"the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a benefit for the radio station. Jones taught a popular and acclaimed course on the history of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues at University of New Orleans in the late 1980s. Jones also managed music publishing for The Radiators as General Manager of the band's Fishhead Music. He served as an original Program Organizer of New Orleans's Satchmo SummerFest, the city's annual conference and celebration of Louis Armstrong's birthday which draws a choice roster of scholars and fans to New Orleans. Jones also served as a consultant for multiple documentaries and films."
"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"
"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"
"his autobiography, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, in 1913 at 13 years old, he was made a band leader and was sent to play at Milneberg and Little Woods. By the 1920s hundreds of camps ranged from Milneberg at West End to Little Woods in the East. Little Woods had become a vacation resort, Ragtime and early Jazz, called Ragajazz, was the music of the day. Heard in the area were bands like Kid Stevenson Jazz Hounds, Alcide yellow Nunez of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and Froggy's Moonlight Serenaders. During the 1920s plans for construction at Milneberg led"
"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 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"
"strength. As a result, the trumpet player cannot produce high musical notes. This condition may be partly reversed by resting the lips for weeks to months. The muscle rupture can also be corrected surgically, in which case the trumpet player can perform as well as she did before the injury. 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"
"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,"
"New Orleans. Credits partly adapted from AllMusic. Ziggy Modeliste Joseph ""Ziggy"" Modeliste (born December 28, 1948, also known as Zigaboo) is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk band The Meters. He is widely considered an innovator in the funk genre and New Orleans style drumming. The Meters' music had a defining role and set the stylistic tone of New Orleans funk. Due to his work with the band, Modeliste is credited as an integral part of bringing New Orleans second-line grooves into popular music. As a songwriter and session musician Modeliste's work is featured"
"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:"
"at the New Orleans Playboy Club fronting the house band and serving as Musical/Entertainment Director, booking nationally known acts into the venue. Al Belletto Al Belletto (January 3, 1928 – December 26, 2014) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Belletto was raised in New Orleans, where he led his own bands as a college student; he eventually obtained a master's degree from Louisiana State University. He played with Sharkey Bonano, Louis Prima, Wingy Manone and the Dukes of Dixieland in the 1940s and 1950s, then led his own band for several albums on Capitol Records from 1952. He and"
"same name, the Faubourg Tremé was once a thriving community and has been home to many famous musicians, including Alphonse Picou, George Lewis, and Kermit Ruffins.<br> Shannon’s grandmother Veronica Batiste, played piano for silent film and in Baptist church. By age 6 he was playing drums regularly in The First Garden Christ Church. The sounds of the city of New Orleans and the Tremé neighborhood played an important role in Shannon Powell’s development, as did the multitude of musicians surrounding him but none more than Danny Barker. Mr. Barker asked Shannon to join the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band with"
"together to record with his Mardi Gras Indian group, The Wild Tchoupitoulas. The blend of traditional and funk music on ""The Wild Tchoupitoulas"" album (1976) has made it an icon of New Orleans musical culture. Shortly afterward, the four brothers formed The Neville Brothers, recording more than a dozen albums and building a worldwide following. For years they were the closing act on the main stage of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Charles's saxophone playing was especially notable on the title track of their best-selling album, ""Yellow Moon"", and helped earn the group its only Grammy, for best"
"1967 and subsequently revised in 1978 and 1984. He helped establish the National Jazz Foundation in 1942, as well as the New Orleans Jazz Museum about a decade later. His record collection, which included some 2,000 recordings of New Orleans jazz, was bequeathed to the New Orleans Public Library, and many other music-related materials he collected are now in the possession of the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. Doc Souchon Edmond ""Doc"" Souchon (October 25, 1897, New Orleans – August 24, 1968, New Orleans) was an American jazz guitarist and writer on music. He was a pivotal"
"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"
"New Orleans, Louisiana, of heart failure. Neutrino's jazz funeral was attended by dozens wearing bright costumes. Married ""several times"" he had four children, as well as step- and adopted children. Poppa Neutrino's life and travels have been the subject of articles and books, including two by Alec Wilkinson and a documentary film. Poppa Neutrino Poppa Neutrino, born William David Pearlman, (October 15, 1933, Fresno, California – January 23, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana) was a musician, raft builder and ""free spirit"" who lived his life outside expected norms. He has been called a modern primitive, a nomad, a permanent dropout, raftbuilder"
"John Gilmore (musician) John Gilmore (September 28, 1931 – August 20, 1995) was an avant-garde jazz saxophonist known for his tenure with keyboardist/bandleader Sun Ra from the 1950s to the 1990s. Gilmore grew up in Chicago and played clarinet from the age of 14. He took up the tenor saxophone while serving in the United States Air Force from 1948 to 1952, then pursued a musical career, playing briefly with pianist Earl Hines before encountering Sun Ra in 1953. For the next four decades, Gilmore recorded and performed almost exclusively with Sun Ra. This was puzzling to some, who noted"
"Doc Souchon Edmond ""Doc"" Souchon (October 25, 1897, New Orleans – August 24, 1968, New Orleans) was an American jazz guitarist and writer on music. He was a pivotal figure in the historical preservation of New Orleans jazz in the middle of the 20th century. Souchon received schooling to become a physician in Chicago, though he was playing regularly in groups such as the Six and Seven Eighths Band in the 1910s. He helped oversee a reconstitution of this band in 1945 as a four-piece, and made many recordings of early string band tunes through the early 1960s. Alongside this,"
"soul, jazz, hip-hop and so on. Former editor-in-chief of Tower Record's free paper ""bounce"", Daisaku Nishio points out that Suchmos's music has a great influence from black music such as 1970's soul and funk, acid jazz, and 1990's R&B. They are digesting the influences from various genres of jazz, alternative rock, hip-hop, neo soul, and the current Western music scene. Suchmos Suchmos is a Japanese rock group formed in 2013. Suchmos was inspired by black music such as rock, jazz, and hip-hop. The band’s name, Suchmos, is adapted from a jazz musician Louis Armstrong’s nickname, “Satchmo”. Yonce, Taiking, Hsu, OK,"
"Smith With John Stein Other appearances David ""Fathead"" Newman David ""Fathead"" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by singer-pianist Ray Charles. The AllMusic Guide to Jazz wrote that ""there have not been many saxophonists and flutists more naturally soulful than David ""Fathead"" Newman,"" and that ""one of jazz's and popular music's great pleasures is to hear, during a vocalist's break, the gorgeous, huge Newman"
"Ed Blackwell Edward Joseph Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive, influential work with Ornette Coleman. Blackwell's early career began in New Orleans in the 1950s. He played in a bebop quintet that included pianist Ellis Marsalis and clarinetist Alvin Batiste. There was also a brief stint touring with Ray Charles. The second line parade music of New Orleans greatly influenced Blackwell's drumming style and could be heard in his playing throughout his career. Blackwell first came to national attention as the drummer with Ornette"
"Lionel Batiste ""Uncle"" Lionel Batiste (February 11, 1931 – July 8, 2012) was a jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans. He began his music career at the age of 11 playing bass drum with the Square Deal Social & Pleasure Club. He was the bass drummer, vocalist and assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band; known for his kazoo playing and singing as well, and has recorded a cd as a vocalist. Besides inspiring younger musicians with his playing, he served as a role model to many of them: trumpeter Kermit Ruffins calls Batiste his ""total influence,"""
"Suchmos Suchmos is a Japanese rock group formed in 2013. Suchmos was inspired by black music such as rock, jazz, and hip-hop. The band’s name, Suchmos, is adapted from a jazz musician Louis Armstrong’s nickname, “Satchmo”. Yonce, Taiking, Hsu, OK, Kcee, and Taihei were playmates. OK and Kcee are brothers. OK, Taiking, and Hsu are childhood friends from elementary school. Kcee and Yonce are acquaintances from high school days; Taihei is Hsu's junior at college. They gathered at OK's and Kcee's house at night and watching YouTube, singing, dancing, and playing. In January 2013, OK formed Suchmos with Yonce, Hsu,"
"bassist Davis had been replaced by Reggie Workman, while Eric Dolphy joined the group as a second horn. The quintet had a celebrated and extensively recorded residency at the Village Vanguard, which demonstrated Coltrane's new direction. It included the most experimental music he had played, influenced by Indian ragas, modal jazz, and free jazz. John Gilmore, a longtime saxophonist with musician Sun Ra, was particularly influential; after hearing a Gilmore performance, Coltrane is reported to have said, ""He's got it! Gilmore's got the concept!"" The most celebrated of the Vanguard tunes, the 15-minute blues ""Chasin' the 'Trane"", was strongly inspired"
"host who led the Tuxedo Jazz Band for decades after the death of his father in 1977. Papa French Albert ""Papa"" French was a New Orleans jazz musician, banjo player, and band leader. He died in 1977. He was a banjo player in the Original Tuxedo Brass Band of New Orleans. This band was founded in 1910 and led for 44 years by Papa Celestin. After the death of Papa Celestin in 1954, leadership was briefly taken over by trombonist Eddie Pierson until his death in 1958. The leadership of the band fell to Banjo player Albert French, who was"
"Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter) Jiří Jelínek (6 July 1922 – 16 October 1984) was a Czech painter, illustrator, jazz trumpeter, and popular singer, one of the music legends of the Semafor Theatre in 1960s. His hoarse singing voice - similar to Louis Armstrong's - earned him the nickname """"The Czech Satchmo"""". Jelínek was born at Tisa u Žlutic. He studied painting and illustration as a pupil of František Tichý, but also showed early promise as a talented and skilful trumpeter. At first he worked as a professional painter and illustrator, and played in various amateur jazz ensembles, but in 1945 he"
"Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential spirit and characteristics when notated. His composition ""Jelly Roll Blues"", published in 1915, was the first published jazz composition. Morton also wrote the standards ""King Porter Stomp"", ""Wolverine Blues"", ""Black Bottom Stomp"", and ""I Thought I Heard"
"of Fame in Richmond, Indiana in 2007. King Oliver Joseph Nathan ""King"" Oliver (December 19, 1881 – April 10, 1938) was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in jazz. Also a notable composer, he wrote many tunes still played today, including ""Dippermouth Blues"", ""Sweet Like This"", ""Canal Street Blues"", and ""Doctor Jazz"". He was the mentor and teacher of Louis Armstrong. His influence was such that Armstrong claimed, ""if it had not been for Joe Oliver, Jazz would not be what it is today."" Joseph"
"and Zutty Singleton. A group of younger musicians formed the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, which is still in existence. Tuxedo Brass Band The Tuxedo Brass Band, sometimes called the Original Tuxedo Brass Band, was one of the most highly regarded brass bands of New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1910s and 1920s. It was led by Papa Celestin starting about 1910. Many noted jazz greats played in the band. The group never recorded (though the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, a dance band using some of the same musicians, did record in the mid-1920s). Personnel varied; as with most such New Orleans"
"Snug Harbor (jazz club) Snug Harbor is a jazz club, bar, and restaurant on Frenchmen Street in the Faubourg Marigny section of New Orleans, Louisiana. It has been described as ""the classiest jazz club in New Orleans"" by ""The New York Times"" and as a ""musical landmark"" by ""Rolling Stone."" It features live performances by both noted local and touring national jazz performers. Regulars include Charmaine Neville, Ellis Marsalis, and Irvin Mayfield. The club was started by Glenn Menish in 1983 and later sold to George Brumat. Brumat owned the club until 2007, when he died of an apparent heart"
"Ayustat, and a support member, Taihei. Kcee accompanied the band as a video group. The band's name, Suchmos, comes from a jazz musician Louis Armstrong’s nickname, “Satchmo”. The first live appearance was decided prior to deciding the band's name. While Yonce was suffering at the rehearsal studio of Tokyo University at that time, pictures of Armstrong flowed to the monitor there. Hsu who was studying jazz music saw it and said that Louis Armstrong is ""Satchmo"". They liked the sound and adopted it as the band's name. On April 8, 2015, Space Shower Music released the band's debut EP ""Essence""."
"Watson, as important influences on his guitar playing. Brown was married and divorced three times. There are four children. Three daughters, Ursula Brown of Houston, Celeste Biles of Vista, California, and Renée Brown of New Orleans; and a son, Dwayne Brown, of Oklahoma City. Internationales Jazzfestival Bern, SBV With Al Grey Clarence ""Gatemouth"" Brown Clarence ""Gatemouth"" Brown (April 18, 1924 – September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas. He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country,"
"David ""Fathead"" Newman David ""Fathead"" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by singer-pianist Ray Charles. The AllMusic Guide to Jazz wrote that ""there have not been many saxophonists and flutists more naturally soulful than David ""Fathead"" Newman,"" and that ""one of jazz's and popular music's great pleasures is to hear, during a vocalist's break, the gorgeous, huge Newman tones filling the space…"" Newman is"