Louis Armstrong and His Friends
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| Louis Armstrong and His Friends | ||||
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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | May 26, 27 & 29, 1970 | |||
| Studio | New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 52:20 | |||
| Label | Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam M31-1012 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Louis Armstrong and His Friends is an album by the Louis Armstrong recorded in 1970 and originally released by Flying Dutchman on their Amsterdam subsidiary label.[1][2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated "Louis Armstrong and His Friends isn't among the trumpeter/singer's essential releases, but it is certainly interesting, enjoyable, and historically important. Recorded in May 1970, Louis Armstrong and His Friends was his next-to-last studio session ... Armstrong was in poor health; in fact, he wasn't well enough to do any trumpet playing on this album. But he was still able to sing, and he gets his points across ... Louis Armstrong and His Friends sometimes goes out of its way to sound contemporary (by early-'70s standards). And for the most part, it works ... short of essential, but for Armstrong's truly devoted fans, it is a fascinating (if imperfect) album to listen to".[3]
