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Buy the My Favourite Album series as an ebook

5469 days ago
Guardian Music — Looking for a lovingly compiled Christmas read? Then put your favourite record on and download our new ebookHere at the Guardian we take pride in the quality of our music writing, both in print and online. Whether it's Simon Reynolds on the trends of... more info

Butch Ballard

5474 days ago
Guardian Music — Jazz drummer who performed with Basie, Ellington and ArmstrongThe drummer Butch Ballard, who has died aged 92, was one of a handful of African-American jazz musicians who performed with both the Count Basie and Duke Ellington orchestras. Having also ... more info

Trailer trash

5480 days ago
Guardian Music — As his silent Louis Armstrong movie premieres in London, director Dan Pritzker reveals he has another treat for jazz fansTo Bolden go…Billionaire Dan Pritzker premieres his charming silent jazz movie Louis tonight at the Barbican, with live orchest... more info

'You want to make a silent film – about jazz?'

5482 days ago
Guardian Music — Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and its live score opened Dan Pritzker's eyes to the possibilities of silent movies. But was choosing Louis Armstrong as his subject a step too far?I was working on a screenplay about Buddy Bolden, "inventor" of jazz, wh... more info

Our favourite albums: your opinions

5504 days ago
Guardian Music — As the My favourite album series concludes, we look back at the highlights and see what readers had to say about our choicesAs the My favourite album series closes with Peter Robinson on Now That's What I Call Music 11, it seemed like a good opportun... more info

Wynton Marsalis/Eric Clapton: Play Blues – Live from Jazz at Lincoln Centre

5538 days ago
Guardian Music — (Reprise/Rhino)Wynton Marsalis says he wanted last April's Lincoln Centre blues collaborations with Eric Clapton "to sound like people playing music they know and love, not like a project". Marsalis knew all too well that such a meeting could sound l... more info

My favourite album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong

5541 days ago
Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Jon Wilde explains how Louis Armstrong's music pulled him back from the brink …Even though Louis Armstrong ultimately changed my life, I came to jazz l... more info

Louis Armstrong: His genius lives on

5558 days ago
The Telegraph — Grammy-winning Jazz musican John Chilton, who was Louis Armstrong's biographer, enjoys a new 10-CD boxset that showcases a musical master. more info

Louis Armstrong in pictures

5558 days ago
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Louis Armstrong: Ambassador of Jazz Box – review

5566 days ago
Guardian Music — (Universal, 10 CD box set)On musical grounds alone, a 10-disc collection of Louis Armstrong's best work from the 1920s to the 1960s can't help walking off with a five-star rating. The only reservation about this unstintingly luxurious, memorabilia-la... more info

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