Just untangled myself from a really horrible political confrontation.  I came here, and the dulcet sounds of Mr. Louis Armstrong calmed me down immediately.  I fear I might be up all night, because my brain has kick-started and I feel the need to write, or dance, or rearrange my bedroom.

And then I'll probably crash for a couple of days with my bedroom window open wide (don't worry - I have flannel pajamas and twelve cats) (worry, because where there are available screens, available cats will do their best to shred them.)

I could listen to big-band music forever, however long that is. Louis Armstrong is the most amazing man I've ever heard, and he went through a lot to make his mark. I'm glad he's here.

It's been said that 'West End Blues' on this album is the finest blues number ever recorded. Can there ever be a 'greatest' blues recording? I think not.

!!!! yes, indeed, I'd barely noticed RP was on for the last hour, then this came on and suddenly I feel a wee bit of delight at the different sounds coming from my PC

This one takes me back to the fifties!

(disclaimer: I was born in the 80s) 

Enjoy it a lot!  Waiting for Moe, Larry and Curly to show up.

Most of the time RP is on for background. This one demands that I stop and listen. 

Enjoy it a lot!  Waiting for Moe, Larry and Curly to show up.

Sorry...that was a snoozefest for me!

i know that many have attributed the invention of jazz to satchmo - namely a certain pbs darling. yeah, he contributed immensely, but to attribute the invention of such a wide scope of music to just one person... i think it's an awful stretch.

Looney Tunes cartoon music!

Reminds me of this time my buddy Mike and I drove all the way to Milton's Tap Room in downtown Kansas City, and the sign on the door said, Be 21. We were, just barely. The place was smoky, and dark, and there weren't but a few souls around, that we could see, anyway. Along the far wall were rack after rack of LPs, and a sign that said, No Requests. Another sign tacked up kind of lopsided underneath it said, Like, Man, It's Free... We ordered up some whisky, pulled out some stogies, and kicked back in the black leather lounge chairs that you could bump into rather than actually see. The tunes were jazz, all right. I asked the guy what was on, and he said, Savoy Blues, and we said, Oh yeah, by who, and he said, Satchmo, and we looked at each other, or tried to, and shrugged. We'd seen him do Little Green Apples on TV and stuff, and it didn't make any sense. Life is like that. It is only later that it does. Ya know? Great job of laying it all down, Bill, and I hear Neil now, and God it's perfect. I'm really going to miss this station all next month while I'm in Mauritius and Dubai...Thanks again!

i know that many have attributed the invention of jazz to satchmo - namely a certain pbs darling. yeah, he contributed immensely, but to attribute the invention of such a wide scope of music to just one person... i think it's an awful stretch.

i know that many have attributed the invention of jazz to satchmo - namely a certain pbs darling. yeah, he contributed immensely, but to attribute the invention of such a wide scope of music to just one person... i think it's an awful stretch.