Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis Armstrong House Museum Louis Armstrong House Museum, a National Historic Landmark and a New York City Landmark, is open to the public six days a week.
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For more information on visiting and events, please visit www.louisarmstronghouse.org

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five recorded four numbers for OKeh Records in Chicago 100 years ago today (including a slid...
06/16/2026

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five recorded four numbers for OKeh Records in Chicago 100 years ago today (including a slide whistle solo on “Who’sit”), each one collected on this rare EP record on the French Odeon label from 1960. Here is a copy from our Archives, signed by Louis himself!

100 years ago tonight, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five made one of their only public appearances, performing at the big...
06/12/2026

100 years ago tonight, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five made one of their only public appearances, performing at the big “Cabaret and Style Show” in Chicago! The event was a benefit to support the musician’s union and featured numerous “OKeh Race Records Stars” including King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Richard M. Jones, Butterbeans and Susie, Bertha “Chippie” Hill and more. Here is the original full-page advertisement that appeared in the Chicago Defender, scanned directly from one of Louis and Lil Hardin Armstrong’s scrapbooks.

We don’t have a Time Machine but we do have a very special event planned for this evening as Colin Hancock’s Jazz Hounds will be performing music from this era at the Louis Armstrong Center with vocals by none other than the great Catherine Russell! Showtime is at 6, but come early because at 5:15, the great Matthew Rivera will be spinning 78s, featuring the music Louis Armstrong recorded in June 1926, as well as other period delights. The event is free and sold out almost instantly, but we did just open up a few spots so head over to our website to reserve a seat and we’ll see you tonight at the centennial celebration of this once-in-a-lifetime event!

If you can't make it, here's a post we did last year for the 99th anniversary--enjoy!

https://virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org/2025/06/13/some-jazz-band-i-tell-em-so-okehs-cabaret-and-style-show-june-12-1926/

Our three-part series on the making of "Ambassador Satch" reaches its conclusion today with a look at the final studio s...
06/05/2026

Our three-part series on the making of "Ambassador Satch" reaches its conclusion today with a look at the final studio session the All Stars needed to finish off the album, George Avakian's process of selecting the final tunes, the response to the release of the record, an interview with Avakian from 2013, and much more! Do you love "Ambassador Satch" as much we do? Check out the final post--link is below!

https://virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org/2026/06/05/70-years-of-ambassador-satch-part-3-los-angeles-session-and-album-release/

70 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars performed a sensational concert in Chicago’s Medinah Temple. The r...
06/01/2026

70 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars performed a sensational concert in Chicago’s Medinah Temple. The results were eventually released as “Chicago Concert” on 2-LP release on Columbia with Grammy-nominated liner notes by Dan Morgenstern. The complete concert is now streaming everywhere and really catches the Armstrong-Trummy Young-Edmond Hall edition of the All Stars in peak form. Give it a listen and check out the “That’s My Home” post we did about this event five years ago—LINK IN STORY and below!

https://virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org/2021/06/01/the-great-chicago-concert-65th-anniversary-celebration/

Breaking News! On June 12, 1926, OKeh Records threw a “Cabaret and Style Show” at the Chicago Coliseum, featuring perfor...
05/30/2026

Breaking News! On June 12, 1926, OKeh Records threw a “Cabaret and Style Show” at the Chicago Coliseum, featuring performances by King Oliver, Bertha “Chippie” Hill, Richard M. Jones, Erskine Tate, and Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of this historic event, the Louis Armstrong House Museum will be hosting a special concert on Friday, June 12, 2026, featuring legendary vocalist Catherine Russell backed by Colin Hancock’s Jazz Hounds! The concert starts at 6 p.m. but as a bonus, we’ll have Matthew “Fat Cat” Rivera of the Hot Club of New York there at 5:15 to spin the original 78s of Louis Armstrong’s June 1926 recordings!

Tickets are now available on our website www.louisarmstronghouse.org and at the link in our story—this concert WILL sell out so act fact!

Happy Birthday, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago today! “You know you can’t play anything on a horn that Louis hasn’t pla...
05/26/2026

Happy Birthday, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago today! “You know you can’t play anything on a horn that Louis hasn’t played - I mean even modern,” Miles famously said in 1958. “I love his approach to the trumpet; he never sounds bad. He plays on the beat - with feeling. That’s another phrase for swing. I also love the way he sings.” Jack Bradley took this photo of Louis and Miles at the “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” recording date, 56 years ago today.

05/22/2026

What a week! It was the 38th annual Pops is Tops, our longest running program at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. We welcomed hundreds of Queens students to the Armstrong House and to the ELMCOR Louis Armstrong Recreation Center to learn about Pops and to take in a scintillating set of music by the great Alphonso Horne and the Gotham Kings! On “Bourbon Street Parade,” the bleachers emptied for a second line we’ll never forget! Thanks to all the musicians, teachers, students, and staff who made it happen (and to Council Member for being there!)

Happy 122nd Birthday to Fats Waller! Few jazz musicians brought more joy to the world than Satch and Fats. Here is a sup...
05/21/2026

Happy 122nd Birthday to Fats Waller! Few jazz musicians brought more joy to the world than Satch and Fats. Here is a super rare photo of the two legends together at the Chicago Defender’s Bud Billiken pre-Thanksgiving concert for children at the Regal Theater in 1941. Listen to Louis or listen to Fats (or listen to “Satch Plays Fats”) and watch your mood improve immediately!

70 years ago this month, Columbia Records released the classic "Ambassador Satch," produced by George Avakian. For the 7...
05/19/2026

70 years ago this month, Columbia Records released the classic "Ambassador Satch," produced by George Avakian. For the 70th anniversary, we're reaching deep into our Archives for a multi-part series examining the production of this seminal album from every angle. Part 1 deals with the All Stars's concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and features dozens of rare photos, correspondence, audio recordings, newspaper clippings, previously unissued tracks and much more. Enjoy at the link below!

https://virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org/2026/05/19/70-years-of-ambassador-satch-part-1-amsterdam-concert/


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34-56 107th Street
Corona, NY
11368

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
11pm - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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+17184788274

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