[78-L] Louis Armstrong

[Jeff Sultanof]

I can think of at least one performance that really upsets me. "What a
Wonderful World" is an embarrassment that stayed buried until "Good Morning,
Vietnam" dug it out of mothballs. Music teachers have actually used this
recording to teach the subject of Armstrong; many of them never heard of the
Hot Five.

Jeff Sultanof

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Tim Huskisson
<timhuskisson at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I never heard a mediocre Louis performance. Even his most commercial
> recordings were magnificent because of his own presence. I don't know if he
> really was 'the single most important American who ever lived' - he may be
> (!) - but I'm convinced that he is the most influential musician in
> American
> popular music. If not him, who the heck comes even close?
>
> Tim Huskisson
>
>