Lazy River Armstrong

This clip from 1962 shows Louis Armstrong visiting a riverboat where he hears a jazz band play and joins the group. The amazing part is that two members from his famous Hot Five are playing in this band. There is Louis with Kid Ory on trombone and Johnny St. Cyr on the 6-string banjo. The other musicians are leader Harvey Brooks on piano, Alton Redd on drums and Mike Lay on trumpet .

Muskrat Ramble Armstrong 1962

Three original members of the Hot Five:
Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and Johnny St Cyr
This very special clip is for my friend Jasper van Pelt. Jasper practices the art of early jazz trombone playng in the Netherlands.
See his website : http://www.jaspervanpelt.com/
The amazing part is that two members from his famous Hot Five are playing in this band. There is Louis with Kid Ory on trombone and Johnny St. Cyr on the 6-string banjo . The other musicians are leader Harvey Brooks on piano, Alton Redd on drums and Mike Lay on trumpet 

Bourbon Street Parade Louis Armstrong 1962

The amazing part is that two members from his famous Hot Five are playing in this band. There is Louis with Kid Ory on trombone and Johnny St. Cyr on the 6-string banjo . The other musicians are leader Harvey Brooks on piano, Alton Redd on drums and Mike Lay on trumpet 

Jeepers Creepers Teagarden Jack-Armstrong 1958

Jack Teagarden and his band is joined by Louis Armstrong. They join forces in Jeepers Creepers. The other members of the band are
Ruby Braff trumpet, Toni Parenti clarinet, Marty Napoleon piano, Tubby Jackson bass and Cozy Cole drums. Recorded at a Timex TV show in April 1958

When it is sleepy time -Armstrong 1942?

Even Louis Armstrong got involved in soundies.
Soundies were a brand new form of entertainment conceived in early 1940, born in January 1941 and then suffered a lingering demise mid-way through 1947. They were three minute black and white films with an optical soundtrack designed to be shown on self-contained, coin-operated 16mm rear projection machines situated in bars, diners, nightclubs, roadhouses and other public places throughout the States and Canada
Soundies were very popular. Because of wartime production shortages the Panoram machines used for projction were no longer manufactured.
However the soundies captured on film mny superb musicans in their peak period.

Louis Armstrong Medley Goodman 1973

In an All Star concert in 1973 in Philharmonic Hall Doc Severinsen introduces a number of musicians who were at one way or another associated with Louis Armstrong who had died just three years before.
First trumpeter Bobby Hackett followed by Dizzy Gillespie, then Max Kaminsky playing his Conn Victor cornet followed by Mr showman himself, Doc Severinsen.
In the back - up band are all former members of the Louis all Stars, Earl Hines piano, Barney Bigard clarinet, Tyree Glenn trombone, Arvell Shaw bass and Barrett Deems drums
In the final part of the feature Ella Fitzgerald joins the musicians for Hello Dolly, one of Louis' most commercially succesful tunes and it all ends in a typical Hollywood way. Louis coming in from heaven. Maybe effective, but in dubious taste.

Dippermouth blues Armstrong Louis 1943

Louis Armstrong on cornet!
In this fabulous clip, I think from the early 40ties, I seem to recognize Barney Bigard clarinet, Mutt Carey cornet, Kid Ory trombone, Zutty Singleton drums. Help me with the others!

That's my Desire Armstrong/ Middleton 1951

Louis Armstrong's early All Stars. Probably his best combination with vocalist Velma Middleton, Barney Bigard clarinet, Jack Teagarden trombone, Earl Hines piano, Arvell Shaw bass and Sid Catlett drums.
Recorded somewhere in France in 1951 we see Velma and Louis doing the vocal on That's my Desire. Either this tune or Baby, it's cold outside were were two of the tunes they performed at almost every concert.

Indiana Armstrong Louis 1959

Louis Armstrong in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 1959.
These are two unique clips of the All Stars in Holland.
In this second of two clips Louis and his band play the first tune in their concert which was, for many years, as always, "Back Home Again in Indiana"
The more interesting camera skills by the Dutch crew make these clips far more intriguing and have therefore more emotional impact than the Brussels 1959 concert that is readily available.
This came from a Dutch collector who taped it not too long ago from a Dutch TV show and send me these two clips. Hopefully there is more filmed and will eventually become available.
In the band next to Louis are Peanuts Hucko clarinet, Trummy Young trombone, Billy Kyle piano, Mort Herbert bass and Danny Barcelona drums.
Bravo for the Dutch who brought these recordings out of obscurity.

Muskrat Ramble Armstrong Louis 1958

I don't have too many video recordings of the All Stars with Edmund Hall on clarinet. This is a clip from a broadcast that Louis did for the second Timex Jazz Show done in April 1958. The band plays the standard arrangement of Muskrat Ramble that is available on lp's and Cd's. I grew up with these recordings and their solo work is fantastic but predictable. For me after so many years now not just hearing that arrangement but also seeing it, and witnessing the tremendous energy needed to play it in the first place is an absolute wonderful new sensation. I hope and trust you all agree.
Louis, the very best!

On the Sunny Side of the Street Armstrong Louis 1958

This is a clip from a broadcast that Louis Armstrong and his All Stars did for the second Timex Jazz Show done in April 1958. Louis sings one of his favourite tunes 'On the Sunny Side of the Street'. Next to Louis the band consists of Trummy Young trombone, Edmund Hall clarinet, Billy Kyle piano, Mort Herbert bass and Danny Barcelona drums

Struttin with some Barbecue Armstrong 1951 

Somewhere in France in 1951 a very short clip of Louis Armstrong's early All Stars. Probably his best combination with Barney Bigard clarinet, Jack Teagarden trombone, Earl Hines piano, Arvell Shaw bass and Sid Catlett drums. In Struttin' we fall into the bass solo with young Arvell ( here just 28 years old), a short solo by Mr "T" and a few added in moments of drummer Sid Catlett. Sorry, that's all I have of that tune.