Louis Armstrong

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Band leader Chris Barber chooses the legendary jazz trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. Chris Barber - who has been a jazz band leader since 1949 - didn't have to think too hard when Humphrey Carpenter invited him to nominate a "great life" for discussion. His chosen subject is the founding father of jazz, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). Joining them to discuss the immortal Satchmo is his biographer Laurence Bergreen. Producer: Peter Everett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.