Part of Dot Time's Legends Series, Louis Armstrong Live in France features the audio from a quintessential European performance by the great Louis Armstrong which was recovered from the archives of the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Louis Armstrong Live in France features the audio from a 1948 performance recorded from Louis Armstrong and His All Stars' run at the Nice Opera House in Paris. This historical concert marked Armstrong's performance at the first ever Nice International Jazz Festival.
This is the first time this music has ever been made commercially available.
(1) Programme National broadcast--Concert;Constellation 48;Opera de Nice, Jazz Festival, Nice, France, February 22, 1948.
(2) Programme National broadcast - concert, Opera de Nice, Jazz Festival, Nice, France, February 23, 1948.