"Satchmo was one of Louis Armstrong’s nicknames, and that it derived from “satchel-mouth” . Waldorf refers to the luxurious hotel in Manhattan called the Waldorf Astoria New York, where Louis Armstrong played and where he also stayed. The whole play takes place at what is supposed to be Louis Armstrong’s room. The printed programme (2018) indicates that the original off-Broadway production’s World Premiere was presented in Lenox, Massachusetts and in New Haven, Connecticut, in the year 2012; the play was previously premiered in Orlando, Florida in 2011. The theatrical work is based on his biography written in 2009, and titled:"
"new visitors center is planned. According to literary critic Harold Bloom, ""The two great American contributions to the world's art, in the end, are Walt Whitman and, after him, Armstrong and jazz ... If I had to choose between the two, ultimately, I wouldn't. I would say that the genius of this nation at its best is indeed Walt Whitman and Louis Armstrong."" Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His"
"Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ""inventive"" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of"
"with them, live performances and eventually a solo single released in 2000 through Basement Jaxx's label, Atlantic Jaxx. In 2002 he was the opening act for American gospel singer Kirk Franklin at a concert Franklin held at Royal Albert Hall where he released his debut album “Land of Milk and Money”. Gwyn’s second album ""I Love Louis – A Creole Tribute to Louis Armstrong"" was released in 2006 and features Grammy Award Winner Trumpeter Roy Hargrove. This is the first vocal tribute of its kind to the great Jazz giant. Allen has also written the musical “Satchmo” together with the"
"Woody III Woody III is an album by trumpter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1979 (with one live track from 1978) and released on the Columbia label. ""Woody III"" is Shaw's third Columbia album and is named for his newborn son at the time, Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. The album is dedicated to the Shaw family legacy, beginning with a piece for Shaw's father, who was a vocalist with the Diamond Jubilee Singers, a second suite for himself, and a third suite for his son, Woody III (""Woody I"", ""II"" and ""III"", respectively). In an interview for WRVR"
"Louis Armstrong discography Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of american popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ""inventive"" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as"
"Satchmo at Pasadena Satchmo at Pasadena is a live album by Louis Armstrong that was recorded at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1951. Al Campbell at AllMusic gave the album four stars and said, ""At the time of this concert, musicians began to take advantage of the new LP format that allowed them to bypass the usual three-minute time constraints of 78 rpm and stretch out a bit. Armstrong was no exception, and even though Satchmo is more of the ringleader/vocalist/showman on this set, the All-Stars provide some heated improvising, especially Hines on 'Honeysuckle Rose' and Bigard's clarinet solo on"
"and had three children: John Humfrey Armstrong Willis (1928–2012); Antonia Armstrong Willis (1932-2017); and Felicity Armstrong Willis (1936-2006). Antonia married the art expert and gallery owner Jeremy Maas; one of their sons, Rupert, is also an art expert, notable for his appearances on the Antiques Roadshow. Armstrong contributed to the screenplay of Hitchcock's ""Young and Innocent"" (1937); and several of his own works were adapted into films including ""The Strange Case of Mr Pelham"", which was made into a first-season episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (and directed by Hitchcock), and the 1970 film ""The Man Who Haunted Himself"". Anthony Armstrong"
"joyous and characteristically New Orleans festivals of the year."" Satchmo SummerFest Satchmo SummerFest (also known as Satchmofest) is an annual music festival held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in celebration of the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. It is held in early August in order to coincide with August 4, Armstrong's birthday. Traditionally it is held on the grounds of the old New Orleans Mint, now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It has multiple stages, including stages for traditional and contemporary jazz, big-band jazz, and a children's stage for up-and-coming jazz musicians. In his book ""New Atlantis"", John Swenson said that"
"Satchmo at the Waldorf Satchmo at the Waldorf is a one-act, one-person play written by Terry Teachout. It is Teachout’s first playand it is about the famous jazz trumpeter and performer Louis Armstrong. According to the printed playbill by Dramatists Play Services Inc.: “""this is a work of fiction, freely based on fact.""”. Though the play is written for, and performed by a sole artist, it requires for the actor to double and represent other characters, including Louis Armstrong’s manager, Joe Glaser, and trumpeter Miles Davis. The play has been performed by Jerome Preston Bates. The title of the play,"
"Satchmo In Style Satchmo in Style is a 1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album two stars and said that ""...the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter all that much."" Dryden praised Armstrong's duet with Velma Middleton on"
"Satchmo SummerFest Satchmo SummerFest (also known as Satchmofest) is an annual music festival held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in celebration of the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. It is held in early August in order to coincide with August 4, Armstrong's birthday. Traditionally it is held on the grounds of the old New Orleans Mint, now part of the Louisiana State Museum. It has multiple stages, including stages for traditional and contemporary jazz, big-band jazz, and a children's stage for up-and-coming jazz musicians. In his book ""New Atlantis"", John Swenson said that it ""never fails to be one of the most"
"in New York City in 1980, Shaw stated the following: Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, ""He is in peak form throughout, and the strong compositions (along with some adventurous solos) make this one of Woody Shaw's most essential recordings"". ""All compositions by Woody Shaw except as indicated"" Woody III Woody III is an album by trumpter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1979 (with one live track from 1978) and released on the Columbia label. ""Woody III"" is Shaw's third Columbia album and is named for his newborn son at the time, Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. The album is"
"Woody Allen said that Farrow may indeed be Sinatra's son: ""In my opinion, he's my child … I think he is, but I wouldn't bet my life on it. I paid for child support for him for his whole childhood, and I don't think that's very fair if he's not mine."" Ronan Farrow Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow (born December 19, 1987) is an American journalist, lawyer, and former government advisor. He is the son of actress Mia Farrow and filmmaker Woody Allen. In late 2017, Farrow's articles in ""The New Yorker"" helped uncover the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. For"
"Disney Songs the Satchmo Way Disney Songs the Satchmo Way is a 1968 album of music from Disney films by the trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong and produced by Tutti Camarata. The album was recorded in Los Angeles at the same time that Armstrong filmed his brief appearance in the film ""Hello, Dolly!"". ""Disney Songs the Satchmo Way"" featured Armstrong's last trumpet recordings. Armstrong had been personally asked by Walt Disney to make the album in 1966, although it was not completed until after Disney's death. The Disney music executive Jimmy Johnson recalled that ""The dates with Louis were among"
"""You're Just In Love"", and ""I Want a Butter and Eggman"". Satchmo In Style Satchmo in Style is a 1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album two stars and said that ""...the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the rather dated charts and a rather nauseating choir on over half of the tracks. Likewise, the strings (when present) are overbearing and haven't stood the test of time as well as Armstrong's warm vocals and still potent trumpet, though he isn't featured as a trumpeter"
"Dolly!"" as the bandleader Louis. He sang the title song with actress Barbra Streisand. His solo recording of ""Hello, Dolly!"" is one of his most recognizable performances. Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, a self-described Armstrong admirer, asserted that a 1952 Louis Armstrong concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris played a significant role in inspiring him to create the fictional creatures called Cronopios that are the subject of a number of Cortázar's short stories. Cortázar once called Armstrong himself ""Grandísimo Cronopio"" (The Great Cronopio). There is a pivotal scene in ""Stardust Memories"" (1980) in which Woody Allen is overwhelmed by"
"critics, as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong and to develop an emphasis on phrasing. Allen's recordings received much favorable attention. His versatility is shown by his winning of ""Down Beat"" awards in both the traditional jazz and the modern jazz categories. With Langston Hughes Red Allen Henry James ""Red"" Allen (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style has been claimed to be the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong. Allen was born in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of"
"“""Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong"".” The play has been produced in other major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, and in Houston, Texas, it was shown from February 24th, 2018, through March 18th, 2018, at the Alley Theatre. Controversial subjects are covered, or subjects that tend to shock the public, as Henrik Ibsen did in the 20th century, “Satchmo” alludes to matters, and pronounces terms, less preferred by the percolations of higher society’s sophistication, and at the same time dives in the ponderation of Louis Armstrong’s important relationships; as underlined by Fierro’s assessment of Ibsen’s realist drama: “he"
"occurred during Eisenhower’s presidency known as Little Rock Nine and during which Louis Armstrong voiced his criticism on September 17th, 1957 is noted in the play. Teachout’s “Satchmo at the Waldorf” depicts Armstrong’s humanity at age seventy. According to Dramatist’s Play Services’ website, the play is considered “""full-length comedy/drama""” and lists the stage as “""flexible"".” Satchmo at the Waldorf Satchmo at the Waldorf is a one-act, one-person play written by Terry Teachout. It is Teachout’s first playand it is about the famous jazz trumpeter and performer Louis Armstrong. According to the printed playbill by Dramatists Play Services Inc.: “""this is"
"Shaw III. The years between 2003 and 2013 saw a resurgence of interest in, and recognition of, Shaw's music. In 2003, Shaw's son, Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III, launched The Official Woody Shaw Website, which helped to reinvigorate Shaw fans and bolster appreciation for Shaw's contribution to music. Since then, many of Shaw's long-out-of-print recordings have been reissued, remastered and repackaged, under the curatorial oversight of Shaw's son and long-time producer Michael Cuscuna. In 2012, PopMarket, a division of Sony Legacy, released """", and in 2013, Mosaic Records released """", for which NPR described Shaw as ""the last great trumpet"
"number of CD releases listed is limited, with preference given to the label that originally released the album. These LPs and CDs were released after Armstrong's 1971 death. Chronology of the recordings of Armstrong's songs: Louis Armstrong discography Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of american popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ""inventive"" trumpet and cornet player,"
"several minutes about his career, and how he would miss it all, and repeatedly interrupted Sherman when he tried to speak. The audience found it charmingly ironic, Allen said, that Harpo, who had never before spoken on stage or screen, ""wouldn't shut up!"" Harpo, an avid croquet player, was inducted into the Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979. Harpo Marx died on September 28, 1964 (his 28th wedding anniversary), at age 75 in a West Los Angeles hospital, one day after undergoing heart surgery. Harpo's death was said to have hit the surviving Marx brothers very hard. Groucho's son Arthur"
"Ulrich, and subsequently became Lars's godfather. Gordon was also survived by his widow Maxine Gordon and her son Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. The earliest photographs of Gordon as a player show him with a Conn 30M ""Connqueror"" and an Otto Link mouthpiece. In a 1962 interview with the British journalist Les Tomkins, he did not refer to the specific model of mouthpiece but stated that it was made for him personally. He stated that it was stolen around 1952. The famous smoke break photo from 1948 shows him with a Conn 10M and a Dukoff mouthpiece, which he played"
"Red Allen Henry James ""Red"" Allen (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style has been claimed to be the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong. Allen was born in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of the bandleader Henry Allen. He took early trumpet lessons from Peter Bocage and Manuel Manetta. Allen's career began in Sidney Desvigne's Southern Syncopators. He was playing professionally by 1924 with the Excelsior Brass Band and the jazz dance bands of Sam Morgan, George Lewis and John Casimir. After playing"
"Wild Man Blues Wild Man Blues is a 1997 documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple, about the musical avocation of actor/director/comic Woody Allen. The film takes its name from a jazz composition, sometimes attributed to Jelly Roll Morton and sometimes to Louis Armstrong, and recorded (among others) by each of them. It depicts Allen's love of early 20th century New Orleans music by preserving performances on the 1996 tour in Europe by his New Orleans Jazz Band. Allen has played clarinet with this band for over 25 years. The musicians are: Although their European tour is the primary focus, the"
"(optional) subtitles. Wild Man Blues Wild Man Blues is a 1997 documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple, about the musical avocation of actor/director/comic Woody Allen. The film takes its name from a jazz composition, sometimes attributed to Jelly Roll Morton and sometimes to Louis Armstrong, and recorded (among others) by each of them. It depicts Allen's love of early 20th century New Orleans music by preserving performances on the 1996 tour in Europe by his New Orleans Jazz Band. Allen has played clarinet with this band for over 25 years. The musicians are: Although their European tour is the primary"
"for Allmusic and wrote that these ""One may not expect much from such songs as ""Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,"" ""Whistle While You Work,"" and ""The Ballad of Davy Crockett,"" but Armstrong's joyful vocals and occasional emotional trumpet really uplift the material. His rendition of ""When You Wish Upon a Star"" is touching, and few of the songs (including ""The Bare Necessities"" and ""Heigh-Ho"") have never sounded livelier and more fun"". Disney Songs the Satchmo Way Disney Songs the Satchmo Way is a 1968 album of music from Disney films by the trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong and produced by Tutti Camarata. The album"
"Satchmo's syndrome Satchmo's syndrome is a disorder due to the rupture of orbicularis oris muscle in trumpet players. This syndrome is named after the nickname of Louis Armstrong, the trumpet player from New Orleans, because apparently it fits with the symptoms he experienced in 1935. In order to produce the right music, the trumpet player has to exert strength and produce vibrations of the lip. This can sometimes lead to the rupture of the musculature of the lip. Due to the muscle rupture, there is possibly a lengthening of the circumference of orbicularis oris, and it fails to exert normal"
"degenerative eye disease and was losing his eyesight. A user of heroin throughout his adult life, Shaw was in extremely poor health when he returned to the U.S. from Europe in 1988—he needed a wheelchair at the airport. Details of the accident are unclear, but on February 27, 1989, Shaw was struck by a subway car in Brooklyn, NY, which severed his left arm. Shaw suffered complications in the hospital and died of kidney failure on May 10, 1989. He was 44 years old. He was survived by his mother, two brothers, a sister, and his son, Woody Louis Armstrong"
"married Bonnie Skolnick, who survived him for a very short time. A lifelong smoker, Anderson died of cancer in on February 6, 1997 and is buried in the Garden of Heritage, lot 1538, space 3, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. His son, director Paul Thomas Anderson, dedicated his 1997 film ""Boogie Nights"" to his memory. In addition, ""The Drew Carey Show"" episode ""See Drew Run"" was dedicated to his memory. His death was also mentioned on an episode of ""America's Funniest Home Videos"" that same year. Among others he influenced, Anderson influenced the film work of his son Paul"
"of impairment. Johnson suffered from a stroke in late 1948 and died in New Iberia the following year. Jazz fans and historians still debate Johnson's legacy, and the extent to which his colorful reminiscences of his early career were accurate, misremembered, exaggerated, or untrue. The majority of his recordings remain in print on CD reissues, and his playing is an important influence on many contemporary traditional jazz musicians. Johnson plays a small, but significant, role in Alan Schroeder's picture book ""Satchmo's Blues"". In that book, Johnson serves as a source of musical inspiration to the young Louis Armstrong. The following"
"of all, Armstrong. One of his protégés, Louis Panico (cornetist with the Isham Jones Orchestra), authored a book entitled ""The Novelty Cornetist"", which is illustrated with photos showing some of the mute techniques he learned from Oliver. As mentor to Armstrong in New Orleans, Oliver taught young Louis and gave him his job in Kid Ory's band when he went to Chicago. A few years later Oliver summoned him to Chicago to play with his band. Louis remembered Oliver as ""Papa Joe"" and considered him his idol and inspiration. In his autobiography, ""Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans"", Armstrong wrote:"