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Radio 4,10 Jul 1971,15 mins

Louis Armstrong

Letter from America

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A tribute to trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), his life and music, and how attitudes to jazz have changed since Cooke's teenage years in Blackpool.

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