Louis Armstrong: The Armstrong Box – review

(Storyville, 7 CDs + DVD)Last summer, Universal Records and Sony BMG released Louis Armstrong's great recordings from the 1920s to the 1960s in a 10-disc collector's box. One of its highlights was a 1956 live show by the trumpeter with his postwar All Stars sextet – and that very significant but often-misrepresented group is the sole focus of this seven-CD set spanning the years from 1947 to 1967. (It also includes a DVD of 1958-59 TV clips, featuring such guests as George Shearing and Dizzy G...

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