{"product_id":"louis-armstrong-one-night-in-highland-park","title":"Louis Armstrong - One Night in Highland Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Louis Armstrong was riding the recent successes of his 1955 hit single “Mack the Knife,” the \u003cem\u003eElla and Louis\u003c\/em\u003ealbum and the box office smash \u003cem\u003eHigh Society\u003c\/em\u003e (both 1956), as well as travelling around the globe at the behest of the U.S. State Department as America’s “Ambassador of Goodwill”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat March, Armstrong and his All Stars brought their touring show to Highland Park High School in Illinois to play a fundraiser with the high school’s student stage crew staffing the concert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudent Joel Goldstein, serving as Stage Manager for Armstrong’s visit, recorded the concert for posterity. He held onto the recording for seven decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransferred, mixed and mastered by Kevin Reeves, \u003cem\u003eOne Night in Highland Park\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a rediscovered concert: it is a vivid portrait of Armstrong’s enduring power to connect with his audiences and to deliver the same electrifying performance in a suburban high school auditorium that he brought to the world’s most prestigious stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe release is accompanied by liner notes by Ricky Riccardi, Louis’ biographer and Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition LP","offer_id":54859324981571,"sku":"RPT-33940","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition CD","offer_id":54859325014339,"sku":"RPT-33941","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/UNI_20261002_1007_091212_087_v_0881061314035_010.jpg?v=1790933147","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/louis-armstrong-one-night-in-highland-park","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}