Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra

Volume 1. One might think that an album titled Louis Armstrong's America is a tribute to the famed trumpeter, and certainly he's a focus here, but a normal tribute would feature compositions by him, or at least associated with him. Allen Lowe doesn't operate in the realm of the predictable, though; instead, the concept - powered entirely by Lowe compositions - takes in not just Armstrong's influence but also the evolution of jazz starting with influences (not all jazz) on Armstrong and continuin…