"LOUIS ARMSTRONG THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION"

Stunningly remastered (even the earliest cuts from 1938 are hiss free, full-bodied and remarkably clear), “Louis Armstrong: The Definitive Collection” includes a 16-page booklet with rare photos and detailed session liner notes. “Satchmo” was a prolific and multi-talented musician whom some consider the most iinfluential jazzman ever, and this 23-song set covers highlights of his legendary career. This is an excellent album for someone who wants an easy-to-get-into education to jazz. It contains primarily Louis’ later hits, like “Hello, Dolly!” which knocked the Beatles off the top spot on the Billboard Top 100 list in 1964 and made Louis the oldest man ever to have a number one hit single! (Incidentally, his name is frequently mispronounced, but he himself established what he preferred to be called when he referred to his own name in “Hello, Dolly!” as “Loo-iss” and not “Loo-ee”!) Interestingly, Mr. Armstrong lost part of his ability to play the trumpet as early as the 1930s, when h