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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

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  • 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

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