Satchmo
 

I'm sitting here listening to a Satchmo record ("Satchmo Plays King Oliver) that FlippyShark gave me for my birthday, and realized that there hasn't been a Louis Armstrong tread. Of course no one is more swanky that Satchmo. He's my all time favorite musician.

So is there anyone else out there who is a Louis Armstrong fan?

I dig Satch, but I can't say that I have any of his stuff....Now I'm on a mission to rip a CD from the library. :D

Stachmo was my dad's favorite. He loved Dixieland and I think that was one of the main reasons he had for going to the park. Anyway, I grew up with him and he still always reminds me of my childhood, and going to Disneyland. I particularly enjoy his collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald.

I was born in the wrong era. I feel a kinship to Satchmo and many of the other Jazz musicians of that era.

My Dad was a Jazz musician and loved Satchmo. I remember seeing him play at Disneyland when I was about 5 or 6. It's a very distinct memory and one of the few that have stuck with me for these many years.

Of course, I love seeing him on film in the musical version of "The Philadelphia Story" - High Society.

Here's and item combines the best of Satchmo and Disney. "Disney Songs the Satchmo Way"

Louis is unmatched. Gotta love him.

My list of favorites is long: Louis, The Bird, Ella, Billie, Miles, the Duke, etc., etc. Just heard a bit on NPR about a drummer, Roy Haynes. He's played with the greats and is still playing at 80. And from what they played on air...I gotta get some of his work, wow!

Husband! Do you have a Satch CD? I know you have Miles and the Bird...I should stick those on my iPod.

I think Satchmo was a great addition to the Matterhorn. Oh, wait, that's...nevermind.

Nope, no Armstrong in my collection.

Hmmm.... Must hook up Satchmo-less friends with good music....

OK, I just had an image in my mind of me somehow wiggling my fingers at the laptop, and music just magically being channelled over to CP.... With bright colors and all...

(Wow, who knew what 12.5 hours of sleep would do for me?!)

Hmm, usually it's lack of sleep that makes people hallucinate.

How exactly did you confuse "Harold" and "Satchmo"? ;)
How is this different from a normal music transfer over the internet? :p Science is powerful magic.

Pops was truly a great master. Cats like him, Bird, Miles, Diz and a few others forever changed American music, and Louis was right there at its birth.

Here's an ironic footnote to his story. He first played trumpet (cornet, to be accurate) in a boys home in Storeyville, where he was sent after being picked up for firing a pistol into the air while reveling on New Years. If he hadn't stepped slightly outside the law that day, jazz may never have taken the route that it did. And to throw in a little irony, and I just recently found this out myself, his home in New Orleans was just recently torn down in order to build...

a police station! :D

Kind of "circle of life" in a way, isn't it?

Lovely coincidence...While reading Foucault's Pendulum at lunch, it happens to mention Louis Armstrong. Of course, in the very same paragraph it says, "The important thing is not to puff out your cheeks: that only happens in movies, cartoons, or New Orleans brothels." Really? After a mention of Satchmo, that's your advice?

"Yessssssir, goin' to New Orleans Square on the Mark Twain...."

When my dad was college-age he was a professional photographer (school dances, pin-up girls, etc...) He has a photo he took of Satchmo signing autographs for my dad. One of the few "cool" things my dad has done.

Unless you've lost muscle control. I like him, too.

But Armstrong, man, Armstrong... Coltrane may have been the reason I took up the sax, but Armstrong was the reason I was sad I never took up the horn. Though both of them make me a litte sad I ever put it down. Not that I'd ever be great, but they taught me how to release my heart through my embouchure, and I miss it.

:blush: Umm, oops. Yeah, I was thinking of Gillespie. I do that a lot, whenever I hear "Satchmo", Dizzy's cheeks are the first image that comes to mind.

That's okay. Since Satchmo is short for Satchel Mouth, the mix-up is understandable.

Yes, but I'm afraid I don't have anything intelligent to add to the conversation about him. I would like to hear the new record, though.

Yes, I know, which is why I get confused.

Oh... sorry, most people don't. They just think "Satchmo" is some funky jazz nickname, so I figured I'd throw that out. I guess I should try to check my zeal about jazz history a bit. Didn't mean to sound like a know-it-all.