Louis Armstrong - The Complete Decca Studio Recordings -flac-

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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MUST-HEAR DECCA MASTERPIECES │ ├───────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┤ │ Track Title │ Release Year / Significance │ ├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤ │ "What a Wonderful │ 1967 (Late Decca/ABC era) │ │ World" │ Definitive vocal performance │ ├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤ │ "Mack the Knife" │ 1955 │ │ │ Definitive gritty vocal jazz │ ├───────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤ │ "La Vie En Rose" │ 1950 │ │ │ Masterclass in legato trumpet │ └───────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘ The All Stars Sessions From his revolutionary Hot Fives and Sevens of

In the vast, often overwhelming discography of jazz, few figures cast a shadow as long and as warm as Louis Armstrong. From his revolutionary Hot Fives and Sevens of the 1920s to his later global pop stardom with "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a Wonderful World," Satchmo’s career is a chronicle of 20th-century American music. But nestled between his early acoustic recordings and his final commercial years lies a period of breathtaking artistic maturation: his tenure with Decca Records.