If you connect the title “I’ve Got The World On A String” to Louis Armstrong’s identify, you may be forgiven for pondering first of the dynamic track of 1933, recorded with Teddy Wilson on piano. However Armstrong’s later model of the Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler basic was the title observe of a 1957 album produced by Norman Granz and was recorded at Capitol’s Hollywood Studio on the identical day as Louis Underneath The Stars.
Each albums made that day had been produced by Russ Garcia, whose wealthy preparations present a mellow setting for Armstrong’s tender singing on “We’ll Be Together Again,” a track with lyrics by the favored actor and crooner Frankie Laine. Delicate piano accompaniment is offered by Paul Smith, a musician whose delicate contact was behind lots of Ella Fitzgerald’s most celebrated performances.
Even within the stress cooker of such a demanding session, Armstrong was in a position to convey one thing totally different – and the essence of himself – to quite a lot of tracks. The Satchmo type shines by means of on compositions resembling Duke Ellington’s “Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me,” sung with gravel-voiced allure. One of many highlights is a model of the Nineteenth-century slave non secular “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” a favourite of Armstrong’s, who commonly carried out it stay and recorded a number of totally different variations through the years.
Songs from musicals had been an vital a part of a musician’s repertoire within the 50s, and Armstrong sounds filled with joie de vivre on his model of “You’re The Top,” a track Cole Porter wrote for the 1934 theatre manufacturing of Something Goes. Armstrong additionally covers musical songs “Little Girl Blue” (Rogers and Hart), and “I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues” a track penned by Harold Arlen for the 1932 Broadway present Vanities.
The album was hailed as “prime wax” for radio disc jockeys within the Billboard evaluation. The luxurious album art work was by the acclaimed avant-garde painter John Altoon.
Underneath The Stars Observe Itemizing:
1. High Hat, White Tie and Tails 4:14
2. Have You Met Miss Jones? 4:41
3. I Solely Have Eyes for You 4:16
4. Stormy Climate 4:19
5. House 5:52
6. East of the Solar, West of the Moon 3:17
7. You’re Blase 5:01
8. Physique and Soul 4:55
Album Credit:
Recorded: November 1958
Label: Verve
Studio: Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Producer: Norman Granz
Arranger: Russell Garcia
