Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World
Track
What a Wonderful World
Artist
Louis Armstrong (vocals)
CD
What a Wonderful World (Verve GRP 656)
Musicians:
Louis Armstrong (vocals),
accompanied by orchestra and chorus arranged and conducted by Tommy Goodman
.Composed by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
.Recorded: New York, August 16, 1967
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
Louis Armstrong, photo by Herb Snitzer
Aside from Satchmo singing throughout, this track has nothing to do with jazz. But that's like saying, "Aside from the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor has no towering monuments." The single exception is a tad conspicuous. And certainly jazz has no monument more towering than Louis Armstrong. Here he trans- forms a platitudinous ditty that, done by any other singer, would make us cringe, and instead makes us rapturous. What other voice so embodied dignity, heartache, humor, compassion and downright love of life? By the mid-'60s, Louis Armstrong was the world's most endearing and uplifting American. This song shows why.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
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Tags: 1960s jazz · jazz vocals · soundtrack
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