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World's Worst Songs: "What a Wonderful World"� by Kenny G with Louis Armstrong - Source: Pop Dose
Louis Armstrong is one of the most important figures in the history of music.

One Track Mind: Allen Toussaint on Dr. John, the Meters, Ernie K-Doe, the Band, Lee Dorsey - Source: Something Else!
On this special edition of Something Else Reviews' One Track Mind , we hand the reins over to Allen Toussaint, who will be inducted on May 9, 2012 into the Blues Hall of Fame. He takes us inside his collaborative relationship with happy-go-lucky hitmaker Lee Dorsey, talks about his Grammy-nominated jazz-themed project with Joe Henry, and frames Dr. John's legacy as successor to Louis Armstrong in the role of New Orleans ambassador.

Hear A 'New' Louis Armstrong Song - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment
A live recording of Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet for one of the last times is being released to the public for the first time.

 Quick facts about Louis armstrong
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was a trumpet player, singer, and bandleader, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in the history of jazz. Armstrong was born and brought up in New Orleans, a culturally diverse town with a unique musical mix of creole, ragtime, marching bands, and blues. Although from an early age he was able to play music professionally, he didn’t travel far from New Orleans until 1922, when he went to Chicago to join his mentor, King Oliver. Oliver’s band played primitive jazz, a hotter style of ragtime, with looser rhythms and more improvisation, and Armstrong’s role was mostly backing. Slow to promote himself, he was eventually persuaded by his wife Lil Hardin to leave Oliver, and In 1924 he went to New York to join the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. At the time, there were a few other artists using the rhythmic innovations of the New Orleans style, but none did it with the energy and brilliance of Armstrong, and he quickly became a sensation among New York musicians. Back in Chicago in 1925, he made his first recordings with his own group, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and these became not only popular hits but also models for the first generation of jazz musicians, trumpeters or otherwise. Other hits followed through the twenties and thirties, as well as troubles: crooked managers, lip injuries, mob entanglements, failed big-band ventures. As jazz styles changed, though, musical purists never lost any respect for him — although they were sometimes irritated by his hammy onstage persona. Learn more about Louis Armstrong