Ricky Riccardi Interview on The Paul Leslie Hour

Are you here? Here, you, are! How do you do? What I’m really saying is… I love you. Hey, isn’t that a lyric?

Ohhh that’s right, it was in that famous song recorded by one of the all-time greats. Louis Armstrong. Well some called him Louie. He was also Satchmo, Satch and to some he was Pops. He was some artist. A trumpeter, singer and recording artist, he was one of the all-time most influential jazz artists, but really couldn’t be defined by a single genre. Yes, good ol’ Louis Armstrong.

So we present a Louis Armstrong-related interview from the archives. Paul E. Leslie did this on his birthday, with Rick Riccardi, one of the great experts on Louis Armstrong.

Ricky Riccardi is the author of "What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years" and he’s the archivist for the Louis Armstrong House Museum. He talks a lot about "Pops" with Paul Leslie here, coming right up.

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Today it’s all about Louis Armstrong. Just like every day. It’s Louie’s world. Let’s get this going. Gentlemen?