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Louis Armstrong
Band leader Chris Barber chooses the legendary jazz trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. With Humphrey Carpenter. From 2002.
Chris Barber has been a jazz band leader since 1949.
He didn't have to think too hard when Humphrey Carpenter invited him to nominate a 'great life' for discussion.
His chosen subject is the founding father of jazz, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).
Joining them to discuss the immortal Satchmo is his biographer Laurence Bergreen.
Producer: Peter Everett
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.
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