What a Wonderful World (BMG)

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Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong, Leon Thomas (vocals); Oliver Nelson (arranger, conductor); Robert Ashton, Ray Beckenstein, Daniel Bank, Jerry Dodgion, Billy Harper (saxophone); Thad Jones, Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm (trumpet, flugelhorn); Garnett Brown, Bill Campbell, Al Grey, Quentin Jackson (trombone); James Spaulding (flute); Frank Owens (piano); Kenny Burrell, Sam Brown (guitar); Richard Davis, George Duvivier (acoustic bass); Chuck Rainey, John Williams, Jr. (electric bass); Pretty Purdie (drums); Gene Golden (congas). Recorded on May 26-29, 1970. Includes liner notes by Stanley Dance. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Sam T. Brown, Kenny Burrell (guitar); Winston Collymore, Manny Green, Arnold Black, Joseph Malin, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Selwart Clarke, Gene Orloff, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky (violin); Julien Barber, David Schwartz , Alfred Brown , Emanuel Vardi (viola); Alan Schulman, Charles McCracken , George Ricci, Kermit Moore (cello); James Spaulding (flute); Danny Bank , Raymond Beckenstein, Robert Ashton, Billy Harper (saxophone); Ernie Royal, Jimmy Owens, Marvin Stamm, Thad Jones (trumpet, flugelhorn); Garnett Brown, Al Grey, Quentin Jackson, Bill Campbell (trombone); Frank Owens (piano); Chuck Rainey, John Williams (electric bass); Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Gene Golden (congas); Ila Govan, Matthew Ledbetter, Janice Bell, Tasha Thomas, Carl Hall (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Bob Simpson . Liner Note Author: Stanley Dance. Recording information: 05/26/1970/05/27/1970. Arranger: Oliver Nelson. This album, recorded during a three-day session in May 1970, several weeks prior to Armstrong's seventieth or sixty-ninth birthday (accounts differ) and just over a year before he died, is a peculiar though fascinating period piece. The title track (be warned that it is NOT the hit single version) begins with a gentle lecture from "Pops" to the young people who had taken him to task as to whether a world of war, poverty and hate was in fact wonderful, before easing into a stripped-down, heartbreaking rendition of Armstrong's signature tune. Other "with-it" tunes include "Everybody's Talkin'," "We Shall Overcome," a surprisingly funky "Give Peace A Chance" and a hypnotic take of Pharoah Sanders' "The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)" featuring guest vocalist Leon Thomas. The arrangements have that distinctly late-60s feel, making the album essential both to Armstrong fans and those fond of post-Bacharach 60s jazz-pop.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)