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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man

Track Listing:
01. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
02. Royal Garden Blues
03. Someday You'll Be Sorry
04. Tin Roof Blues
05. The Faithful Hussar
06. Muskrat Ramble
07. Now You Has Jazz
08. All of Me
09. Twelfth Street Rag
10. West End Blues
11. Mack the Knife
12. Tiger Rag
13. Indiana
14. Basin Street Blues
15. High Society
16. Ole Miss Blues
17. Jeepers Creepers
18. C'est Si Bon
19. Tea for Two
20. On the Sunny Side of the Street
21. Honeysuckle Rose
22. Baby, It's Cold Outside
23. It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
24. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 2xCD
Genre: Jazz
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
CD Release Year: 1 November 2012
Speelduur: 109 minuten
Cover: Frontje is in de RARs verwerkt