A A unique archive interview featuring that giant of jazz. Louis Armstrong , recorded in 1956 in a 1 New York studio for Willis Conover 's Jazz Hour on Voice of America, though possibly heard for the first time anywhere here on Radio 4. Humphrey Lyttelton introduces extracts from the recording, in which the musician talks candidly about his career, his bizarre diet techniques and the night he met Princess Margaret. During the session, Armstrong picks out some of his favourite records to play. This exceptional material, interwoven with music and exclusive interviews with Armstrong's remaining friends and musicians, gives a vivid and entertaining portrait of possibly the world's most famous jazz musician. Producer Kate Bissell
Humphrey Lyttelton backstage with Louis: page 113