There are many people who, when they think of Louis Armstrong, think of a man who sang It's a Wonderful World or Hello Dolly. Their recognition of his voice is from the soundtracks to films or the backing tracks to TV commercials. What many of them probably don't know is that he was such a remarkable musician whose technical expertise, the genius of his musical imagination and his dominance of the genre, made him the model for virtually every jazz musician from the late 1920s to the outbreak of World War II - and beyond. To commemorate the life of this great man, we are launching 'SATCHMO' Louis Armstrong : Ambassador of Jazz. The 2CD set contains 40 of Armstrong's greatest hits - both solos and a sprinkling of duets with Ella Fitzgerald. There's Moon River, La vie en Rose, C'est si bon, Blueberry hill, Body and Soul, Moonlight in Vermont, 'live' recordings of Mack the Knife and Rockin' Chair, and of course, Hello Dolly and What a Wonderful World.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. West End Blues
2. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
3. Lazy River
4. That Lucky Ol' Sun
5. La Vie En Rose
6. April In Paris
7. A Kiss To Build A Dream On
8. Moon River
9. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
10. You Rascal You
11. Ain't Misbehavin'
12. Makin' Whoopee
13. C'est Si Bon
14. Georgia On My Mind
15. Blueberry Hill
16. The Gypsy
17. Fell On Alabama
18. Body And Soul
19. I Only Have Eyes For You
20. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Disc 2:

1. Swing That Music
2. Dippermouth Blues
3. I've Got The World On A String
4. Moonlight In Vermont
5. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
6. It's Been A Long Long Time
7. Basin Street Blues
8. Blues In The Night
9. Mack The Knife (Live)
10. Stormy Weather
11. I'm In The Mood For Love
12. Rockin Chair (Live)
13. Hello Dolly
14. You're The Top
15. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
16. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
17. Your Cheating Heart
18. You Is My Woman Now
19. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
20. What A Wonderful World