Louis Armstrong News & Features
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New Releases5 years agoRare Trane Surfaces On Verve Christmas Collection
Released on 21 October, the two ‘Joyful Jazz! Christmas With Verve’ collections are the perfect soundtracks to cold evenings by the fire.
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News5 years ago
‘Smoke On The Water,’ ‘I Get Around’ Join Grammy Hall of Fame
'Smoke On The Water,' 'I Get Around' and 'Jailhouse Rock' are among the classic songs newly announced as additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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Music Quizzes5 years ago
So You Think You Know Louis Armstrong? Quiz
How well do you know Louis Armstrong? Are you a Satchmo fan? Try the uDiscover Louis Armstrong music quiz and test yourself out. It's hard but fun!
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Features5 years ago
Hot Stuff From The Hot Five
It was on 12 November 1925 that The Hot Five recorded for the very first time…the rest is history
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News5 years ago
‘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.
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Features5 years ago
Ella + Louis = Jazz’s Greatest Duets?
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are widely considered as jazz's greatest duets. Norman Granz (Verve Records) was the astute man who put them together.
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News5 years ago
Clapton’s Gone Fishin’
Eric Clapton has just caught the biggest salmon of the year in an Icelandic river.
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Features6 years ago
Ring Ring Goes The Bell! The School’s Out Playlist
As term time comes to an end, uDiscover presents a School's Out playlist starring Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong, Alice Cooper and many more.
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News6 years ago
Armstrong Trumpet To Be Displayed In Washington
When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in September, a 70-year-old trumpet played by Louis Armstrong will be on display.
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Features6 years ago
The Never-Ending ‘Nearness Of You’
uDiscover celebrates a enduring ballad that connects Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Rick Nelson, Norah Jones and the Rolling Stones, 'The Nearness Of You,'
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Features6 years ago
The Man Who Toppled the Beatles From No.1
Louis Armstrong was the man who toppled the Beatles from No.1 in America.
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Playlists6 years ago
Louis Armstrong – 4 CD Box Set
This fabulous Louis Armstrong 4 CD box set includes a 164 page hard back book all available at a very special price.
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Features6 years ago
Watch Only Known Footage Of Satchmo In Studio
A groundbreaking piece of film footage has emerged, showing for the first time legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the recording studio.
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News6 years ago
British Jazz Favourite John Chilton Dies
Trumpeter John Chilton, a longtime favourite on the British jazz scene as the leader of his band the Feetwarmers, died on Thursday (25 February) at 83.
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News6 years ago
Knopfler, Frampton Help ‘Shadow’ John Barry
Mark Knopfler, Peter Frampton, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch are among the guests on Shadowing John Barry by Brian Bennett, longtime drummer with the Shadows.
