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What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for playing the trumpet, his most famous work was singing What a Wonderful World.

He had a very distinctive, gravelly voice.

The Kindness of Strangers (on Live So Far – Steve Lawson and Lobelia) is wonderful improvisation of the Louis Armstrong classic What a Wonderful World.

Top Story in Funky Soul & Blues News (Tuesday 19 June 2012).

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