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Louis Armstrong and His Friends is an album by the Louis Armstrong recorded in 1970 and originally released by Flying Dutchman on their Amsterdam subsidiary label

Track listing:
“We Shall Overcome” (Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Pete Seeger) − 6:43
“Everybody’s Talkin’ (Echoes)” (Fred Neil) − 3:04
“What a Wonderful World” (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) − 3:21
“Boy from New Orleans” (Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, Thiele) − 3:57
“The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)” (Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas) − 4:15
“Give Peace a Chance” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) − 4:35
“Mood Indigo” (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) − 3:20
“His Father Wore Long Hair” (Pauline Rivelli, Thiele, Weiss) − 2:32
“My One and Only Love” (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) − 3:19
“This Black Cat Has Nine Lives” (Lorenzo Pack) − 2:47

Personnel:
Louis Armstrong − vocals
Ernie Royal, Jimmy Owens, Marvin Stamm, Thad Jones − trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
Al Grey, Bill Campbell, Garnett Brown, Quentin Jackson − trombone (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
James Spaulding − flute (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7-9 & 11-13)
Billy Harper, Daniel Bank, Jerry Dodgion, Ray Beckenstein, Robert Ashton – saxophones (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 10)
Frank Owens − piano
Kenny Burrell, Sam Brown − guitar
Richard Davis, George Duvivier − bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7-9 & 11-13)
Chuck Rainey (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), John Williams Jr. (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7-9 & 11-13) − electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Gene Golden − congas (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 12 & 13)
Arnold Black, Manny Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Matthew Raimondi, Max Pollikoff, Paul Gershman, Selwart Richard Clarke, Winston Collymore − violin (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7-9)
Alfred Brown, David Schwartz, Emanuel Vardi, Julien Barber − violin (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7-9)
Allan Schulman, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Kermit Moore − cello (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 7-9)
Leon Thomas − vocals (tracks 5, 11 & 12)
Janice Bell (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), Tony Bennett (track 1), Ruby Braff (track 1), Eddie Condon (track 1), Miles Davis (track 1), Ornette Coleman (track 1), Ila Govan (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), Bobby Hackett (track 1), Carl Hall (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), Chico Hamilton (track 1), Matthew Ledbetter (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), Father O’Connor (track 1), Tasha Thomas tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), George Wein (track 1) − chorus
Oliver Nelson − arranger, conductor

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Released: 1970
Recorded: May 26, 27 & 29, 1970
Studio: New York City
Length: 52:20
Label: Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam
M31-1012
Producer Bob Thiele