First Song - When the Saints Go Marching In

This is jazz As the radios only live talent presentation of authentic improvised New Orleans jazz The writer and narrator is Rudy Blanche famous jazz Ridic and author of the recent book shining trumpets the colorful history of this American music each week at this time He and his great Jasmine bring you a solid half hour of superb improvised jazz and scenes from its history

So here is Rudy Blanche and here we are ready to welcome you all to the 12th session of this real American music Well today we dedicate our program to the city of New Orleans, a birthplace of jazz, and we welcome as our guest of honor, the one and only Satchmo, Louis Armstrong for 20 years.

Ah, there's the applause. The undisputed thing, a hot trumpet player. Louis, we're awfully glad to have you here with our New Orleans band. This is a pleasure to be here, too, Mr. President. Call me Rudy.

Oh, well, this is a pleasure. I'm sure you know everyone here. Let's go around and make me... It's my boy, Joe. Yes, I have a nickel. I do it, Sidney. What are you saying, a pop's on everything?

Oh, good. Look, baby, that's it. You say home? What is that boot no home? See, you take me back 25 years. Oh, gizet. What is that, fireman, Joe? Right here, man. He's still basting it out here.

Well, look, you know, while Bill Davis and Matt, what you gonna say there? Remember them good old Chicago days? They wish they were back. Yeah, I would too. There's our holy house. Very high. You're all fine.

You ready? You ready? Okay. Danny? How you doing? You gonna have pops? It's one of Creole cats too. Oh yeah. How about that gumbo that, you know? Another New Orleans dad would say, Brunner's? What you doing?