George Avakian and Louis Armstrong by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626 George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Armstrong began in 1940 when he, a student at Yale University, was working on the Columbia Records Hot Jazz Classics Series (HJC), which was the first jazz reissue program; it returned to availability many of the important recording…

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