Louis Armstrong

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32661, 17 July 1971, Page 4

Louis Armstrong

- A 50-minute tribute to Louis Armstrong, “A Boy From New Orleans” has been included in Sunday evening’s programme from CHTV3, replacing “Don’t Stop the Cartiival.” Filmed mostly in London, the tribute) to the late, great Louis Armstrong includes part of a Royal charity performance. Among those who appear with Armstrong are David Frost and Tony Bennett.

Also in this programme are

tributes to Armstrong from Bing Crosby, Lionel Crane the jazz critic and Max Jones, author of “Salute to Satchmo.”

Film on Sobers

Gary Sobers, captain of the West Indies and of the English county team of Nottinghamshire, is by general consent the finest all-round cricketer in the world—many say the greatest ever. But he is also a man who believes in living life to the

full—and says that when his way of doing so interferes with his cricket, it will be time to give up the game. “A genius—but a human being,” is how Clyde Walcott, West Indies tour manager described Sobers in "Roar of the Crowd,” which analyses Sober’s brilliance as a player, questions his judgment as a captain and shows him enjoying life away from the game. This 8.8. C. half-hour documentary ■ has been bought by the N.Z.B.C. but has not yet been scheduled.