Jazz is Peace 2025: Louis Armstrong

Join us in an encore performance celebrating the life and works of Louis Armstrong with your hosts James Zeller and Katie Belknap.

doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm  

On July 5, Creative Sanctuary is excited to present a concert honoring perhaps the most influential instrumentalist and vocalist of the 20th Century, "Pops", Louis Armstrong. Armstrong's birthday has traditionally been celebrated as July 4th, 1900, though more recent research has turned up a birth certificate for August 4th 1901. The Sanctuary has chosen to stick with tradition and celebrate close to the date Louis considered his birthday.

The band will perform a wide variety of music from Armstrong's career, with an emphasis of course on New Orleans Jazz. Trombonist-vocalist James Zeller will act as host and emcee with the support of local trumpet hero Don Hammerstedt, Katie Belknap on vocals and clarinet, Lee Phillips on Bass, Ramsey Isaacs on drums, and…