tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post8640997573058618761..comments2024-02-11T03:21:54.973-05:00Comments on The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong: In Loving Memory Of Gösta HägglöfRicky Riccardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000638350101809298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-34285759266372450372009-03-09T15:46:00.000-04:002009-03-09T15:46:00.000-04:00Gösta Hägglöf really loved Louis Armstrong.Many, m...Gösta Hägglöf really loved Louis Armstrong.<BR/>Many, many years ago I meet Gösta when we both were working for the Swedish Jazz Federation (SJR). First I took care of our magasin, Jazz-Nytt, then other information matters too. It was a bad time for jazz in Sweden and Gösta wanted us to "close the shop", but I disagreed. And I became the chairman after him. <BR/>The good thing for Gösta was that Lars-Erick Forsgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487075725596740305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-9200052733726665692009-03-09T11:55:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:55:00.000-04:00I have had the pleasure of corresponding with Gost...I have had the pleasure of corresponding with Gosta. His enthusiasm and just plain old love of Louis was so obvious and pure and therefore contagious. The fact that he had a chance to memorialize his love with the Ambassador series means that his enthusiasm will live on forever. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure him and Louis are shooting the shit under an apple tree in heaven somewhere.<BR/><BR/>RIP Gosta.<BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323643089904400443.post-74364648114932331292009-03-09T07:21:00.000-04:002009-03-09T07:21:00.000-04:00That was sad news.That was sad news.Lars-Erick Forsgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487075725596740305noreply@blogger.com