Jazz Beat 52 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney Discuss Louis Armstrong, Part One

Tom Reney spoke with Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi about his new book, Heart Full of Rhythm, The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. In the first of a multi-part interview, they discuss Armstrong’s breakthrough in the early 1930s as a popular artist; his first recordings of Broadway show tunes; and the mixed response that Armstrong received during this period from critics in the U.S. and Europe.

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Jazz Beat 52 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney Discuss Louis Armstrong, Part One is an episode from Jazz Beat.

This episode is 56:17 long.

This episode was published on Nov 2, 2020.

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