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For Louis

Label: Magneoton
Released: 2000

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Charlie Byrd: For Louis

Read "For Louis" reviewed by Jim Santella


Recorded only months before he passed away last year, Charlie Byrd’s final recording project was a tribute to Louis Armstrong. Joe Wilder sits in to represent the lyrical side of Armstrong’s sound, holding on to the natural phrasing that has influenced nearly every jazz trumpeter since. Byrd’s nylon string classical acoustic guitar and Wilder’s mellow tone ...


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