Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Explained

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
Type:	studio
Artist:	Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson
Cover:	LouisArmstrongMeetsOscarPeterson.jpg
Released:	Late 1959^[1]
Recorded:	July 31 and October 14, 1957
Studio:	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	70:02
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Louis Armstrong
Prev Title:	Porgy and Bess
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Louis and the Angels
Next Year:	1957

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 studio album (recorded in 1957) by Louis Armstrong, accompanied by Oscar Peterson.

The album was reissued in 1997 on CD with four bonus tracks, recorded at the sessions that produced Ella and Louis Again.^[2]

Track listing

"That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 2:42
"Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
"I'll Never Be the Same" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Gus Kahn) – 3:29
"Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:10
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:56
"I Was Doing All Right" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:20
"What's New?" (Sonny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:40
"Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 4:31
"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 4:02
"There's No You" (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) – 2:14
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:24
"Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11

Bonus tracks

"I Get a Kick out of You" (Porter) – 4:16
"Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Kahn) – 3:55
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:16
"Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Porter) – 8:42

Personnel

Performance

Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Louie Bellson – drums

Production

Leonard Feather – liner notes
Val Valentin – engineer
Norman Granz – producer

Notes and References

Web site: Billboard . 30 November 1959 .
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=9815&aid=2679 Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson