Louis ArmstrongGreatest Hits

That gravel-and-honey voice and the warm rasp of his trumpet, gathered into one essential overview. 'What a Wonderful World' still melts the room with its slow, string-cushioned tenderness, 'Hello, Dolly!' bounces with the grin you can hear, and his 'Mack the Knife' swings the menace right out of the lyric. The friendliest entry point to the man who invented so much of this music.