Louis Armstrong, Featuring Arvell Shaw: How High The Moon
Here’s a fantastic video of Louis Armstrong handing the spotlight over to bassist Arvell Shaw for a bass feature on “How High the Moon,” from a 1963 performance in Sydney, Australia.
Shaw pulls out all the stops during the nearly 7-minute romp. “Show business,” he says, just before breaking out his bow to play all the way up into the stratosphere. Armstrong and the band come back in for the big finish, and Shaw finishes it with a bang.
Not a name I was aware of. Great solo. Great showman.
Amazing interpretation
very cool
At 3:37 he begins a solid quote from “Uncle Bumba From Kalumba Does the Rhumba”, a hit from 30 years earlier by the German vocal group Comedian Harmonists. Talk about reaching back into the deeper reaches of the pop music archives!
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That’s impressive, but I think I’m more shocked that you recognized that 51 years later!
watching this and i’m like “before there was clarke, before there was pastorius, there was arvell shaw.” wow! this is real.
A shining moment! Thoughtful, puckish, musical – the BOSS,
Amazing!
WoW – that’s just awesome!
So very cool it is …. Another bass legend that rarely gets a look … Nice job,NO TREBLE staff !!
Man!! That was killing
Got Damn!
That was f*&*^%* amazing…..so much technique, speed, soul, and musical ability……I am blown away…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1_BJjNJpNY
That, right there, is the upright tone I strive for