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Because he really thinks it's a wonderful world

BRAD WHEELER

Globe and Mail Update

Latest comment posted at 4:14 PM EDT 18/12/07

Music legend Booker T. Jones tells why he re-recorded the Louis Armstrong classic just in time for the holidays ...Read the full article

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  1. dan donahue from winnipeg, Canada writes: Don't argue with Booker T. He's legend.
  2. Paul Thompson from Canada writes: All that great trumpet music by Louis Armstrong but you never hear it on the airwaves; instead we get this sentimental crap again and again and again,
  3. Bill Needle from Canada writes: Humbug!
  4. Ron Webb from Guelph, Canada writes: There is a winter storm outside and I am sitting in front of a computer with my coffee listening to an incredible version of this song - truly a wonderful world.
  5. R. M. from Regina, Canada writes: How great to have the audio provided...now the Net is getting somewhere...more interactive G&M!
  6. Voting Consumer from Surrey, Canada writes: @Paul Thompson, Bill Needle: Oh what hard hearts you have :-(

    I love Louis Armstrong's work, including his sentimental "What A Wonderful World". I'd never heard of Jolie Holland before, but what a gorgeous voice she's got! This version of WAWW in no way detracts from the original and I love it. I've got room for both versions in my music collection!! :-)

    @Brad Wheeler: Providing the 192 kbps MP3 version of the music track for free download really made your article. I would never have heard the track otherwise. But since we're currently in the midst of a furor over Jim Prentice and friends plans for ramming US-style copyright and digital restrictions down Canadian throats, it would be have been a nice addition to your article if you got Holland and Jones views on those issues and what motivated them to let you provide the free download. Off I go now to find out more about Holland and Jones and what other musical gems either one might have for me :-) Thanks for the introduction!!
  7. Paul Pedersen from Ottawa, Canada writes: About your list of favourites pertaining to "Radio stations convert their play lists to the holiday pop classics, in all their different forms"...no list should be complete without the one former Leaf's Goalie, Johnny Bower "Honkey-Tonkey the Christmas Goose".

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