When I interviewed drummer Danny Barceona and bassist Buddy Catlett about it 40 years later, they still had fond memories of the Jones Beach run because it was so relaxing. Three months that allowed Armstrong to live in his Corona home, relax, show up for work each night, play for a few hours, then head back home. When Armstrong returned to the Latin Quarter in 1968, it marked his first extended New York club engagement in almost a decade.īut there were those three months at Jones Beach. But by the 1960s, Armstrong's ever-increasing popularity made one-nighters the more lucrative way to go. In the 50s, you could find him in NY for weeks at a time, usually holding court at Basin Street East or earlier, Bop City. For one thing, it meant no one-nighters for three full months, a true rarity since Armstrong had pretty much stopped doing long runs in NYC clubs in the 1960s. "Mardi Gras" ran at New York's Jones Beach from July 1966 through September and proved to be quite a terrific experience for Armstrong and his All Stars. The song comes from the 1966 revue, "Mardi Gras," helmed by Armstrong's hero Guy Lombardo. Happy Halloween, fellow Armstrong nuts! In the past, I've celebrated such Halloween appropriate records as "Old Man Mose," "The Skeleton in the Closet" and "Spooks." I thought I was pretty much finished with the genre until I remembered Armstrong's forgotten 1966 recording of "Mumbo Jumbo." It's not a specific Halloween song, but it's a minor-keyed opus with a voodoo theme so I think it's a fun thing to listen in between scarfing "fun size" Snickers bars and Reeses peanut butter cups. Louis Armstrong, vocal Lebert Lombardo, James Ernest, trumpet Lynn Welshman, Don Rose, Tyree Glen, trombone Buster Bailey, clarinet Carmen Lombardo, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone Cliff Grass, clarinet, alto saxophone Joe Cipriano, clarinet, tenor saxophone Victor Lombardo, clarinet, baritone saxophone Marty Napoleon, piano unknown, guitar, banjo Buddy Catlett, bass unknown, bells Danny Barcelona, drums Guy Lombardo, conductor Written by Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb Louis Armstrong WIth Guy Lombardo's Orchestra
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