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Jazz Beat #5 - Louis Armstrong In Copenhagen

New England Public Media | By Tom Reney
Published August 25, 2015 at 2:53 PM EDT
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong appeared in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1933, and the film made then is one of the earliest records of Armstrong's live performances. It forms an invaluable touchstone for jazz scholarship. Tom Reney explores Louis' stage personas and samples some music from that Danish appearance.
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Jazz & World Music JAZZ & WORLDJAZZ BEAT PODCAST
Tom Reney
Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a bachelor's degree from UMass Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies.


Email Tom at tom_reney@nepm.org.
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