Flushing Town Hall hosts final virtual Jazz Jam
/“It’s been a great success and a lot of the people that watch online are really going to miss it.”
Read More“It’s been a great success and a lot of the people that watch online are really going to miss it.”
Read MoreBy Francie Scanlon
July 6, 2021 marked the half-century anniversary of the transition of Louis Armstrong, who passed in 1971.
It's amazing to reflect how his funeral the following Friday, July 8, 1971, in Corona, Queens witnessed the presence of honorary pallbearers including Mayor Lindsay, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra. Such was and still is the profundity of his legacy.
Today those gathered for this annual tribute sponsored by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation experienced what the triumphant trumpeter reported in the 1960s concerning his intention about audiences.
Armstrong emphasized that "...he lived for that audience" and surely today's performers delivered big-time by totally aligning with his then stated expectation, "...what you're there for is to please the people".
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