Notice how the right wingers who banned Black people from schools, jobs, military, & public spaces, banned Latino & Asian immigration, locked up Japanese Americans, broke hundreds of treaties with Native Americans—& are now banning teaching that history—want you to stop making everything about race.😐
“Hearing him in his own words – hearing hurt, hearing pain, hearing him curse – is going to be the first time many folks have ever experienced this side of Louis Armstrong. What’s important is that he is the one who left behind these tapes, so he really wanted this side to be known.
Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. […]
Jazztodon artist of the week: Louis Armstrong! What would jazz sound like today, even if jazz existed at all, without Louis Armstrong? He invented (or was a strong early influence on) the jazz solo, swing, scat singing, and free personal expression in popular singing. What are some of your favorite Armstrong records or performances? (Thoughts on Wynton's new cover album of the Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings?)
Because of his willingness to play for segregated audiences, throughout much of his life, Louis Armstrong was called a sellout and an Uncle Tom by many Black Americans, But, in 1957, Satchmo blew up-—blasting Eisenhower to bits for not condemning treatment of Black American students in the South. His passionate words made world headlines, alienated many white fans, and divided Black America.
#GreatAlbums1950s - #LouisArmstrong – Plays W.C. Handy (1954). Armstrong sounds revivified and full of joy interpreting Handy’s seminal blues compositions – “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” “Yellow Dog Rag,” etc. Members of Pops’ small fifties combo – trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Barney Bigard, etc. – keep the soloing hot. Vocal trade-offs between Pops’ sandpaper voice and Velma Middleton’s smoother pipes enhance the jamboree feel of this classic set. #GreatJazzAlbums, #WCHandy, #Jazz
Returning from our history cruise on the Creole Queen Paddle-wheeler and readying to dock behind the Riverboat Louis Armstrong. This riverboat is more about being a venue for Concerts, Brunches, Seasonal Events, Meetings, and Weddings. Since it is a 'jazzy" boat, I jazzed up my image with multiple layers and filters in Topaz.
This song has been bringing tears to my eyes. It WAS a wonderful world -- but we f*cked it up!
"I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed days
The dark sacred nights
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, 'How do you do?'
They're really saying
I love you
I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Ooh, yes"
Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block.
I had a rather half-baked realization today that I want to share with everybody because that's what the internet is for. If anyone else has said anything similar, please point me in their direction!
I've been a huge fan of old-school jazz since I was a teenager. Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were my first and greatest loves but of course I looked outward from there and grew to know and love so many more, from Miles Davis to the Adderly brothers to Blossom Dearie to Ray Brown etc.
@brooklynmarie Only in the last decade or so I've learned much about the history of "#Jass" and gained an appreciation of #LouisArmstrong's contribution to the world of this #musical#art form, and what #MilesDavis did to give it so many new forms and structures while training and highlighting so many other greats of #Jazz along the way.
My brother-in-law started and still plays stand-up bass at a Jazz restaurant here in Sunrise, and my brother in #DC plays sax when he can.
On this day 1n 1968 #LouisArmstrong hit #1 in the U.K. with 'What a Wonderful World'. At the time he was the oldest artist to achieve this honour.
"The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying how do you do
They're really saying
I love you"
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (youtu.be)
The ear worm is being pretty mellow this morning. I don't have a clue what I was dreaming about before I woke up.
Louis Armstrong's dazzling archive has a new home — his (www.npr.org)
Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block.