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LOUIS ARMSTRONG CELEBRATION
August 4 marks the 101st birthday of New Orleans’ trumpet player and singer—and America’s most important jazz musician—Louis Armstrong. In celebration of Satchmo’s birthday, we speak with members of his All-Stars band, Joe Muranyi (clarinet) and Arvell Shaw (bass). On the ground in New Orleans, young trumpeters Nicholas Payton and Kermit Ruffins offer their perspectives on “Pops’” influence today. Also, a look at how the Marsalis family honored Armstrong’s centennial, and music from collaborators King Oliver, Jimmie Rodgers, Bing Crosby and Billie Holiday.
HOUR ONE
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South Louis Armstrong
Satchmo the Great, Columbia/Legacy - Heebie Jeebies Louis Armstrong
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Columbia/Legacy - Pop's Confession Dizzy Gillespie
School Days, Savoy Jazz - Old Man Mose Louis Armstrong
Highlights from His Decca Years, Decca - Dinah Louis Prima
1935-1936, Jazz Classics - Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya & Louis Armstrong
Lenya sings Weill: The American Theatre Songs, Sony - Instrumental: Mack The Knife Oscar Peterson Trio w/ Clark Terry
Oscar Peterson Trio + One, Clark Terry, Mercury - SEGMENT: Arvelle Shaw and Joe Muranyi from Louis Armstrong Allstars
Listen - Solitude Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
The Great Summit: The Master Takes, Blue Note - They Can't Take That Away from Me Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Verve - Instrumental: They Can't Take That Away From Me Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams: 1952-1971, Giants of Jazz - SEGMENT: Armstrong's own words
Listen - Struttin' with Some Barbecue Louis Armstrong
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Columbia/Legacy - Struttin' with Some Barbecue Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz Duets, Fantasy - When The Saints Go Marching In The Rebirth Marching Jazz Band
New Orleans Brass Bands: Down Yonder, Rounder
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Potato Head Blues Louis Armstrong
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Columbia/Legacy - Basin Street Blues Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - Blue Yodel #9 Jimmie Rodgers
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony - Basin Street Blues Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
Anthology, Rhino - Jeepers Creepers Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton, Verve - INTERVIEW: Nicholas Payton
- Instrumental: West End Blues Nicholas Payton
Dear Louis, Verve - Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars
Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography, Jazz Unlimited - Now You has Jazz Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong at MGM, Rhino - INTERVIEW: Kermit Ruffins
Listen - Go Down Moses Louis Armstrong
Louis & the Good Book, Decca - Instrumental: Struttin' with Some Barbecue Lee Konitz Nonet
Chiaroscuro, Candid - Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong
New Orleans Soundtrack, Disconforme - When It's Sleepytime Down South Louis Armstrong
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Sony
