Ricky Riccardi

Failed musician. Let's get it right.

Failed musician. Let's get it right.

Failed musician. Let's get it right.

No, I hope I was never like that.

No, I hope I was never like that.

No, I hope I was never like that.

And I wasn't 40. So I hope there's enough distance between me and David Brent there.

And I wasn't 40. So I hope there's enough distance between me and David Brent there.

And I wasn't 40. So I hope there's enough distance between me and David Brent there.

You can name a million great vocalists and a million great instrumentalists, and Armstrong's the only person who totally changed the way people sang, and he totally changed the way people soloed and played music on their instruments.

You can name a million great vocalists and a million great instrumentalists, and Armstrong's the only person who totally changed the way people sang, and he totally changed the way people soloed and played music on their instruments.

You can name a million great vocalists and a million great instrumentalists, and Armstrong's the only person who totally changed the way people sang, and he totally changed the way people soloed and played music on their instruments.

I mean, for me, this is kind of everything you need to know about Louis Armstrong in three minutes. Actually, it's probably everything you need to know about him in the first 13 seconds, because that unaccompanied opening trumpet cadenza, people are still learning it.

I mean, for me, this is kind of everything you need to know about Louis Armstrong in three minutes. Actually, it's probably everything you need to know about him in the first 13 seconds, because that unaccompanied opening trumpet cadenza, people are still learning it.

I mean, for me, this is kind of everything you need to know about Louis Armstrong in three minutes. Actually, it's probably everything you need to know about him in the first 13 seconds, because that unaccompanied opening trumpet cadenza, people are still learning it.

I mean, during the height of the pandemic, there was a hashtag Louis Armstrong West End Blues Challenge, and I had musicians around the world trying to nail that cadenza. But then the rest of the recording, the way he plays the melody, the way he scat sings, the operatic trumpet playing at the ending.

I mean, during the height of the pandemic, there was a hashtag Louis Armstrong West End Blues Challenge, and I had musicians around the world trying to nail that cadenza. But then the rest of the recording, the way he plays the melody, the way he scat sings, the operatic trumpet playing at the ending.

I mean, during the height of the pandemic, there was a hashtag Louis Armstrong West End Blues Challenge, and I had musicians around the world trying to nail that cadenza. But then the rest of the recording, the way he plays the melody, the way he scat sings, the operatic trumpet playing at the ending.

It was really his announcement to the world that he is here, he has arrived, and nothing will ever be the same.

It was really his announcement to the world that he is here, he has arrived, and nothing will ever be the same.