Unless otherwise marked, 2011 Satchmo SummerFest shows take place at the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue near the historic French Market
Unless otherwise marked, 2011 Satchmo SummerFest Seminars will take place at Maison in the Marigny, 508 Frenchmen Street (just one block from the festival grounds at the Old U.S. Mint)
Thursday, August 4
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Opening Reception
7:00 p.m. – Keynote Conversation with Richard Havers and Russ Titelman
Keynote Conversation – ‘Satchmo’: Louis Armstrong—Ambassador of Jazz.– Critically acclaimed British music writer Richard Havers and Grammy-winning record producer Russ Titelman are co-producers of the new comprehensive boxed set from Universal Music Group/Verve of great Armstrong recordings, Satchmo which will be officially released at the 2011 Satchmo SummerFest in New Orleans. The set is being hailed by experts as “the most complete Louis Armstrong boxed set ever made available”. Havers and Titelman will be joined by Armstrong archivist Ricky Riccardi to discuss and play clips from the set, along with additional Armstrong re-issues scheduled for release later this year. Richard Havers has written more than 2,000 jingles for radio and television and has produced concerts for artists such as Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Chicago, and America. Amongst his many books, Havers wrote the Frank Sinatra biography, Sinatra and collaborated on two books with Bill Wyman—Bill Wyman’s Blues Odyssey and Rolling with the Stones. Russ Titelman is an American record producer and songwriter who has won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song “Higher Love,” and his second and third for Eric Clapton’s Journeyman and Unplugged albums. Beginning his career in the 1960s, he has worked with notable musicians such as the Monkees, George Harrison, Bee Gees, Little Feat, Meat Loaf, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, the Allman Brothers Band, James Taylor, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Randy Newman, Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton and more. $65 per person
NOTE: The reception and conversation take place at Muriel’s Jackson Square.
Friday, August 5
Seminars
1 p.m. – Satchmo Collected
Twenty years into his tenure organizing the Louis Armstrong archive at Queens College in New York, and creating the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Museum Director Michael Cogswell talks about his life and work with award-winning radio producer and interviewer Fred Kasten.
2 p.m. – “What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years”
Author and Louis Armstrong House Museum Project Archivist Ricky Riccardi discusses his widely praised new book which examines the final 25 years of Louis Armstrong’s career, with interviewer Michael Cogswell.
3 p.m. – Cinematic Satch with Ricky Riccardi: Session 1 “What a Wonderful World”
The Videos : Join Ricky Riccardi, author of the new Armstrong biography What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years, as he screens rare Louis videos from his private collection that coincide with the major events in the book, including footage of the All Stars in live performance, Louis on television, and clips from films.
6 p.m. – Satchmo Club Strut
Get your wristband and crawl premier New Orleans music clubs and eateries in the Frenchmen Street Arts District, featuring top jazz artists who honor Louis Armstrong’s legacy for one special night. VIP tickets are available and include special seating and an exclusive VIP party. Confirmed artists for the 2011 Satchmo Club Strut include Allen Toussaint, Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Lionel Ferbos, Ellis Marsalis, John Boutte, Donald Harrison Jr, Davell Crawford, Tom McDermott, Glen David Andrews, Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints, Charmaine Neville and Jason Marsalis.
$30 Wristband / $80 VIP Ticket plus Wristband. Visit www.nojc.org to purchase tickets and more information
Saturday, August 6
Seminars
12 p.m. – Good Neighbor Satch
Louis and Lucille Armstrong’s longtime neighbor (in Queens, New York) and frequent traveling companion, Selma Heraldo, reminisces about her often funny—and always intriguing—experiences with the Armstrongs with interviewer Michael Cogswell.
1 p.m. – National Jukebox
Library of Congress archivist and outstanding jazz trombonist David Sager gives a multi-media introduction, to the Library of Congress’ recently launched “National Jukebox” website. This new offering will accord users the opportunity to stream thousands of recordings made between 1900 and 1925. Sager’s Satchmo SummerFest presentation will especially focus on recordings from the first few years of the 20th Century (1900-1903).
2 p.m. – NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern
From his childhood in 1930s Europe on the run from the Nazis, to his current status as one of America’s most esteemed jazz historians and writers, longtime Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University Dan Morgenstern has led a fascinating, jazz-rich life, which he returns to Satchmo SummerFest to talk about with award-winning radio producer and interviewer Fred Kasten.
3 p.m. – Satchmo’s Musical Milieu
Award-winning banjoist, guitarist and musicologist Don Vappie and his duo talk about and play examples of some of the key musical genres adapted by early jazz players: hymns, marches, pop tunes and the blues – and examine the Caribbean and African influences in New Orleans music.
4 p.m. – NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
Meet legendary record producer and executive—and thoroughly engaging raconteur—G eorge Avakian, who, among other creative contributions to the recording business, came up with the concept of the jazz album, pioneered live recordings of jazz concerts, and helped to popularize the LP in the 1950s. He also made great records with a “who’s who” of jazz artists – including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond and Errol Garner – and talks about his life and times with Satchmo SummerFest Seminar Coordinator Fred Kasten.
5 p.m. – Cinematic Satch with Ricky Riccardi: Session 2 “Satchmo the Great”
Join Ricky Riccardi for a screening of the rare 1957 theatrical documentary, Satchmo the Great, Edward R. Murrow’s chronicle of Armstrong’s 1956 trips to England and Africa. Riccardi will also discuss the behind-the-scenes shooting of the film and why this was such an important event in Louis’ career. The film has never been released in any format so this is quite a rare treasure!
Music
Red Beans and Ricely Yours Stage presented by WWL-TV
12-1 p.m. – New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park presents Seva Venet and the Storyville String Band
1:15-2:15 p.m. – Jason Marsalis Quartet
2:30-3:30 p.m. – New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park presents Treme Brass Band
3:45-4:45 p.m. – Lars Edegran’s Ragtime Orchestra featuring Lionel Ferbos
5-6:15 p.m. – Japan Foundation presents Yoshio Toyama and the Dixie Saints
6:30-8 p.m. – Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs
Cornet Chop Suey Stage presented by OffBeat
12:15-1:15 p.m. – McIntyre Services LLC present The Last Straws
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders
2:45-3:45 p.m. – New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park presents Tom McDermott and Kevin Clark’s Armstrong the Early Years
4-5 p.m. – New Orleans Moonshiners
6:45-8 p.m. – Soul Rebels Brass Band
5:15-6:30 p.m. – Will Smith and the New Orleans Jass Cats
Sunday August 7
Big Butter and Eggman Jazz Breakfast (and Brunch) at the Market Cafe
8 a.m.-12 p.m. – The Market Cafe is located at 1000 Decatur Street in the French Market District. Behind the Joan of Arc statue at St. Phillip Street, just two blocks from the Old U.S. Mint, guests will enjoy a reasonably priced breakfast and enjoy live music with a focus on Louis Armstrong. Featured New Orleans artists include Sugarbear and Ben Hardy.
Jazz Mass at St. Augustine Church, followed by traditional second line parade
10 a.m. – St. Augustine Church is located at 1210 Gov. Nicholls Street in Treme
Arrive early! Standing room only event
Celebrate the 11th annual Satchmo SummerFest, featuring the Treme Brass Band with a unique Sunday morning music ministry at the church of Sidney Bechet. At 11:30, following Mass, join the “Satchmo Salute” Second Line Parade featuring Grand Marshall Boe Monkey Red, Jennifer Jones, Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Million Dollar Baby Dolls, Dumaine Street Gang, Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Undefeated Divas, TBC (To Be Continued) Brass Band, Baby Boyz Brass Band, and more. Sponsored by Rhodes Funeral Home.
Seminars
12 p.m. – Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal and the Music of New Orleans
Longtime Times-Picayune music writer Keith Spera’s new book, Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal and the Music of New Orleans (St. Martin’s Press), includes a chapter about the recording of jazz trumpeter Jeremy Davenport’s 2009 album We’ll Dance ’til Dawn. The scenes capture the wise-cracking camaraderie of a cast of characters that includes trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. At Satchmo SummerFest, Spera and Davenport will discuss the behind-the-scenes reality of making a jazz album in the modern era, with all its creative and economic challenges.
1 p.m. – Louis Armstrong and the Physicality of Trumpet Playing
Sports medicine expert Randall Dick, and colleagues Kris Chesky and John Snyder talk about the physical challenges of playing an instrument, especially trumpet, and the ways sports medicine’s research about athletes can be applied by musicians and other performing artists.
2 p.m. – Happy 100th Lionel Ferbos!
Born just 10 years after Louis Armstrong, New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos celebrated his 100th birthday in July and continues to charm listeners with his heartfelt singing and playing in his still-regular New Orleans engagements. Ferbos also had a long career as an accomplished craftsman in the building trades, and talks about his life and times with award-winning photographer and jazz historian John McCusker.
3 p.m. – It’s a Wonderful World: Yoshio and Keiko Toyama
Even as Japan struggles to recover from the devastation of the recent earthquake and tsunami, Japanese trumpeter Yoshio Toyama (“Satchmo of Japan”) and his wife Keiko (banjoist) continue working hard to help New Orleans with their Wonderful World Foundation. The Toyamas have put hundreds of instruments in the hands of Crescent City youth over the last 17 years. The Toyamas will talk with Fred Kasten about their Foundation, the years they spent in New Orleans in the late ’60s and early ’70s learning about and playing New Orleans jazz, and the ongoing influence of Louis Armstrong (and the Crescent City) on their lives and work.
4 p.m. – LIBERTY! North and South
A tale of two neighborhoods, Black Storyville and Faubourg Treme, that nurtured jazz traditions. Told by New Orleans native and author Keith Weldon Medley, who explores the cultural environs of Louis Armstrong’s Black Storyville and the traditions and glory of old Treme, which celebrates its bicentennial in 2012.
5 p.m. – Cinematic Satch with Ricky Riccardi :Session 3 “Louis in Film”
Join Ricky Riccardi for a screening of some of Louis Armstrong’s most memorable scenes in the movies.
Music
Red Beans and Ricely Yours Stage presented by WWL-TV
12-1 p.m. – Miss Sophie Lee
1:15-2:15 p.m. – New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park presents Tim Laughlin and Connie Jones
2:30-3:30 p.m. – New Birth Brass Band
3:45-4:45 p.m. – Preservation Hall All-Stars
5-6:15 p.m. – Hot 8 Brass Band
6:30-7:30 p.m. – Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers
7:30-8 p.m. – Trumpet Tribute and Louis Armstrong Birthday Celebration
Cornet Chop Suey Stage presented by OffBeat
12:15-1:15 p.m. – E and G Pest Control and Prudential Gardner Realtors present Bone Tone Brass Band
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Carol and George Kulman and Gretna Fest Productions Jane Harvey Brown Trad Jazz Stars
2:45-3:45 p.m. – Leah Chase
4-5 p.m. – Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown
5:15-6:30 p.m. – The Ritz-Carlton presents Jeremy Davenport
6:45-7:45 p.m. – Glenn David Andrews
