Louis Armstrong’s Mixtapes

Think of mixtapes as a relatively recent innovation? Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong not only made ’em (and compilations of his own songs), he decorated the reel-to-reel boxes with collage. A jazz-fan work colleague adds:

I read a bio recently that reported on his avid taping. Mostly for diary purposes as I understand. Also, yes a big daily user of laxatives—believed them to be medicinal—along with his daily lifelong obsession with marijuana.