このアルバムを四谷『いーぐる』店長の後藤雅洋氏は、ブルーノートの隠れ名盤筆頭と評している。同感。クリフォード・ブラウンが事故死したのは1956年6月。1曲目にデューク・ピアソン作のTribute To Brownieを配置したということは、ブラウンを偲んで録音したのだろう。まるで、ブラウンの魂が乗り移ったようにルイ・スミスのトランペットが鳴り響く。
1. Tribute To Brownie 2. Brill's Blues 3. Ande 4. Star Dust 5. South Side 6. Val's Blues
Louis Smith - trumpet Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3,5,6) Duke Jordan - piano (tracks 1,2,5) Tommy Flanagan - piano (tracks 3,4,6) Doug Watkins - bass Art Taylor - drums
Tracks 1, 2 & 5 Recorded on February 4, 1958 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.
Tracks 3, 4 & 6 Recorded on February 9, 1958 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.
1. The Train And The River 2. Blue Monk 3. Blues (The Loose Walk) 4. Sweet Georgia Brown 5. Tea for Two 6. Rondo 7. All of Me 8. Catch As Catch Can 9. I Ain't Mad At You 10. Sweet Little Sixteen 11. Blue Sands 12. Lazy River 13. Tiger Rag 14. Rockin' Chair 15. When The Saints Go Marchin' In 16. Shout All Over 17. Didn't It Rain 18. The Lord's Prayer
1. Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet, tenor & baritone saxes, Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, Jim Hall - guitar / July 4 2. Thelonious Monk - piano, Henry Grimes - bass, Roy Haynes - drums / July 6 3. Sonny Stitt - tenor sax, Sal Salvador - guitar, Gildo Mahones - piano, Martin Rivera - bass, Louis Hayes - drums / July 6 4 & 5. Anita O'Day - vocals, Jimmy Jones - piano, Whitey Mitchell - bass, John Poole - drums / July 6 6. George Shearing - piano, Emil Richards - vibes, 'Toots' Thielemans - guitar, Armando Peraza - congas / July 6 7. Dinah Washington - vocals, vibes, Terry Gibbs - vibes, Urbie Green - trombone, Wynton Kelly - piano, Max Roach - drums, Don Elliott - mellophone, Paul West - bass / July 6 8. Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax, Art Farmer - trumpet, Bill Crow - bass, Dave Bailey - drums / July 5 9. Big Maybelle - vocals, Buck Clayton - trumpet, Jo Jones - drums, Jack Teagarden - trombone, Tony Scott - clarinet, Buddy Tate - saxes, Rudy Rutherford - saxes, Georgie Auld - saxes, Ray Bryant - piano, Kenny Burrell - guitar, Tommy Bryant - bass / July 5 10. Chuck Berry - vocals, electric guitar, Rudy Rutherford - clarinet, Jo Jones - drums, Tommy Bryant - bass / July 5 11. Chico Hamilton - drums, Eric Dolphy - flute, John Pisano - guitar, Nate Gershman - cello, Hal Gaylor - bass / July 6 12, 13, 14 & 15. Louis Armstrong - vocals, trumpet, Jack Teagarden - vocals, trombone, Bobby Hackett - cornet, Trummy Young - trombone, Peanuts Hucko - clarinet, Billy Kyle - piano, Mort Herbert - bass, Danny Barcelona - drums / July 6 16, 17 & 18. Mahalia Jackson - vocals, Mildred Falls - piano, organ / July 6
Recorded on July 4, 5 & 6 1958 at Newport Jazz Festival, RI.
アルバムタイトル曲What A Wonderful Worldを含めた4曲を1967年8月に録音し、A面にタイトル曲、B面にCabaretを配置してシングル盤としてリリース。アメリカではビルボードの116位に留まったが、イギリスのシングル・チャートでは68年2月頃からランクインし、ついに1位を獲得。それを受けて、新たに7曲を7月に録音したという訳アリ的なアルバム。今日はサッチモの命日なので、アルバムの経緯はあまり気にせず、素直に収録曲を楽しみたい。
1. What A Wonderful World 2. Cabaret 3. The Home Fire 4. Dream A Little Dream Of Me 5. Give Me Your Kisses 6. Sunshine Of Love 7. Hello Brother 8. There Must Be A Way 9. Fantastic, That's You 10. I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home 11. Hellzapoppin'
Tracks 1, 2, 6 & 11 Louis Armstrong's Orchestra And Chorus Recorded on August 16, 1967 in NYC.
Tracks 4, 5, 8 & 10 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars Recorded on July 23, 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tracks 3, 7 & 9 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars Recorded on July 24, 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
