Louis Armstrong’s 1968 BBC session in London — which the legendary trumpeter felt was his 'last great' performance — will finally be released this summer.
’s 1968 BBC session in London — which the legendary trumpeter and singer felt was his “last great” performance — will finally be released this summer.now, captures Armstrong and his All-Stars band on July 2, 1968, where the group played over a dozen Armstrong favorites at the BBC for a concert special that aired later that year.
Ahead of the LP’s release, listen to the evening’s unearthed rendition of his Song of the Year Grammy-winning “Hello, Dolly!”: The concert was recorded as Armstrong was reaching both a high and low point: His “What a Wonderful World” was on the precipice of becoming the Number One single in the U.K., but health issues in 1968 would soon force Armstrong off the road for the entirety of the next year. “Satchmo” briefly returned to touring in 1970 before a heart attack abruptly ended the jaunt, and Armstrong died in July 1971.
Toward the end of his life, Armstrong would send friends copies of his BBC performance, declaring it amongst his favorites.
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