'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
Sunday August 2, 2009
'Red Beans and Ricely Yours' Stage Noon - 1:00 PM The Windsor Court Hotel presents Anais St. John and the Harry Mayronne Trio 1:30 - 2:45 PM Sweet Home New Orleans presents Lars Edegran's New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra Featuring Lionel Ferbos 3:00 - 4:00 PM Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints 4:15 - 5:15 PM The Ritz-Carlton presents Jeremy Davenport 5:30 - 6:30 PM Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers 6:30 - 7:00 PM Props for Pops Trumpet Tribute
'Cornet Chop Suey' Stage Noon - 1:15 PM Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road 1:15 - 2:30 PM New Wave Brass Band 2:45 - 3:45 PM New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation presents Leroy Jones & New Orleans Finest 4:00 - 5:00 PM James Andrews 5:15 - 6:45 PM Soul Rebels Brass Band
'Back o' Town' Stage Noon -1:15 PM Heritage School of Music 1:30 - 2:30 PM Royal Players Brass Band 3:00 - 4:00 PM Sasha Masakowski 4:30 - 5:30 PM Shamarr Allen
2009 Satchmo SummerFest Stages
Back o' Town (South Rampart Street) Back o’ Town, also known at the time as the Battlefield or the "colored red light district," was a tough area; Louis Armstrong grew up in this area. Back o' Town included illicit gambling and prostitution houses as well as residences. The adjacent South Rampart Street corridor contained more respectable African American businesses and legitimate places of entertainment. From the turn of the century through the 1920s, Back o' Town had a concentration. of saloons, social halls, dance clubs, and vaudeville theaters where early jazz was played. These ranged from low-down dives, such as the Red Onion, to a middle-class ballroom like the Parisian Garden room in the Pythian Temple building. Most of the area has been redeveloped for government offices, parking areas, high-rise office buildings, and the Superdome. The Red Onion, the Pythian Temple Building, the Odd Fellows and Masonic dance hall, and the Iroquois Theater remain.
Red Beans and Ricely Yours Armstrong always used to sign his letters "Red beans and ricely yours;" - a more New Orleanian closing salutation could not to be had. It is an old New Orleans custom from the time when ham was a Sunday meal and Monday was washday. A pot of beans could sit on the stove and simmer while the women were busy scrubbing clothes. Many neighborhood restaurants continue to offer it as a Monday lunch special, usually with a side order of either smoked sausage or a pork chop. And while Monday washdays are largely a thing of the past, Red Beans remains a staple for large gatherings such as Super Bowl and Mardi Gras parties.
Cornet Chop Suey "Cornet Chop Suey" was the most experimental piece Armstrong had recorded up to that point with inventive breaks and an amazing lead. This was a milestone in the developmental of open-ended, modern-sounding jazz. Up until that point jazz had been about ensemble work, about the interplay of cornets, trombones and clarinets. Armstrong broke tradition by placing increasing importance on the role of the soloist. "Cornet Chop Suey" is considered one of the most important recordings in jazz. It opened the way for "West End Blues", "Potato Head Blues" and modern jazz. Serious jazz musicians study "Cornet Chop Suey" phrase by phrase. The cornet soloist and vocalist is Louis Armstrong. Kid Ory is on trombone, Lil Hardin Armstrong plays piano, Johnny St. Cyr plays banjo and the legendary Johnny Dodds plays
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