Twelve days after
Louis Armstrong
died, his old friend
Earl Hines
recorded a solo tribute to the great trumpeter/vocalist. This Audiophile LP, one of three that
Hines
recorded in a two-day period, features eight songs associated with
Satch
including
"Struttin' with Some Barbeque,"
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On," "Someday You'll Be Sorry" and two versions of
Armstrong
's theme "When It's Sleepy Time Down South." This set should be of particular interest to
collectors for the pianist rarely performed most of these songs, and he gives fresh heartfelt renditions to the standards. ~ Scott Yanow