Discovering Jazz

Louis Armstrong in a holiday mood for Down Beat's holiday issue.

Host David Dann reminisces about the evolution of his obsession with jazz, America's classical music. Leavening his encounters with classic and contemporary jazz recordings through selections by Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus and others, Dann describes his growing enthusiasm for collecting the music and preserving its history. The resulting archive, some 10,000 recordings, now provides material for his podcast.