Trumpet Tribute To Louis Armstrong feat. Mahalia Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong etc., Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 10th, 1970.

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. He received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello, Dolly! in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972, and induction into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.
(Wikipedia).

-Setlist part I:
00. intro by George Wein
01. Sleepy Time Down South
02. Bobby Hackett talks
03. Thanks A Million
04. Joe Newman talks
05. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
06. Dizzy Gillespie talks
07. I'm Confessin'
08. Them There Eyes
09. Jimmy Owens talks
10. Mack The Knife
11. Ray Nance talks
12. I'm In The Market For You
13. Hee Bee Gee Bees
14. Jeepers Creepers
15. Blue Again
16. No One Knows The Trouble I Seen

- With Louis Armstrong:
17. Sleepy Time Down South
18. Pennies From Heaven
19. Blueberry Hill
20. George Wein announcements

-Setlist part II / Mahalia Jackson & Louis Armstrong:
01. Come on Children, Let's Sing
02. How Great Thou Art
03. Elijah Rock
04. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
05. Hello Dolly
06. When The Saints Go Marching In
07. Mack The Knife
08. Applause / Announcer

More than 50 years ago tonight, George Wein turned the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival into a star-studded celebration of Louis Armstrong’s birthday, as he recently celebrated (what he believed to be) his 70th on July 4.
George Wein attended the May 26, 1970 session for Louis Armstrong and His Friends and talked about the tribute that time. In the official press release for that album, Wein is mentioned as being “deep in his plans to make this year’s Newport Jazz Festival tribute to Louis Armstrong the ‘most rehearsed’ thing he had ever done.” Wein was quoted as saying, “I want to make it a real tribute–not just something put together. Louis is true culture.”
Armstrong had been convalescing at home for much of the year as doctor’s didn’t want him to travel at all, but they finally relented and allowed him to fly to Los Angeles for his first big birthday tribute concert at the Shrine Auditorium on July 3. Armstrong woke up in L.A. on his July 4 birthday and then flew back to New York, spending the week resting after his first big trip in nearly two years.
At Newport, Armstrong arrived early to attend the rehearsal. All Stars clarinetist Joe Muranyi remained bitter until his dying day that Wein didn’t use the All Stars because they knew what Louis wanted (as we’ll see, he wasn’t wrong). Wein did have All Stars trombonist Tyree Glenn on hand but turned of Musical Director duties to Bobby Hackett. Hackett assembled a gaggle of great musicians, including trombonist Benny Morton, pianist Dave McKenna, bassists Larry Ridley and Jack Lesberg, drummer Oliver Jackson and fellow trumpeters Joe Newman, Ray Nance, Wild Bill Davison and Jimmy Owens.
Finally, it was show time. Hackett led off with the “Trumpet Player’s Tribute” which culminated in Armstrong’s unannounced appearance, entering to riotous applause as he stepped to the mike to sing “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South,” “Pennies From Heaven” and “Blueberry Hill.”
Mahalia Jackson took everyone to church with a roof-shaking performance. After whipping herself into a frenzy on an intense “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” Louis appeared to finish it out with her as an emotional duet. As many of the other musicians from the first half gradually marched on stage, a torrential rainstorm hit. Sensing the end, Louis immediately launched into short but potent versions of “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Mack the Knife.”
(virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org).

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