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When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago
Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
Three days ago, he got rewarded with a much deserved Grammy—for his liner notes to a stellar reissue of Louis Armstrong’s debut recordings, back in 1923, with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. “[Stella] fed me the same way she’d feed Joe a big dish of red beans and rice, a half a loaf of bread, and a bucket of good ice cold lemonade,” Louis remembered. “It’s a funny thing about the music game and Show Business,” he later reminisced, “no matter how long a person has been in the profession, their opening Night always seem to give the feeling that you have little Butterflies moving around in your stomach.”
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