The Father of Jazz

1968 – Louis Armstrong

Phil Schaap on Satchmo

By: AARP Radio | Source: AARP.org | April 7, 2009

The "Jazz at Lincoln Center" curator, Phil Schaap, talks about "What a Wonderful World." The song was a 1968 hit for Louis Armstrong, although not in the United States.

Find out why Schaap thinks Armstrong is the greatest American musician of the 20th Century.

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