You’re Lucky to Me
CD JSP 3401
Louis Armstrong on record! We hear him breaking out of Oliver’s Creole Jazzband, either as a soloist with Fletcher Henderson or accompanying Bessie Smith and other great singers. We hear him dominating his own groups, the Hot Five and Seven. Then, as a virtuoso player in company with Earl Hines and backed up by big bands in New York and Los Angeles, and all this happened in only about seven years when we look at the record dates. His place in jazz history was secured. But he lived and entertained the public in live performances for about forty more years.
I had the chance to see him once, in 1965, and that’s something I will never forget. Think about how much he, just one hard working musician, has brought to humanity!
Here’s one little example. He sings and plays a pop tune and makes it his own. We are the ones who are lucky to have him in our lives!