Name: Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule
Brand: Louis Armstrong

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4811604

Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r25117939]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0602448116048

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

4833518

[r25143784]

Extended format: Yes

Picture Disc

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2023-06-02

0602448335180

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

5573569

Black

2023-08-11

0602455735690

Black LP

4811606

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2022-10-28

0602448116062

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Louis Armstrong

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Verve

Louis Armstrong, also known as Satchmo, was a legendary American jazz trumpeter and singer. Born in 1901 in New Orleans, he revolutionized the genre with his unique improvisational style and powerful voice. Armstrong's career spanned five decades, during which he recorded numerous iconic songs such as "What a Wonderful World" and "Hello Dolly." His infectious energy and charismatic stage presence made him one of the most influential figures in music history. With his groundbreaking contributions to jazz, Louis Armstrong remains an enduring icon whose impact on the genre is still felt today.

Verve Records, also known as Verve, is a multinational record label that was founded in 1956 by jazz impresario Norman Granz. The label originated from the consolidation of Granz's earlier labels, Norgran Records and Clef Records. In 1960, Verve was sold to MGM Records and became a subsidiary of the company. Throughout the 1960s, Verve expanded its music genres to include comedy, pop, R&B, rock, and folk music.

During this time, Verve had successful jazz recordings from artists such as Stan Getz, Kai Winding, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jimmy Smith under the direction of Creed Taylor. In 1972, MGM sold its record division to Polydor which brought Verve into the newly formed PolyGram family of record labels. As a result of this transition, Verve focused primarily on jazz reissues while other non-jazz releases were absorbed into Polydor.

In the late 1980s, PolyGram decided to revive Verve with both reissue programs and new artist signings. This revitalization led to strong sales for both new material and remastered classic recordings. With the merger of PolyGram and Vivendi Universal in 1999 creating Universal Music Group (UMG), Verve Records became part of The Verve Music Group alongside other influential labels such as Blue Note Records and Impulse! Records.

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Beloved around the world just like Santa Claus himself, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong devoted his life to “the cause of happiness,” as he once put it, giving the gift of joy every time he put his trumpet to his lips or crooned with his gravel voice. Since his passing, his music has become synonymous with the holiday season, his golden trumpet tone still able to cut through the din of even the most bustling shopping mall. And he never released a holiday album! 

Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule, is the first Louis Armstrong Christmas record ever and presents his holiday tracks as cohesive body of work for the first time!

Includes: six Decca singles from the 1950s, a pair of duets with two of his favourite vocal partners, Ella Fitzgerald and Velma Middleton, and “What a Wonderful World,” which has become something of a year-long hymn of hope.

Includes a previously unheard recording of Louis’ touching reading of Samuel Clement Moore’s poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (also known as “The Night Before Christmas”), with fellow New Orleans jazz icon Sullivan Fortner providing a gorgeous musical underbed.

Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule

Music GB