This is the first-ever major retrospective of this period. For the most part, the recordings represent Louis Armstrong leading the big band. Never had Louis sounded more secure, more hip, or more like a star. His example was an important beacon that popular standards were a legitimate repertoire for significant jazz recording stylists.
HEXVESSEL and Century Media Records are happy to announce the release of HEXVESSEL’s fourth studio album, “All Tree”, the successor to the band’s highly acclaimed album “When We Are Death” (2016).
This sampling of Louis Armstrong's vocal-oriented recordings features all but one from the 1949-56 period. Guests include Louis Jordan, the Mills Brothers and Bing Crosby ("Gone Fishin'"), but in general the music is somewhat commercial and of lesser interest than most of Satch's readily available CDs.
At ten CDs and 200 tracks, this survey of 1970s pop features 20 songs from each year between 1970 and 1979.
2nd Tony Tucker's (blues guitarist and singer) album "Down The Road Of Blues" offers fresh new direction for blues enthusiasts. Songs include driving guitar and heart felt vocals with smooth melodic influences. This is power lounging music to sooth the soul on a hot sultry muggy night. If you want to get lost in some more blues music for a little over an hour, this CD will not disappoint.
For anyone who grew up during the last days of AM radio, anyone who remembers gas shortages, disco scarves, and feathered hair, this mammoth seven-disc box set, Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, will be a holy grail of nostalgia. First of all, the discs themselves contain a staggering 164 tracks. Basically, if you remember the song, it's probably included: from enduring chestnuts even today's teenagers can sing ("Fire and Rain," "Fly Like an Eagle") to obscure gems of kitsch like "The Night Chicago Died" and the supremely maudlin "Billy Don't Be a Hero." If you were born in the 1960s, you'll probably find this stuff enjoyable rather than embarrassing (to the degree that you can think back on your adolescence without cringing). But don't let the music distract you from the packaging, either. The box is covered in avocado-green shag carpeting (embroidered with a happy-face pattern), and the booklet contains photos of all the artists, essays on the politics and culture of the period, and capsule references to notable events, fads, and people. Only Rhino Records could have put out a reissue package of music, images, and text this perfect.