Louis Armstrong’s 1957 Highland Park Concert Unearthed

Louis Armstrong's Lost 1957 Highland Park Concert Finally Steps Into The Spotlight

Louis Armstrong played thousands of nights. One of them survived because a stage manager decided to hang two microphones from a batten. On March 19, 1957, Armstrong and His All Stars walked into Highland Park High School, 27 miles north of Chicago, and performed for 1,200 people at a fundraiser for the Highland Park Reform […] The post Louis Armstrong’s Lost 1957 Highland Park Concert Finally Steps Into The Spotlight appeared first on That Eric …

Louis Armstrong’s 1957 Highland Park Concert Unearthed

A previously unreleased 1957 Louis Armstrong concert arrives as One Night in Highland Park, featuring “Ole Miss,” “Mack the Knife” and other live classics.