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“I’m home at last, taking it easy...I think I’ll be there for four weeks...Wee..A chance to sort of hang around home and catch up on some of my many things I’d like to do...Such as recordings...And I have lots...” —Louis Armstrong in a letter to Monte Ballou, March 10, 1954 Welcome to the Louis Armstrong…
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“My Life’s an Open Book”: Al “Jazzbo” Collins Interviews Louis Armstrong, April 1957
Published: December 20, 2024 18:51
Our previous post discussed the inspiration behind Louis Armstrong’s composition, “Someday You’ll Be Sorry,” and the similarities between that song and “Goodnight Angel,” a 1938 pop tune eventually recorded by Armstrong for the 1957 Decca album Louis and…
“Someday You’ll Be Sorry”: The End of Louis Armstrong and Alpha Smith’s Marriage
Published: December 11, 2024 15:55
In our previous post, we covered the marriage of Louis Armstrong and Alpha Smith, which occurred in Houston on October 11, 1938. In 1940, Louis and Alpha moved from the Hotel Olga to the Hotel Currie at 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem and things…
“My Little Hatchetmouth Wife”: The Marriage of Louis Armstrong and Alpha Smith
Published: November 27, 2024 18:28
When we last left off, Louis Armstrong and Alpha Smith abruptly left Europe in January 1935 and headed back to the United States, where they laid low in Chicago as Louis was unable to play trumpet and didn’t want to go back to work for disgraced manager…