Another Satchmo SummerFest is in the books! WWOZ photographers Bill Sasser,
Michele Goldfarb, and Jamell Tate were on hand to capture the magic of this
annual festival celebrating the life and work of the late, great Louis
Armstrong. Check out some of the highlights below:
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Takin' It To The Streets host Action Jackson sits down with Big Chief Black
of the Black Flame Hunters Mardi Gras Indians. They discuss traditional
Uptown suits, Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolias, passing traditions from one
generation to the next, Indian dancing, St. Joseph...
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1 Once Around The Park 5ive Style 02:16 5ive
Style
2 Power Lord The Victory Travelers 03:09 Gospel
Funk
3 Dim Star of the Palisades Birds of Chicago 02:59
Real Midnight
4 leaving on that train keith & tex 03:01 ...
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1) It's Satchmo SummerFest time! New Orleans native Louis Armstrong was born
August 4 and the festival celebrating him is going on at outside the New
Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If
you can't be there in person, check out our Sat...
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We were pleased to bring you Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints live from Snug
Harbor tonight! Check out the video below. Happy Satchmo Fest! They'll be
hitting the Barracks Street Stage on Saturday at 1:30p.
Lineup:
Yoshio Toyama
Keiko Toyama
Makoto Hirotsu
Youichi ‘Bass...
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Mahogany Brass Band joined us on the New Orleans Music Show this afternoon
as part of our Satchmo SummerFest preview week at WWOZ! Check out
their performance below. Dr. Brice Miller shares what he thinks Louis
Armstrong would sound like today, if he were still with us, the...
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In honor of Louis Armstrong's birthday (August 4) and Satchmo Summer Fest
(Aug. 3-5), here are more than 30 videos of the man of the hour! It just
doesn't get any better than Pops. This is a playlist, so the videos will play
sequentially.
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Louis Armstrong may have never become a household name if not for the ambitions of his second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong-- a supremely talented musician in her own right. She was a member of the Hot Five and Hot Seven, and composed a number of their biggest hits.
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Charmaine Neville was in on the New Orleans Music Show this afternoon as
part of our Satchmo SummerFest preview week at WWOZ! Check out her
performance below.
Songs:
1. I Put A Spell On You
2. The Rhythm
3. Mack The Knife
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The Nayo Jones Experience was in on the New Orleans Music Show this
afternoon to kick off our Satchmo SummerFest preview week at WWOZ! Check out
their performance below.
Songs:
1. House of the Rising Sun
2. If I Only Had A Brain
3. Imagine
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