Disney Songs the Satchmo Way

Disney Songs the Satchmo Way
Studio album by Louis Armstrong
Released	1968
Recorded	May 1968 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:18
Label	Buena Vista Records STER-4044[1]
Producer	Tutti Camarata
Louis Armstrong chronology
What a Wonderful World (1968) Disney Songs the Satchmo Way (1968) Louis "Country and Western" Armstrong (1970)

Disney Songs the Satchmo Way is a 1968 album of music from Disney films by the trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong and produced by Tutti Camarata.^[2]

The album was recorded in Los Angeles at the same time that Armstrong filmed his brief appearance in the film Hello, Dolly!.^[3] Disney Songs the Satchmo Way featured Armstrong's last trumpet recordings.^[4] Armstrong had been personally asked by Walt Disney to make the album in 1966, although it was not completed until after Disney's death. The Disney music executive Jimmy Johnson recalled that "The dates with Louis were among the happiest I can remember. He had been quite ill but had gone on a rigorous diet. He was very thin but looked well and was full of energy". Armstrong later wrote to Camarata to say that "This goldarned "Wish Upon a Star" is so beautiful and more than that, man – I listen to that tune three or four times a night. Man, did you know I'm a doggoned long-time wishing cat? Well, I am man...I haven't enjoyed anything better than our recording sessions since – well I can't remember when".^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Scott Yanow reviewed the reissue of the album for Allmusic and wrote that these "One may not expect much from such songs as "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Whistle While You Work," and "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," but Armstrong's joyful vocals and occasional emotional trumpet really uplift the material. His rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" is touching, and few of the songs (including "The Bare Necessities" and "Heigh-Ho") have never sounded livelier and more fun".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel) – 2:22
2. "Ten Feet off the Ground" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) – 2:46
3. "Heigh-Ho" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:37
4. "Whistle While You Work" (Churchill, Morey) – 1:56
5. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman) – 6:40
6. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston) – 2:08
7. "'Bout Time" (R. M. Sherman, R. B. Sherman) – 2:53
8. "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (Tom Blackburn, George Bruns) – 3:15
9. "The Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson) – 2:26
10. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 4:25

Personnel

• Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals
• Maxwell Davies – arranger
• Jordan Foley – design
• Bill Lazerus – engineer
• Terence Blanchard, André Mika, Al Hirt, Leroy Jones – reissue liner notes
• Tutti Camarata – producer

References

1. "Louis Armstrong – Disney Songs the Satchmo Way". discogs.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
2. Disney Songs the Satchmo Way at AllMusic
3. Terry Teachout (2009). Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-15-101089-9.
4. Matthew C. Whitaker (2011). Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries. ABC-CLIO. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-313-37642-9.
5. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-61703-433-6.