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Performs in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. Has heart attack in Spoleto, Italy and is briefly hospitalized. Appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, and the Bing Crosby Oldsmobile Show. Six-week concert tour with Benny Goodman cut short after Goodman becomes ill. Portrays Bottom in the musical Swingin’ the Dream, a jazz version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Begins a six-month engagement at the Cotton Club (New York).
Jazz history comes to life in Corona
Strolling through each room slowly, we were given the unique opportunity to see how he lived and where his genius was fostered. Appears on many television shows, including The David Frost Show, The Dick Cavett Show, The Tonight Show, and a television special with Pearl Bailey. Records the poem “The Night before Christmas” in the den of his Corona home. (It is his last commercial recording.) Performs for two weeks in the Empire Room of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. Makes a major tour of Africa (Cameroon, the Belgian Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and many more countries), as part of a four-month tour sponsored by the U.S. Records ten selections with Duke Ellington in 1961, their only collaboration in the recording studio.
The Hot Five
His two recordings for Columbia Records, Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954) and Satch Plays Fats (all Fats Waller tunes) (1955), were both being considered masterpieces, as well as moderately well selling. In 1961, the All Stars participated in two albums, The Great Summit and The Great Reunion (now together as a single disc) with Duke Ellington. The albums feature many of Ellington's most famous compositions (as well as two exclusive cuts) with Duke sitting in on piano. His participation in Dave Brubeck's high-concept jazz musical The Real Ambassadors (1963) was critically acclaimed and features "Summer Song", one of Armstrong's most popular vocal efforts. Perhaps most touching is Armstrong’s pure and undying affinity for his neighborhood. The house is a gem frozen in time, as if the Armstrongs have just stepped out.
Podcast: The Louis Armstrong House Museum
While Corona may seem like an unlikely place to house a museum, no other location would be appropriate to honor Armstrong’s legacy. After all, he was always eager to get away from the fame and return to his modest home, where Lucille and the neighborhood kids would be waiting for him. Performs in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, and Mexico. Films a scene for the motion picture Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand.
A jazz ambassador
In 1983, his widow Lucille willed the building and its contents to New York City for the creation of a museum and study center devoted to Armstrong’s career and the history of jazz. Armstrong appeared in more than a dozen Hollywood films, usually playing a bandleader or musician. His most familiar role was as the bandleader cum narrator in the 1956 musical High Society, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Celeste Holm.
The Louis Armstrong House Museum
We strongly advise visitors take mass transit or rideshare to visit the Museum. Street parking is very limited in our residential neighborhood. Please, be mindful that the museum will be closed on Saturday, April 27. Be sure to select “other dates” and “other times” on the tickets link to find an available date. Michela has had the honor of working with many legends like Anna Deavere Smith, Wynton Marsalis, Quincy Jones, Jon Batiste, Roy Hargrove, Steve McQueen and more. She very proudly, was mentored by some of the masters of tap dance including Gregory Hines, Buster Brown, Leroy Myers, Peg Leg Bates, Marion Coles, Jeni LeGon and Mable Lee.
Wild Life: Synchronized Coral Spawning
On the next day, March 19, 1919, Armstrong and Parker married at City Hall.[86][87] They adopted a three-year-old boy, Clarence, whose mother, Armstrong's cousin Flora, had died soon after giving birth. Clarence Armstrong was mentally disabled as a result of a head injury at an early age, and Armstrong spent the rest of his life taking care of him.[88] His marriage to Parker ended when they separated in 1923. Armstrong adapted to the tightly controlled style of Henderson, playing trumpet and experimenting with the trombone. The other members were affected by Armstrong's emotional style.
PRESERVING THE LEGACY: LISTENING PARTY
Today, the house serves as a historic museum that presents concerts and educational programs. An archive of writings, recordings and memorabilia is also available to the public for research, bringing the history of jazz to life. One of the world’s most renowned jazz musicians and entertainers; Louis Armstrong lived in this modest Queens home from 1943 until his death in 1971.
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
He was able to access the upper echelons of American society at a time when this was difficult for Black men. In addition to the preserved rooms, the house features an exhibition cataloguing Louis Armstrong’s life and achievements and an ever growing collection of objects related to the musician, donated by family and friends. Even Armstrong’s compendious record collection is preserved at the site. The Louis Armstrong House may have been a home to the jazz musician, but now it is a living, talking record. The many years of constant touring eventually wore down Armstrong, who had his first heart attack in 1959 and returned to intensive care at Beth Israel Hospital for heart and kidney trouble in 1968. Doctors advised him not to play but Armstrong continued to practice every day in his Corona, Queens home, where he had lived with his fourth wife, Lucille, since 1943.
The museum offers daily guided tours to visitors from around the world and features a variety of programs, including concerts, lectures, and seminars. Johnny Collins becomes Louis’s manager, against Rockwell’s objections. Performs at the Roof Garden of the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville, making Louis the first black American to do so. Makes a triumphant return to New Orleans—his first visit since he departed in 1922. Records “When It’s Sleepytime Down South,” which becomes his theme song. In 1922, King Oliver sent for Armstrong to join his band in Chicago.
Caples Jefferson Architects designed the 14,000-square-foot building, staying mindful of the Armstrongs’ love for their community and their neighbors on the block. In addition the interior of the house was renovated to their taste.[7] Ornate bathrooms, and the kitchen was not originally part of the house. Paintings and souvenirs were given to Louis Armstrong on tour from Asia, Europe to Africa. These gifts[8] have found a home of their own on dressers, night stands, shelves and walls.
Experience the magic of jazz maestro Arturo O’Farrill, a pianist, composer, and educator whose career has spanned continents and genres. From his roots in Mexico to his rise in the New York jazz scene, Arturo has collaborated with legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Belafonte, earning accolades including multiple Grammy Awards. LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network. After three years of arranging, preserving, and cataloging, Cogswell opened the Louis Armstrong Archives to public in May 1994. The following year, Queens College, named Cogswell as the Director of the Louis Armstrong House, tasking him with raising the funders and overseeing the restoration of the Armstrong House so it could be open to the public, fulfilling Lucille’s dream.
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong's connection to Queens on full display at house museum in Corona - CBS New York
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong's connection to Queens on full display at house museum in Corona.
Posted: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
Accompanied by the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble (ALJE), Arturo leads an octet of jazz virtuosos, paying homage to Latin jazz pioneers while pushing the boundaries of the genre with contemporary compositions. Their electrifying performances have garnered international acclaim, from prestigious festivals to iconic venues worldwide. The historic Armstrong home is open for tours by advance registration, Thursdays through Saturdays. Get our big stories about Hollywood, film, television, music, arts, culture and more right in your inbox as soon as they publish.
Norman Granz then had the vision for Ella and Louis to record Porgy and Bess. On various live records he is called "Louie" on stage, such as on the 1952 "Can Anyone Explain?" from the live album In Scandinavia vol.1. The same applies to his 1952 studio recording of the song "Chloe", where the choir in the background sings "Louie ... Louie", with Armstrong responding "What was that? Somebody called my name?".
Untapped New York unearths New York City’s secrets and hidden gems. Discover the city’s most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. Image from the Louis Armstrong Museum courtesy of Shore Fire Media. The Conservancy would like to thank the staff at the Louis Armstrong House Museum and our tour guides David Reese, Curator and Jennifer Walden Weprin, Director of Marketing.
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