Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2024
Label: Vinyl Passion
Track List
Side A
A1. Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday – My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash
A2. Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby – Gone Fishin’
A3. Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton – Honeysuckle Rose
A4. Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra – Lonesome Man Blues
A5. Louis Armstrong & Danny Kaye – The Five Pennies Saints
A6. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald – Summertime
A7. Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan – You Rascal You
A8. Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday – You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart
Side B
B1. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald – Cheek To Cheek
B2. Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton – Big Butter And Egg Man
B3. Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby – Dardanella
B4. Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan – Life Is So Peculiar
B5. Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday – Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
B6. Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra – The Birth Of The Blues
B7. Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby – Let’s Sing Like A Dixieland Band
B8. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Notes
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing of this collection featuring duets with Ella, Frank, Billie, Bing and more. The main ingredient to a good duet is that of mutual respect, professional admiration, even love, which often shines through a particular performance, and the pairings of Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby on the relaxed “Gone Fishing”, or with Velma Middleton on “Honeysuckle Rose” or with “The Voice” Frank Sinatra on “Ad-Lib Blues”, or Ella Fitzgerald on “Summertime”, the great Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong significantly being the common denominator in each duo. Also included are two rare duets with Billie Holiday on “My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash” and “You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart,” while Armstrong and bandleader Louis Jordan perform an entertaining version of the classic “You Rascal You”.
