7/4 Posted July 3, 2004 Report Posted July 3, 2004 Louis Armstrong Holiday Festival July 2nd, 11:00 PM - July 5, 2:00 AM, 2004 WKCR, 89.9 FM-NY, will be playing Louis Armstrong's music for the entirety of the upcoming July 4th weekend. Marking a return to a long-standing tradition, from 11 PM on Friday July 2nd, until 2 AM on Monday July 5th, Satchmo, and only Satchmo, will be broadcast over WKCR's airwaves. It is wholly appropriate, that Armstrong considered himself to have been born on July 4, 1900, Independence Day. A weekend-long Birthday Broadcast is the perfect accompaniment for holiday barbeques and fireworks displays. Listed below is a detailed schedule of the festival proceedings, highlighting different stages of Mr. Armstrong's career. So, be sure to tune in to WKCR over the July 4th weekend, either on 89.9 in the New York metropolitan area, or www.wkcr.org around the world, as we celebrate the consummate American musician, artist, and symbol, Mr. Louis Armstrong. For more information or general inquiries, please don't hesitate to contact Chris Tomson at the location above. Louis Armstrong Festival Schedule Late Friday Night (11 pm - 4 am) Opening Potpourri Our holiday celebration opens with recordings spanning the breadth of Armstrong's career, hinting at the depth of listening to come. Early Saturday Morning (4 - 8 am) The Last Years A sampling of late-vintage Armstrong, outside of the All- Stars. Expect to hear everything from hit Broadway show tunes to obscure efforts in the 60s vein. Saturday Morning (8 am - noon) The Earliest Years A survey of Armstrong's earliest recordings with Joe 'King' Oliver, Clarence Williams, and others in the traditional style of New Orleans jazz. Saturday Afternoon (noon - 4 pm) The All-Stars Studio recordings of Armstrong's great combo, which he led through several incarnations over the final two decades of his life. Saturday Evening (4 - 8 pm) Louis & the Big Bands Recordings featuring Armstrong both as a Jazz Age sideman, most notably with the great Fletcher Henderson, and as the leader of his own Swing Era orchestra. Saturday Night (8 pm - midnight) Louis & the Blues Singers Armstrong's cornet accompanied countless singers in the 1920s, from the Queen of the Blues, Bessie Smith, to the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers. Late Saturday Night (midnight - 4 am) Overnight Potpourri We take a step back from our focused presentations to offer more late-night highlights from the Armstrong discography. Early Sunday Morning (4 - 8 am) Live All-Stars Beginning in 1948, Armstrong's All-Stars regularly toured the world to great acclaim. These concert recordings demonstrate why. Sunday Morning (8 am - noon) More from the Middle Years Another listen to Armstrong's often-neglected recordings of the Swing Era, when both he and jazz rose to their greatest heights of popularity. Sunday Afternoon (noon - 4 pm) The Hot Fives and Sevens Armstrong's great studio sessions of the 1920s, in which the modern conception of jazz is forged. Quite simply the Alpha and Omega of American music. Sunday Evening (4 - 8 pm) Louis the Singer An in-depth listen to the Armstrong voice, which did more than any other to change the course of American popular singing. Sunday Night (8 pm- 2 am) Closing Potpourri The holiday weekend closes with masterpieces from across Armstrong's career, including a set of uninterrupted music during New York City's fireworks display. Quote
brownie Posted July 3, 2004 Report Posted July 3, 2004 WKCR may play it patriotic but everybody knows by now that Louis Armstrong was actually born on August 4, 1901 Quote
jazzbo Posted July 4, 2004 Report Posted July 4, 2004 Yeah I was wondering why they celebrate it now rather than on my birthday. . .I mean Louis' real birthday! Quote
jazzman4133 Posted July 5, 2004 Report Posted July 5, 2004 Louis himself believed that he was born on July 4th, 1900 and that date is still found in many jazz histories and reference books. In the mid-1980s, Armstrong expert Tad Jones discovered in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Orleans a baptismal certificate that indicates compellingly that Louis was actually born on August 4th, 1901. (This information was first widely reported in the book *Satchmo* by Gary Giddins.) At the Louis Armstrong House & Archives, we began our centennial celebration on July 4th, 2000 and ended on August 4th, 2001. From Satchmo.net Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 5, 2004 Report Posted July 5, 2004 Likewise, WKCR celebrates on both July 4 and August 4. They've been doing this for over 3 decades. In July 1980 they had their Louis Armstrong Festival, playing every recording. In July 2000 they did seven days straight, with additional broadcasts on August 4. Mike Quote
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