Interview with Phil Schaap

Phil Schaap is the curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center, a radio host on WKCR, and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. He has won six Grammy Awards. He is a jazz educator.

Louis Armstrong and Garnet Clark

Max Raskin: What single recording do you think you’ve listened to the most in your life?

Phil Schaap: I wouldn't know. I certainly have listened to Louis Armstrong's “West End Blues” a great deal.

MR: Which recording?

PS: The primary one, the one that you should already know about. So you tell me.

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