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In our last post, we set the scene for Louis Armstrong’s appearance on an episode of the Kraft Music Hall that was hosted by Herb Alpert and broadcast in September 1967. That earlier post was filled with dozens of photographs taken during the first two rehearsals that took place for the taping. Today, we actuallyContinue reading ““The Greatest Photo Taker”: Remembering Jack Bradley Part 28–Kraft Music Hall Session and Studio Photos”

In our previous post, we chronicled Louis Armstrong’s bout with bronchial pneumonia in May and early June 1967 and his initial rehearsals with the All Stars that took place on June 23 and the morning of June 24, mostly done to get Pops’s chops back up and to welcome the group’s new clarinetist Joe Muranyi.Continue reading ““The Greatest Photo Taker”: Remembering Jack Bradley Part 27–Kraft Music Hall First Rehearsals”

It’s been several months since we posted an entry in our ongoing series on the friendship between Louis Armstrong and Jack Bradley (catch up on the first TWENTY-FIVE parts here!) but after finishing off our other series on Louis’s tapes, we are ready to resume our tribute to Jack. I do admit that one ofContinue reading ““The Greatest Photo Taker”: Remembering Jack Bradley Part 26–All Stars Rehearsal June 1967″

In our previous post, we reached “Reel 170,” the final reel Louis Armstrong put a number on and wrote catalog pages for before entering the Waldorf-Astoria for a two-week engagement that began on March 2. One day after ending his run, Armstrong had a major heart attack and wouldn’t make it back to Corona untilContinue reading “Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Tapes: “Empty” Reels and Final Collages”

It’s been a couple of weeks since our last post in this series, as we devoted last week’s entry to the story of Louis Armstrong’s adopted son, Clarence Hatfield Armstrong. But we’re back now and folks, this is most likely the next-to-last installment of a series that began way back in 2020. As usual, there’llContinue reading “Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Tapes: Reels 166-170”

In our last post on Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 tapes, we mentioned that Reel 163 featured the only extended sequence on all of the tapes of Louis and his adopted son Clarence Hatfield Armstrong together. We promised to share that audio in a separate post–and this is that post, but it’s also much more: it isContinue reading ““My Adopted Son”: The Story of Clarence Hatfield Armstrong”

Our previous post was packed with content and today’s won’t be very far behind as Louis continues to reach back to tapes from the 1950s and 1960s and come up with almost nothing but gold. Let’s not waste any time and dive straight in. Reel 161Accession Number: 1987.3.459 Reel 161 is a bit confusing, butContinue reading “Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Tapes: Reels 161-165”

Happy New Year and welcome to the first “That’s My Home” post of 2023! We took a breather during the holidays but we’re ready to jump back in with the final few installments on our long-running series on Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 reel-to-reel tapes (catch up on the entire series here). When we last left off,Continue reading “Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Tapes: Reels 156-160”

Last time out, Louis began redubbing his May 1970 appearances as co-host of The Mike Douglas Show in December of that same year, something that continues for the first few tapes in today’s post–but then the surprises and fun stuff starts and doesn’t stop until the end of the post so be sure to makeContinue reading “Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Tapes: Reels 151-155”

It’s crazy to think that when I revived this series in July of this year, I started with Reel 50 and here we are with a post that ends with Reel 150. I didn’t plan on dedicating the rest of 2022 to analyzing over 100 of Louis Armstrong’s tapes, but I wouldn’t be doing thisContinue reading “Louis Armstrong’s Tapes 1969-1971: Reels 146-150”