Louis Armstrong: Ambassador of Jazz Box – review

(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-laden set (packed in a miniature replica of a battered-looking Armstrong suitcase, with a 200-page hardback book of photos and narrative, sheet music, old studio schedules and much more) is that it sells for a hundred quid plus, and inevitably features...

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