Joe Muranyi

The last clarinettist in Louis Armstrong's celebrated All-Stars groupJoe Muranyi, who has died of cancer aged 84, earned his 15 minutes of wider jazz fame as Louis Armstrong's last clarinettist in his celebrated All-Stars group. Muranyi played alongside the great man until the end (which came in 1971) and was later honoured to perform at the ceremony when Armstrong's house in Corona, New York, was opened as a museum in 2003. Thereafter, he was happy to entertain researchers and Armstrong fans wi...

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