Mack the Knife (live, 1958‐07‐06: Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)

~ Recording by Louis Armstrong & the All Stars

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.8Mack the Knife3:25Louis Armstrong & the All StarsNewport 1956 & 1958Louis Armstrong & the All StarsAlbum + Compilation + Live
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MRLP-3007

Relationships

clarinet:Peanuts Hucko (on 1958-07-06)
double bass:Mort Herbert (on 1958-07-06)
drums (drum set):Danny Barcelona (on 1958-07-06)
piano:Billy Kyle (on 1958-07-06)
trombone:Trummy Young (on 1958-07-06)
trumpet:Louis Armstrong (on 1958-07-06)
vocals:Velma Middleton (on 1958-07-06)
recorded at:Newport Jazz Festival 1958, Day 4 (1958-07-06)
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1958-07-06: live)

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later translated parody versions:Mondsüchtig
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer