This summer marks the 95th anniversary of one of the exciting–and musically rewarding–chapters of Louis Armstrong’s life: his move to California. Up to this point, Armstrong had m…| That's My Home
On June 12, 1926–99 years ago this week–the Chicago Coliseum hosted OKeh Records’ “Cabaret and Style Show,” featuring one of the greatest aggregations of Black talent …| That's My Home
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 Curr…| That's My Home
In our previous post, we shared the entire contents of a scrapbook compiled by young Alpha Smith between 1926 and 1931, the years she was courting Louis Armstrong–while Louis was still marrie…| That's My Home