Wycliffe Gordon’s Hello Pops - A Tribute to Louis Armstrong

Inside Jazz: Louis Armstrong: The Best There Ever Was, with Alisa Clancy (KCSM), Saturday, July 28, 7pm.

“As for trombonists, Wycliffe Gordon is easily one of the best of his generation,” says JazzTimes. There’s no doubt about that, as Wycliffe gets more sounds out of a trombone than you ever imagined. But tonight, he also channels Louis Armstrong — on trumpet and vocals — in an incredible tribute to the man who Leonard Feather called “the source and the river” of jazz. Wycliffe and band dish up… Show more a second-line, gumbo-fueled, New Orleans treat you won’t forget. DownBeat magazine says, “Gordon’s vocal impression of Armstrong is a dead ringer — he nails the legendary singing trumpeter’s signature rasp, inflection, accent, and tendency to scat.”

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