Louis Armstrong – A Kiss to Build a Dream On – 1968 BBC TV Performance [DES STEREO]

Here is Louis Armstrong and his All Stars in a live performance of "A Kiss to Build a Dream On". The live session was videotaped on July 2, 1968, at the BBC's London studios for the BBC's "Show of the Week". This was one of Louis’s last performances and recordings, which he cherished greatly until his passing 3 years later. Enjoy my Video Restoration and DES [Digitally Extracted STEREO] audio conversion of this historic performance. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" is a song composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II. In 1935, Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song called "Moonlight on the Meadow" for the Marx Brothers film “A Night at the Opera“ (1935). but the song was not used. Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951 and released on Decca Records. Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) [aged 69 years], nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned 5 decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Louis received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others. About the original MONO video: The source video is a slightly blurry 720p. The audio was a bit tinny and very hot in the high-end. The trombone was so hot, it overpowered Louis’s solo, forcing me to isolate it so I can cool it down and pan it slightly left. The clarinet was so far back that there was nothing to grab on to in order to isolate it. About my DES STEREO mix: For Louis’s vocal, I centered him, removed the overabundant original reverb and replaced it with a slight stereo reverb. I ran a medium DeESSer on him as he sounded like a hissing snake! For Louis’s Trumpet solos, I EQ-ed them to remove the painful shrillness and raised it 1.2 DB. For The Trombone, I paned it slightly Left to be congruent to its placement on stage and lowered it 1.2 DB. For the Clarinet, whatever I could isolate, I panned slightly Right. For the Piano, I panned it Left, reverbing into the Right. For the Drums, I panned them slightly Right, reverbing into the Left. For the Bass, I kept it centered with no further adjustments. Technical Information: I used FADR to isolate Louis’s Vocal, Trombone, Trumpet & Clarinet, Piano, Drums and Bass into 5 separate tracks. I used SpectraLayers PRO v7 to manually isolate the Trombone and the Clarinet from the Trumpet, making tracks 6 & 7 and for stem cleanup. I used TOPAZ Video Restoration AI to sharpen it and upscale it to HD [1900x1080p]. Adobe Audition was used for Dynamic Range recovery, EQ, Delay, Reverb and final mixdown. NERO 2019 Platinum used to generate the final video. For more information on spectral editing and sound source separation, visit https://www.monotostereo.info Enjoy my Video Restoration and MONO-to-STEREO conversion of this historic performance of the late, great Louis Armstrong.