Special guests include guitarist Derwin, “Big D” Perkins, the celebrated Chicago rapper Common and the multi award-winning trumpeter and President of LAEF, Wynton Marsalis. The personnel includes pianists Courtney Bryan and Davell Crawford, bassist Reginald Veal, banjo virtuoso Donald Vappie, trumpeter Ashlin Parker, tenor saxophonist Roderick Paulin, drummer/vocalist Herlin Riley, vocalists Niki Haris and Menia Chester, trombonist/vocalist Wycliffe Gordon, and trumpeters Wendell Brunious and Nicholas Payton. Verse 2 C G Am Em I see skies of blue and clouds of white, Dm C E7 Am The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night, F G C And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Verse 3 G C The colours of a rainbow are so pretty in the sky G C Are also on the faces of people going by Am Em Am Em I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do Am Em C G. It is a swinging and sensational reimagining of Armstrong-associated songs performed by an impressive assemblage of predominately New Orleans musicians, The Wonderful World™ of Louis Armstrong All Stars. The 13-track tribute CD, A Gift to Pops was released Friday, Octoin conjunction with LAEF and Verve Records, also makes a great gift for family and friends. For The Wonderful World™ of Louis Armstrong All Stars CD, please visit the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Official Store: Subscribe for more IZIsrael 'IZ' Kamakawiwoole's video of the worldwide hit 'What A Wonderful World' produced by Jon de Mello for The Mountain Apple Compan.
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