Louis Armstrong on His Chops | Blank on Blank

"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil. ... Even if we had two, three days off I still had to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops."
- Louis Armstrong

Interview by Michael Aisner and James R. Stein
1964. Ravinia near Chicago
Originally aired on WNTH - Winnetka, Illinois

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Music You Heard:
Louis Armstrong
"Mack the Knife"
"When the Saints Go Marching In"
"Dream a Little Dream"

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