preacher, Rocky Mountain Moon, Lil Ol Tune, At the Jazz Band Ball. EVALUATION: Louis Armstrong appeared in several movies with Bing, and on many of Bing's radio and TV shows, and shared a hit single (Gone Fishin). Finally they get together for an album. Nearly every track jumps. Songwriter Johnny Mercer joins in the fun with an unbilled cameo vocal on "Lazy River." The CD has been released in Australia on the Axis label (CDAX 701597). Eight tracks are included on the EMI CD "Legends of the 20th Century." Grade: A