Narration: King of the Zulus Louis Armstrong

Here’s a song we did that was all about one of the big events of the year in my hometown: the Zulu parade in Mardi Gras week. We dedicated this tune to the man that was elected king of the parade that year. But it wasn’t until 1949, 23 years after I made this record, that they selected Satchmo to be the king of the Zulus, ha ha. That West Indian accent you will hear near the beginning is our trombonist, Trummy Young