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Satchmo at 100

by Village Voice

June 5, 2001

Illustration by Minh Uong

Louis Armstrong 1901–1971

by Gary Giddins

The Once and Future King

by Gary Giddins

Satchmo and the Critics

by Dan Morgenstern

Armstrong Akwaba (Welcome)!

by Eugene Holley, Jr.

A Development in Depth

by David Yaffe

The Old Songster

by Will Friedwald

Satchmo, The Philosopher

by Matt Glaser

compiled by Elora Charles

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Martin Luther King told of his growing nightmares and his enduring dreams in the rolling, hypnotic cadences of the rural preacher. But it was the humane, incorruptible mystique of the man that won the crowd, his crescendo phrases winning affirmations of “amen” and “Say it, brother” again and again.

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by Sarah Ferguson

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A Freedom of Choice Revolution Is Roiling Iran

The new generation of Iranians is seeking democracy and separation of religion and state.

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