Satchmo SummerFest
Photos by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee
Text by Ryan Sparks
Trumpet legend Louis Armstrong is celebrated every year at the Satchmo SummerFest on the weekend of his birthday, August 4th. Even with its long line of famous musical sons, New Orleans holds a special happy reverence for Armstrong. He was the quintessential ambassador of the New Orleans lifestyle, and even now, more than forty years after he passed, he remains the patron saints of romantic rascals. His tone lives on in traditional and popular jazz and brass bands and his songs are still adopted by musicians from around the world.
Music provided by James Andrews
"Satchmo of Japan" Yoshio Toyama at Satchmo Summerfest 2013
Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints
Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
Baby Dolls with James Andrews
James Andrews
Baby Dolls with James Andrews
James Andrews
Baby Dolls
Wycliffe Gordon
Doreen's Jazz New Orleans
Robin Barnes
Dancing Man 504 on his Birthday
Swing Dolphins
Jazz Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church
Second Line
Kid Merv and All That Jazz
Kid Merv and All That Jazz
New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Jeremy Davenport
The Storyville Stringband
Satchmo SummerFest All-Stars
Satchmo SummerFest All-Stars
Treme Brass Band
Ellis Marsalis
Barbara Shorts
Orleans Brass Band
Orleans Brass Band