Top names in jazz salute Louis Armstrong in a concert taped on July 4, 1973 in New York City.  

Included in this PBS Special salute are clips of Armstrong doing "Mack the Knife" and "When It's Sleepy Time Down South."

Highlights and Performers:

"Kidney Stew Blues"..............................Roy Eldridge Quintet
"Basin Street Blues"..............................Dizzy Gillespie    
"If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight"........Helen Humes
"Circadian".........................................Dave Brubeck Group
"Summertime".......................................Freddie Hubbard
"Blues on a Summer Afternoon"..............John Mayall, Grover 
                                                       Washington, and Roy Buchanan
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me," "Swing That Music"...Al Hibler,
                                                  Joe Williams, and Earl 'Fatha' Hines
"The Man I Love"................Ella Fitzgerald
"When It's Sleepy Time Down South"................Ray Nance

and many other performers playing their JAZZ SALUTE to Satchmo, including short interviews heard of these performers stating why Louis Armstrong was so great and influential to others. 
     

Top names in jazz salute Louis Armstrong in a concert taped on July 4, 1973 in New York City.  

Included in this PBS Special salute are clips of Armstrong doing "Mack the Knife" and "When It's Sleepy Time Down South."

Highlights and Performers:

"Kidney Stew Blues"..............................Roy Eldridge Quintet
"Basin Street Blues"..............................Dizzy Gillespie    
"If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight"........Helen Humes
"Circadian".........................................Dave Brubeck Group
"Summertime".......................................Freddie Hubbard
"Blues on a Summer Afternoon"..............John Mayall, Grover 
                                                       Washington, and Roy Buchanan
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me," "Swing That Music"...Al Hibler,
                                                  Joe Williams, and Earl 'Fatha' Hines
"The Man I Love"................Ella Fitzgerald
"When It's Sleepy Time Down South"................Ray Nance

and many other performers playing their JAZZ SALUTE to Satchmo, including short interviews heard of these performers stating why Louis Armstrong was so great and influential to others. 
   

NOTE: Another version of this broadcast originally recorded and archived but with slight variations in sound quality.  
Complete, very enjoyable and acceptable...slightly discounted.