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Louis Armstrong – 4 CD Box Set
“Jazz is what I play for a living.” – Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong is an icon – a towering figure – a superstar way before anyone had even coined the phrase. He visited more countries around the...
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The Never-Ending ‘Nearness Of You’
Here's a new uDiscover playlist to celebrate a enduring ballad of the World War II era that connects Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Rick Nelson, Norah Jones and the Rolling Stones, among scores of...
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Armstrong Trumpet To Be Displayed In Washington
When the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington opens in a little under three months, one of its prize exhibits will be this 70-year-old brass trumpet owned and played by...
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Pops Says Hello Dolly!
On 3 December 1963 Louis Armstrong and the All Stars were in a New York City recording studio to cut a song for Kapp Records. It was the first time Louis had been in the studio for over two years and...
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Ring Ring Goes The Bell! The School’s Out Playlist
“Here comes summer,” noted the sharp-eyed Jerry Keller as the sun got its hat on in 1959. “School is out, oh happy day.” 57 years later, his words ring as true as ever. As term time comes to an end and...
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Clapton’s Gone Fishin’
Bing Crosby, in his 1951 duet with Louis Armstrong, famously sang the line, “Gone fishin',” but who would have thought 65 years on that is precisely what Eric Clapton would be doing? A day or so ago...
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reDiscover Jazz At the Hollywood Bowl
On 15 August 1956 one of the jazz events of the decade took place, a concert that has been immortalised on record and CD as Jazz at The Hollywood Bowl. The concert was staged by Norman Granz and...
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‘Satchmo At The Waldorf’ Comes To Washington
A play about Louis Armstrong by the Mosaic Theater Company, based at the Atlas Performing Arts Centre in Washington, is winning press acclaim. Satchmo At The Waldorf, starring Craig Wallace and...
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Rare Trane Surfaces On Verve Christmas Collection
Down in the depths of the Verve vaults there remains a wealth of jazz to be heard. Surprise presents this year are the forthcoming Joyful Jazz! Christmas With Verve collections, due for release on 21...
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Hot Stuff From The Hot Five
“When we went down to the OKeh recording company for the first time, we were all Mike Fright. We did not realize just how much we were frightened – until the day we recorded the ‘Gut Bucket Blues’” -...
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