Louis Armstrong Records "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll" - Rare Studio Film, 1959

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The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician in a recording studio, recording the 1959 album, "Satchmo Plays King Oliver." This exclusive video depicts Armstrong and his All Stars recording an alternate take of "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll." Check out that vocal as Armstrong, without any sheet music, closes his eyes, looks skyward, covers his eyes and scats wonderfully from the soul. Also featured in the clip are Trummy Young, trombone, Peanuts Hucko, clarinet, Billy Kyle, piano, Mort Herbert, bass and Danny Barcelona, drums. The original album was produced for Audio Fidelity records by Sid Frey, who commissioned the film to be made. It was discovered in a storage facility in 2012 and was brought to the Armstrong House with help of Frey's daughter, Andrea Bass.

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