All Stars

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All Stars was Louis Armstrong's renowned jazz ensemble, celebrated for its influential live performances and recordings in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf backing band
jazz ensemble
musical group
activePeriod mid-20th century
alsoKnownAs Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
associatedWith Louis Armstrong
collaboratedWith Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre New Orleans jazz
surface form: Dixieland

jazz
traditional jazz
influenced live jazz performance practice
postwar traditional jazz revival
leader Louis Armstrong
notableFor influential live performances
live recordings
touring internationally
notableMember Arvell Shaw
Barney Bigard
Barrett Deems
Earl Hines
Jack Teagarden
Sidney Catlett
Trummy Young
Velma Middleton
performanceFormat small group
primaryInstrumentOfLeader trumpet
recordLabel Columbia Records
Decca Records
RCA Victor
Verve Records
styleCharacteristic call-and-response between instruments and vocals
emphasis on swing feel
scat singing
virtuosic trumpet solos
touringRegion Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
typicalInstrumentation bass
clarinet
drums
piano
trombone
trumpet
vocals
vocalist Louis Armstrong

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subject surface form: Louis Armstrong