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Satchmo Summerfest

Satchmo Summerfest - July 30th to August 2nd 2009

Satchmo Festival

Celebrate the life of Louis Armstrong with a fun-filled weekend of activities and music with four stages all located within the Old US Mint including: Traditional Jazz Stage, Contemporary Jazz Stage, and a Brass Band Stage; Plus a Childrens Stage Located in Dutch Alley as well as seminars with nationally renowned speakers. The Satchmo SummerFest also has many special events lined up, including Red Bean Alley featuring local cuisine, a Second Line Parade, a Jazz Mass at the Historical St. Augustine Church and our Red Beans and Rice Luncheon.

The Satchmo SummerFest is A celebration of the Jazz of New Orleans native, Louis Armstrong, the irrepressible trumpeter who carried Satchmo as one of several widely-used nicknames. Most events are free to the public. There's music of course on several stages.

One of the most dynamic personalities of the 20th century, Armstrong almost single-handedly transformed jazz into the popular musical art form it is today. With his trademark solos, his gravelly voice and numerous other stylistic innovations, he became a recording industry superstar and a movie star, as well, playing himself and his horn with a broad, infectious grin. He was a goodwill ambassador for his country for much of his adult life, traveling widely and introducing American jazz to the world.

Although he spent most of his adult life elsewhere and is buried in New York City, Satchmo never forgot his native city. And his native city never forgot him. Satchmo SummerFest started out to be a one-time salute in 2001 to commemorate his 100th anniversary and reaffirm his vital role in the development of American musical culture. However, the festival that year succeeded so well that the city and the festival’s sponsor, French Quarter Festivals, Inc., decided to make it an annual event.

Over the years, Satchmo SummerFest has evolved into what one visiting music writer called “a mini-JazzFest.” With three days of outdoor concerts, music history seminars, jazz exhibits, a jazz mass, a second-line parade and plenty of local food delicacies and drinks, the festival has become a travelers’, as well as a local, favorite. Nearly all of the participating musicians are New Orleans-based. A Satchmo art contest and exhibit at the Crescent City Brewhouse attracts some of the city’s most talented artists to create works in a Satchmo motif. There’s even a fun-filled “Satchmo Strut” down Frenchmen Street, taking in most of the nightclubs in the city’s preeminent live music district.

Louis had many nicknames as a child, all of which referred to the size of his mouth: "Gatemouth," "Dippermouth," and "Satchelmouth." During a visit to Great Britain, Louis was met by Percy Brooks, the editor of Melody Maker magazine, who greeted him by saying, "Hello, Satchmo!" (He inadvertently contracted "Satchelmouth" into "Satchmo.") Louis loved the new name and adopted it for his own. It provides the title to Louis's second autobiography, is inscribed on at least two of Louis's trumpets, and is on Louis's stationery.

For reservations to The Red Beans and Rice Luncheon please call (800) 673-5725 or (504) 522-5730 or visit the website: www.fqfi.org/satchmosummerfest

Satchmo Summerfest Music Schedule 2009

Satchmo Festival

Saturday August 1, 2009

'Red Beans and Ricely Yours' Stage
Noon - 1:00 PM Louisiana Music Factory presents the New Orleans Moonshiners
1:15 - 2:15 PM Fritzel's presents Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band
2:30 - 3:30 PM Connie Jones Crescent City Jazz Band
3:45 - 4:45 PM Tim Laughlin
5:00 - 6:00 PM Leah Chase

'Cornet Chop Suey' Stage
Noon - 1:15 PM Mo'LASSES (New Orleans Mostly Women's brass band)
1:30 - 2:30 PM McIntyre Industries presents The Last Straws
3:00 - 4:15 PM Sharon Martin
4:30 - 5:45 PM New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation presents
Glen David Andrews & the Lazy Six

'Back o' Town' Stage
Noon - 1:15 PM Michael Skinkus
1:30 - 2:30 PM Young New Orleans Traditional Brass Band
3:00 - 4:00 PM Linnzi Zaorski
4:30 - 5:30 PM Seguenon Kone of Ivory Coast West Africa

2009 Satchmo SummerFest Commemorative Poster

Satchmo Festival

Over its nine year history, Satchmo SummerFest has continued to pay tribute to the life, legacy and music of Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong through inspiring seminars from Jazz historians, captivating performances by modern day jazz greats, and artwork inspired by his tradition. The same holds true for the 2009 Satchmo SummerFest Poster.

Stuart South, native New Orleanian, captures the glow and brilliance of Satchmo's spirit within the 9th Annual Satchmo SummerFest poster. A Jackson Square artist, South, studied fine art at UNO and Tulane University and has been painting since his early teens. His work is easily recognized by its joyful compositions that celebrate pop culture and the world around him.

2009 Satchmo Speaker Seminar Schedule

Satchmo Festival

Thursday, July 30, 2009
Located inside the Louisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint (corner of Esplanade and Decatur)

6:30 - 7:30pm - Jam Session: A Keynote, Robert O'Meally. In conjunction with the opening of the photo exhibit, 'Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World' at the Louisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint, Professor Robert O'Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University (and founder of the Center for Jazz Studies), discusses the exhibition and its subjects. Professor O'Meally curated an earlier version of the exhibit for Lincoln Center. He also serves on the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation board of directors.

Friday, July 31, 2009
NEW LOCATION!!! (Friday Only) The Presbytere - Zulu Exhibit - Louisiana State Museum (on Jackson Square, next to St. Louis Cathedral)

2:00 - 3:15pm "Hail King Zulu!" In February of 1949 Louis Armstrong told Time magazine "There's a thing I've dreamed of all my life...and I'll be damned if it don't look like it's about to come true--to be King of the Zulus' Parade." On March 1st of that year, Mardi Gras day, his dream was fulfilled. 2009 marks not only the 60th anniversary of Armstrong's turn as Zulu King, but also the centennial of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. In celebration of both, Michael Cogswell, Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, presents one-of-a-kind recordings, photographs, and scrapbook pages from Armstrong's personal collection.

3:45 - 5:00pm Cinematic Satch: Louis Armstrong in Europe 1959 - Fifty years ago, Armstrong and his All Stars embarked on a marathon six-month-long tour of Europe. Armstrong scholar Ricky Riccardi will be celebrating the anniversary of this tour by screening rare concert footage, television appearances, and even a few film cameos done by the All Stars during this trip.

Satchmo Club Strut July 31st, 2009

Satchmo Festival

Jazz Centennial Celebration Presents:
in conjunction with Satchmo Summerfest 2009 “SATCHMO CLUB STRUT”
Throughout the Frenchmen Street District
Friday, July 31st, 2009

The New Orleans Jazz Centennial Celebration is proud to bring back New Orleans’ much-loved summer tradition with the 9th Annual Satchmo Club Strut, the musical club crawl down Frenchmen Street on Friday, July 31, 2009. The “Strut” is a great way to start the weekend long Satchmo Summerfest produced by French Quarter Festivals Inc celebrating Louis Armstrong and jazz in all its forms. The Club Strut serves as both a fundraiser for our non-profit jazz outreach programs and a promotional vehicle for our music community’s rebuilding efforts.

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