Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis by Joe Bevilacqua

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Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait

by Joe Bevilacqua

Length 59 minutes

Language English

Narrators Joe Bevilacqua, others & Wynton Marsalis

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Summary
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Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career and some rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS television documentary with Edward R. Murrow.

Art Performance Music Nonfiction

Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.

Others, as in, not you

Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is the artistic director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center.