#armstrong

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut. ↗

— Dick Dale

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#armstrong #direct #ear #gave #gut

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

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#could #figure #him #i #louis