[Dixielandjazz] Ricky Riccardi interviewed (WNYC segment)

[Robert Ringwald]

Ricky Riccardi interviewed (WNYC segment)

Louis Armstrong's Later Years
WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show," June 24, 2011
Jazz scholar and musician Ricky Riccardi discusses the remarkable final 25 years
of Louis Armstrong's life and art. "What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's
Later Years" takes an in-depth look at his music in the years after World War II
until his death in 1971, when Armstrong recorded his highest-charting hits, including
"Mack the Knife" and "Hello, Dolly!"; collaborated with Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington,
and Dave Brubeck, among others; and toured the world.
17-minute segment:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2011/jun/24/louis-armstrongs-later-years/


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