Please, please pick up his Hot Five and Hot Sevens.
Thanks for posting.
It is our wedding song (32 years ago) and I had no idea it was recorded in the 60’s. Assumed it was older.
Great story.
There is a National park, right in the middle of New Orleans, and it celebrates the musical heritage of the city. I stumbled upon it, just in time for the Ranger Talk. He talked about Louis Armstrong, and played the piano and sang his music, for over an hour. The audience was largely people who were instrumentalists themselves, and they asked great questions. I definitely listen better to Armstrong’s music for having had this experience. It really is a Wonderful World.
My music appreciation instructor played one of his Hot Five sessions in class. Wow what an eye opener! All I had known of him were ballads and movie music.
It was a wonderful world, so long as he didn’t run out of weed or Pluto Water.
A truly great piece. Its simplicity enhances its beauty.
The melody of “What a Wonderful World” seems to borrow from “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”
Alligator Crawl--Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven (1927)
Louis Armstrong was one of the greatest. As was his last song. Compare it to some of the **** that just got Grammy Awards.
Long ago I was a DJ on Bourbon Street New Orleans. This was my closing song every night.
Truth.
The amazing thing to me about Armstrong's vocals going all the way back to the 40s IMO, is that his style was so absolutely different from everyone else. Someone like him would never make it today. The world is a poorer place because of that.