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From the LP you see in the video above, "Hugues Panassie's Guide To Jazz," issued by RCA Victor, LPM-1393, in 1956. Hugues Panassié (27 February 1912 -- 8 December 1974) was a French jazz critic and producer. His most famous works were Hot Jazz: The Guide to Swing Music and The Real Jazz, published in 1936 and 1942, respectively. He is also remembered for financing a number of jazz records by artists such as Sidney Bechet and Tommy Ladnier. Panassié was an admirer of the "hot" style of jazz music played by Louis Armstrong in the 1930s.

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