Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars – Ambassador Satch

According to Jos Willems' book "All of Me - The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong, "Tin Roof Blues," "Dardanella," Undecided," and "Muskrat Ramble" were recorded (in that order) live on October 30, 1955 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. "West End Blues," "The Faithful Hussar," "Tiger Rag," and "Royal Garden Blues" were recorded December 20, 1955 at an unknown theater in Milan, NOT at the concert, but in the empty hall after the concert with audience sounds dubbed in later. The remaining tracks, "All of Me," and "Twelfth Street Rag" were actually recorded by Columbia in a Los Angeles studio on January 24, 1956, again with audience sounds dubbed in.

It is a surprisingly fun album. It is not one that I play often, but always enjoy when I do. The pressing is very good quality considered the 1956 release date. I have a copy that is extremely silent. It is a live album so you get lots of audience noise, but like I said it is a fun album, not a prize album.

Recorded during his European concert tour of Nov., Dec. 1955, from album cover, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and a Milan theater.