Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen (1933)-HD
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2011
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No doubt at all: this one gonna be my favorite youtube video of them all zillions in UA-cam. Louis just burns "I Cover The Waterfront", "Dinah" and "Tiger Rag" out. ♥
When he sung Dinah, I was literally in a trance for the longest time after that. The power of genius is indescribable.
I thought I was the only one who felt that way. I can’t stop listening.
I listen to this often and I’m always amazed. I don’t have appropriate words for how amazing Dinah is.
Have you heard his rendition of Stardust? Best one ever.
It’s otherworldly good.
he mustve been in bliss performing that
You could use 40 million words and that still wouldn't be enough to describe the pure soul and genius of Louis Armstrong.
Mr. Armstrong is undoubtedly one of the finest trumpeteers of all time. But let's not forget about his horn section...those guys are really tight. They go from solo pieces back into harmony so effortlessly.
This is one of my favorite bits of film of ANYTHING. The amazing thing is that no one in America had thought to film Armstrong before this 1933 recording. He had to go to Europe for someone to record him for posterity.
Incredible rare thing to find live footage from a concert from this early in time. Including sound and in this quality. Incredible. This is the oldest example I can think of.
@@F0nkyNinja But even more so, this performance probably would not have been possible in the US.. I could be wrong but his band looks integrated .. that would have been unacceptable in 1933 US and for many years to follow.
Maybe he had been filmed, but it had been lost. Probably most likely
@@F0nkyNinja Good point. I think you're right.
@@2008alde Yes, I think I saw 3 white men playing in the band too.
Just played this for the "upteenth time" for my US History students in my 25 years of teaching school, and this performance is as fresh and staggering exciting for me today as when I first heard it! I always point out Louis' self-introduction as "I'm MISTER Armstrong" (in a time when most Blacks were denied that simple courtesy word), his "trumpet-style singing," and his "song-style trumpet" (titles taken from the 1920s).
Rusty Godfrey great point about the "mister" Armstrong.
+John L. Monk At that point in his career and recognition, it was a universal opinion amongst his fans and admirers that all of them were his subordinate...but he was a brave man to proclaim it nevertheless, given the times. He IS and ALWAYS will be Mr. Armstrong, "POPS" Love to Louis.
Absolutely the greatest performance I have ever witnessed! If I had only one performance to see live this would be the one. The technical execution on Dina at 5:54 as well as his singing throughout the entire song. The note he holds on Tiger Rag at 8:34-8:42 is absolutely a thing of astonishment. Don't know how he held it for so long with such force! How could anyone give this performance a thumbs down???
+Robert Hall You're right, this is a miraculous peformance by a genius. When I see it, I cry....
I can't imagine why anyone would give this a thumbs down, unless it is out of pure bigotry. This performance represents the epitome of musical talent.
They should name all hurricanes "Louis" because no one blew the roof off more places than that man. Pure joy in performance; pure genius in construction. And let's thankful sound film recording had been developed by this time to catch him at the height of his powers.
@@MrJonsonville5 and you know it, Dinah has elements of scat and rap, truly a musical genius,oh by the way, he ain't too shabby on that horn either, R.I.P. Mr. Armstrong.
Yes this is absolutely one of the most thrilling musical performances ever caught on film . . . and just think: this was just another night for Louie and band. 1934 this is his RCA years when he became a star and started recording more Pop tunes and novelty and etc. Imagine having film of him with one of the Hot Fives or Sevens incarnations in the 1920s?!
The greatest document on You tube
hands fucking down!!!!
absolutely
And as always filmed in Europe.
We were so blessed to have Louis Armstrong and the genius of his music. He changed the face of music. No one can sing Dinah the way he did. He became an extenstion of his trumpet in that song. The Europeans really saw and appreciated his talent. Too bad that was not the case in the Southern USA -even when this man dined, ate with and entertained Kings and Queens he was denied access to certain hotels in the Southern USA.
That's why the black American stars loved to tour Europe - they were treated like the stars they were.
Which kings and queens did he entertain? I know he got a Selmer trumpet from king George which is pretty cool.
One should never underestimate the racism in Europe in the 1930’s. Jazz music was seen as “filth” by Danish experts, and the reason for this concert being filmed was for it to be a part of a comedy film. If you watched the film, you would see famous Danish actor, Ib Schønberg, appear on the stage after the concert, in blackface, singing a mocking song while imitating Armstrong. The song roughly translates to: »I am black n****r boy, black in face and black in clothes, shoes and tie and vest and coat, everything black.«
The majority of people in the audience here came to see what they saw as “inferior” music. To see “the black man”. Denmark was an extremely white majority country in the 1930’s, and people happily paid money just for the chance to see a black person. This was, to them, a form of circus.
@@camilladyrefrank regardless of all that he was not denied entry into hotels and never had to come through the kitchen in order to get to the stage as he had to do in the Southern states in the USA.
A scant 6 years after he recorded his Hot Five's. Jazz as an art form was still being formed, yet here he is, TRANSCENDENT. If you don't love Louis, you don't love music.
In my African American Music class, we talked about Louis Armstrong and my teacher played the song, Dinah. I really enjoyed listening to that song! Louis Armstrong was a musical genius!
My father was an Danish musician himself and he got inspired by Louis Armstorngs performence at this concert which he enjoyed with my grandma in Copenhagen back in 19333 12 yo - Louis Armstrong brought people together no mattter their color and his happiness was legendary no matter where he performed in a minor club or at huge scenes - What a true performer of gods grace! He'll never be forgotten and his means for the music are not to be discussed!
RIP IN YOUR JAZZY HEAVEN POPS, GOOD OLD SATCHMO
This man invented modern vocals. He was years ahead of his time and the ultimate showman.
How much would you pay to travel back in time and see the impact this guy had on an audience.
This clip is from an old danish movie called " København, Kalundborg - og" from 1934. Louis was playing about 7 concerts in Denmark that year, In Tivoli and a Theatre called " The Palace Theatre". When Louis arrived at Copenhagen Centralstation, He Was nearly getting choked of thousands of danes, who came to pay homage to their big hero.
They did 8 sould out shows in Copenhagen, and 2 more in the provinces.
I absolutely love how into the music he is. Hes groovin man
How can he cram so many musical ideas into a 3 minute song? It's like hearing 8 songs packed together. It's almost impossible.
He was a virtuoso for sure!
Records by black musicians were typically limited to three minutes and some seconds.
Yes, there are so many melodic gestures and possibilities it’s wonderful. He doesn’t just run scales when he blows. It’s all melody all the time, and rhythm.
A true talent indeed!
He had a charisma so brilliant and an Aura so bright that even the sun needed shades. Bless ya heart Satchmo, you are truly the greatest of all time ❤
Amazing. Like all the great virtuosos throughout history, Armstrong mad making the incredible sounds he made look like the easiest, most natural thing in the world. And he also made it look like it was pure joy to do it. His audiences were truly privileged to see it live.
My Dad got to see him live, once, in the 60s. But even in recorded form, what a legacy. Satchmo is eternal.
If you call yourself a jazz musician and HAVEN'T watched this yet, you are learning the wrong shit.
It's crap. What is great? Bad trumpet player. No match with any good trumpeters. Not near to so many greats, virtuosos.
@@ibariban I have never encountered an individual with less brain cells than you sir.
Exactly. This is the GOAT performance caught by film of jazz. In the 50th anniversary of his death Louis lives on.
@@ibariban troll much?
@@yvesfrancoisritmo hot 5 and hot 7 era Pops is THE cornerstone of all jazz (maybe all modern American music). So much swing, so much attitude, so many balls. The Goat indeed.
OMG; an actual video from 1933,, I can't thank whoever preserved and shared this enough, thank you !!!!
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One of the coolest little details about his style is heard at the bar at 4:49 where he comes in with "Dinah" exactly on time on the downbeat, and then the next bar he SHOULD come in with "Dinah" again on the next downbeat, but he doesn't, he's a little early. They say jazz is learning the rules and breaking them, looks like that applies to rhythm as well! It helps that Louis has a very hot and steady band!
Louis using his trumpet and head at the beginning of Dinah to conduct makes me so incredibly happy! He truly was one brilliantly cool cat. Love you Pop's
My favorite video of Satchmo. I would give anything to find a video of a complete concert of him before 1940...
I first heard this on Ken Burns' documentary and was blown away. I knew about Armstrong growing up, since he was still alive and a firmly established icon. But the minute I heard this song I knew what he was all about. So, so many artists and actors that came before me were on their downward slope, only to be discovered long after their demise why they were so great.
You nailed it Henry!!! I listened to this several times and I watch the Guys feet, and the tightnest of their Groove!!! Can't be touched, Louie and Crew were Funky....He may have Invented Funky Tight Jazz!!!
@@borg30096 I'm so glad you loved it too James. This performance is simply amazing.
As I write this, this footage is 80 years old. Yet it still swings. Armstrong was undoubtedly the first great jazz giant and perhaps has not been eclipsed.
Thanks for the posting. Incredible.
Soon to be 90 years old man isn’t that crazy?
CREDITS from Openculture org. Armstrong on trumpet and vocals, Charles D. Johnson on trumpet, Peter DuCongé on clarinet and alto saxophone, Henry Tyree on alto saxophone, Fletcher Allen on tenor saxophone, Lionel Guimarez on trombone, Justo Baretto on piano, German Arango on bass and Oliver Tines on drums.
I Cover The Waterfront and Dinah preformed here are sublime. So well done, perfect phrasing, pause, sound - perfect swing. The world almost feels normal again listening to this. Two of my favorites as done by Armstrnog here.
I'm 16, and I am in love. Dinah is amazing hands down, he is a genius!
Choa Min beautiful mind you're acquiring
Why do you feel the need to mention you're 16?
@@ash___777 because a lot of kids her age will dismiss this musical genius for mumble rap
@@ash___777 Why do you feel the need to mention that she mentioned being 16?
My name is also Brandi.
Dinah is magical. Instant international star. Satchmo kills it. Such an amazing, charismatic performer.
@ Giancarlo Colasanti.......I can confirm Pete Du Conge and Henry Tyree in this footage........Henry Tyree was my Grandfather......regards....Paul Tyree.
As a kid born in the 1970s and a music fan you're told over and over that The Beatles and the great music of the 1950s-1970s is the greatest popular music ever. Rock N Roll. I started hearing 1920s-1970s Jazz in the 1990s when I was a teen: Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Jellyroll Morton etc etc. The Jazz of the 1910s-1940s is just as great as rock N roll. The Jazz of the 1950s-1970s is just as great as Rock N roll. While we're on the subject: the greatest Country music and the Greatest Blues music are all just as good or better than Rock. Also, the greatest Hip-Hop is as great as anything. Listen to it ALL.
If anyone wants to understand the lasting impact of Louis Armstrong just take look at this fabulous video from 1933!!
Amazing footage of an amazing performer.
Without Louis Armstrong there would be no Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix . Jazz ,rock and pop would not be what it is today .
My grandfather is in this video! Peter Duconge on reeds and sax! if anyone has any info on him or pictures please let me know!!!!!!
Words are inadequate... but I'll try.
In equal measure:
Louis the Virtuoso, Louis the Entertainer, Louis the Jazz Singer. His stage persona anticipates every great musician/entertainer that followed him, including Dizzy, Brother Ray, B.B., James Brown... "aggressive humility," as it has been described.
Notice how tight and well-rehearsed the band is; notice how focused his concentration, when he's soloing.
(Incidentally, the footage of the middle selection, "Dinah," is my favorite music video of all time.)
Louis: The Root of EVERYTHING.
I so agree about Dinah! It's so fresh every time and it's so great to see Louis in his prime. He's on fire, with his life force and creativity just pouring from him, but also so poised and polished. I can't say enough about this. Such a beautiful, energizing genius!
When this concert was over.... the people just knew they'd seen greatness...
This man was a genius.
This version of Tiger Rag is my favorite ever. Thank you!
From the depths of his spirit comes this magic and love of his music that has seldom been equaled.
This was great. Ive seen this concert all cut up. The is the nicest copy I've seen of this amazing performance.
Between the spring of 1933 and the fall of 1935, there are only three recording dates of Armstrong and this is one of them.
There is a short but hi-quality air-check of a radio broadcast and a session that Armstrong did in Paris which included his most famous version of "On The Sunny Side Of The Street;" the vocal is on one side, his trumpet solo on the other.
Outstanding phrasing and coronet performances!
pure gold, absolutely magical.
Dinah. Lord. Still blown away by Pops' feel and ability to swing HARD while floating the lyrics over that fast tempo.
If we can appreciate this mastery now, almost 90 years later, imagine what it must have been like to hear him for the first time in 1933 in Copenhagen. You go to a concert, expecting the musicians to play and sing the melody as written, because that was the convention at the time, maybe with a little embellishment here and there. Then Louis Armstrong comes along, completely destroys every convention, but instead of leaving behind a pile of rubble, he creates, on the spot, something brand new, a new melody, something exciting, showing a whole new level of mastery. It's astonishing! People must have been both shocked and exhilarated at the same time.
Louis Armstrong lives forever ! Pops was in his early 30s and feeling no pain here.The father of Jazz.
This is so awesome and so New Orleans. If the musicians were from anywhere else they would have charts in front of them but these cats memorise the whole show and just play from the heart!
The crew were officially The Hot Harlem Band. Clearly integrated, mostly lost to time musicians (except for Teddy Wilson - briefly - on piano). Armstrong was both flexing and struggling. Chicago & NYC were becoming new outposts for Jazz; so gigs, travel, personnel changes as available. His contemporaries/rivals of the '20s had faded or retired at this point. Jazz - as we know it today - was close to being on life-support (yeah, KC, I hear ya).
But still he persisted, scoring a Euro tour despite a UK promoter's blacklist that gives us this: the extant earliest film of Mr. Armstrong performing (btw, he was recovering/still struggling w embouchure issues, lip scabbing/swelling when he performed this.) Watch his eyes as he is determined to hit his highs on 'Tiger Rag'. Not his renowned resonant Hi C back quite yet.
Jazz is something you feel so it can’t be written
@@realentertainment1227 I believe Mssrs. Ellington, Mingus, Marsalis, Lewis/Jones, Braxton & Ms. Bley, ad infinitum, would strongly disagree and possibly smack you on the back of your head to drive the point home.
@@kevind7422 they all composed I know that brother I’m talking about late 1800s early 1900s the likes of the buddy bolden king Oliver era
Louis learned from king Oliver
He is creating a whole new art form while his is jamming....amazing!
This man is divine.
Almost 100 years after this so many people still watch this
I LOVE LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS MUSIC.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG WAS A TRUE INTUITIVE MUSICAL GENIUS.
HE INSTINCTIVELY KNEW WHAT MADE PEOPLE TAP THEIR FOOT... SING ALONG... AND WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S IMMENSE TALENT AND HIS WARM SMILE WE'RE TWO OF THE REASONS HE WAS LOVED AND RESPECTED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
What a great band!
Louis was the creme de la creme of trumpet players and his band was always innovative in its direction. I had the privilege in viewing Louis' birthplace in New York a few years ago and the tribute to Louis at the Palace Grill in Santa Barbara CA, literally blew mw away.
Tutu Mosi I think he meant the Louis Armstrong House Museum in NY, which is the last place he lived.
He was born in new orleans
This video is priceless! There are more videos of Louis as an odler man but not many when he was young!
Thanks for posting!
Think I kept a wide smile for this whole video, really felt great watching! Satch remains one of the great all time performers and vocalist.
This guy is wonderful. Louis was superb; and everyone loved him and will be still around forever in SPIRIT!
this is incredible footage
This one's in my top 50 by Louis! Awesome!!
Awesome! I loved seeing Louis play live!
¡Qué maravilla que exista este video de los años 30! Louis Armstrong era un genio.
On Dinah @ 6:18 he plays the snake charmer song. LOL !!
this is truly amazing. i have a genuine happy feeling, like an overjoyed feeling, like going to your first concert and being able to see the man behind the voice for the first time, and falling in absolute love. i am so happy :D
The epitome of hipness. So great, so unique, so inimitable!
I've seen this many times but every time it gets better! Just caught Pops' quote 8:04-8:10 "Gypsy Sweetheart" by Victor Herbert. There are a bunch of others, but I just caught this one today. I get something new every time. This has to be some of the greatest recorded (and filmed!) music of all time. God Bless Louis Armstrong. What a genius.
The high F at the end came after a truly punishing solo. Whew!
The whole performance is amazing but that Dinah blows me away everytime. Thanks for sharing...
...a Master's piece...
Louis will always be the best! I learned so much just watching his fingers in this video. What a clinic. Sweet sound, stunning diction. Absolute joy!
Its so cool seeing all of the comments from so long ago! These songs are really cool sounding, I love em!
Mister Armstrong:The greatest of the great! Used his mastery of his Selmer (trumpet) and voice as an outlet for his genius! Did anyone take note of Armsrrong’s departure from the band at the end of Tiger Rag( 9:04, I believe) and frees himself from earthly musical rules and playes to the beat of his own inner drummer (while the band plays on)?
Thank you for sharing this excellent post, which I have added to my Louis Armstrong "Playlist".Much appreciated.
was there ever anyone who could blow a trumpet that?
My favorite...
Only Gabriel!
He lived for a while in my old neighborhood of Corona Queens New York I am so sorry I never got to see him
His stage presence is amazing!
Louis was great.
I can't stop watching this - thanks so much for sharing ! ;)
this is gold. I mean being able to see Satchmo in his prime even before the swing craze it is a god given present
Dinah is a miracle of phrasing, no question.
This is a gem ! Thanks for posting this vid !
Just never gets old, will always be fresh and beautiful. Everyone playing jazz knows they owe a huge debt to Pops. On a side note...this video (or the original film) has been slightly sped up, because he was playing in Concert A-flat (G-sharp) whereas the sound track is definitely in A. Any trumpet player can see Pop's fingering is in A-flat (his native B-flat on the trumpet) and he played all three tunes in this video in A-flat and they're coming out in A. Anyway, minor annoyance. The jazz, the music, is eternal.
I'm guessing here, but it would have been filmed at 24 frames/sec (the standard for movie films). When converting film to European video standards it's quite common to run the telecine conversion at 25 fps as this makes it technically easier. In so doing the speed of the accompanying soundtrack is raised by a factor of 25/24, this might explain the slight rise in pitch?
Thanks for the explanation. Makes total sense.
Thank you for sharing this. Mister Armstrong is just glowing, and his creative genius is just flowing here. Astonishing, and so, so beautiful.
Beautiful footage
This film was actually recorded in Copenhagen in 1933, during the Scandinavian(Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen) tour. In 1934 Armstrong was in Paris, France!
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trygve Hernæs, that's what I'd suspected. Thank you for clearing that up!
I am thrilled beyond comprehension.
Man , that was great ! You really fixed this one up . I liked the close ups and the music was clearer to me . Just terrific ! Yea man ! This is going on the top shelf . The tops ! POPS! Thanks for sharing .
9:27 of pure genius. You'll never heard a sound like this despite almost 90 years record
1933, October 21st - Copenhagen. possible sidemen: Charles Johnson (Trumpet) - Peter Du Conge (Clarinet, altosax) - Henry Tyree (altosax) - Fletcher Allen (Tenor sax) - Justo Baretto (piano) - German Arago (bass) - Oliver Tynes (Drums)
Dinah! One great number love Satchmo singing and near the ending of the song , he hits the his trumpet marvelous ending of the song memorable.🎺
High as a kite and never missed a beat - truly incredible and the GOAT
The great Armstrong! A true musical genius! And as another trumpeter of note once said of Armstrongs playing, “That was the sound of America!”
Can you believe that people existed like this? Enourmous talent and probably just the most decent man imaginable, and yet he couldn't stay in most hotels in America, or eat in restaurants. Just pitiful, but at least we've come a long way since then.
Brilliant stuff! Thanks for sharing!
the drummer is killin' it on tiger rag's "trip thru the jungle" sequence!!!
Just staggering. Thanks very much.
Armstrong really hit the danes with his style of jazz ♥
Aaahhmmaaazzziiinnnggggg!!! He created his own musical styles that became and are jazz! I love how gives little "shout outs", incorporates snippets, of a couple other songs into this one! He was swinging so hard on that last section I don't know how his band kept time! Those feet had to stomp hard!
Thanks to "You Tube" we can relive our past. As a great Fan of American Jazz I had the good fortune to be present at one of his concerts in Amsterdam/Holland in the late fifties. Satchmo was such a great musician, I don't believe we will ever see that again. Times are "too sophisti cated", Our lives were simple.
Amazing as Pops could be and my favorite jazz person ever!!!