first is louis armstrong. you originally thought he was an uncle tom, but you changed your view, i guess? wynton: yes, because it is hard for later generations to understand the challenges of earlier generations, norms, things of show business. what louis armstrong did, it doesn't mean -- now i understand more of his genius and who he was and what he played, but it still doesn't mean when i look at the movies he made, the positions he went, i don't necessarily like that. i don't like where black people are in any american movies of the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's. as a matter of fact, some of it now, a lot of it now has that same type of destructive mythology. if you consider the fact that when i was a teenager, the heroic figure for black youth in movies were pimps. what is it for a pimp to be a hero, the top of your mythology? to not get sidetracked, i thought that. but later i understood who louis armstrong was as a musician. that's a totally different story. he was a genius of such magnitude, you could lie

armstrong, they wanted to perform at the biggest stage in the country. that's why these people came here today. we also try to get big names such as the questions like back in 80 of the reviews. everything was state of the art and we want that to be the seemed to date. so these days the flinched at the last is famous for its well conscious which attracts almost $800000.00. floridians, members each. yeah. design a such as john paul 4 to get to stand walk and design a fitting tracy. have all worked on the costumes. it's incredible is that you don't know where to look because there's just so much magic happening from every corner, you know, down to the ceiling from the side either who did the only philip treacy can make hats like these. this is spectacular, and crazy and creative the show al, tonight, every 2 years, the current show did have to take a break because of the pandemic. so it's been for a long chill summer 2021 with its peers and dance halls,, bars and pubs berlin's night. life was legendary in the 1920 s., it drew people from all over the world

louis armstrong confirmed this was the organ, not just the. you can see the notches today. louis felt that it gave him more of a group with his mouth and his lips on the instrument. so now we move into the area where we have a number of instruments on display. this one is a particular interesting trumpet that was owned by dave bartholomew. (music) he is still living, in his 90's. he was a prolific producer and arranger, writer and bandleader. he was really fundamental in fats domino's career. he helped produce and arrange some of his works. he is one of the earliest in the development of rock'n roll. so dave bartholomew transitioned from jazz to rock'n roll. this is one of his pianos that was in his home on catherine street. fats, despite being internationally known, one of the creators of rock n'roll, he returned to his home and wanted to live in new orleans. his home was damaged by katrina. his piano floated above water, once the water had receded, it was damaged. the legs had broken off and the entire piano was in really horrible condition. it has been conserved. it is n

and louis armstrong confirmed this was the horn by the notches he made in the mouthpiece. you can see the notches today. louis felt it gave him more of a grip with his lips on the instrument. we moved into another area of the museum. we have a number of instruments on display. and this one is of particular interest. it was a trumpet that was owned by dave bartholomew. ♪ >> he's still living. he's in his 90s now. and he was a prolific producer and arranger, writer and band leader. and he was really fundamental in fats domino's career. he helped produce and create arrangements for fats domino's early rock 'n' roll work. and he's one of the earliest in the developments of rock 'n' roll. dave bartholomew as a jazz music and arranger is a direct link from jazz to rock 'n' roll. this is one of his pianos. fats, he returned to his home and wanted to live in new orleans. his home was damaged during katrina, flooded heavily. this piano was in there. it floated in about 12 feet of water. once the water receded, it was heavily damage. the legs have broken off. basically the entire

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louis armstrong used to give gifts to people on his birthday. >> stephen: that's lovely. >> jon: i love that kind of stuff. >> stephen: hobbits do that in "lord of the rings." they give other people presents on their birthdays. >> jon: i like that a lot. >> stephen: i want to say this about the veterans, too, we want to send love out to all the veterans out there, especially right now, and especially those coming back from service overseas, because it's so important for them to be able to see their families, especially around the holidays, but right now, they can't because of the covid quarantine and the inability to travel freely in the united states. so if you know a veteran out there, especially somebody who has just come back, send them a lot of love these holidays. because this isolation that everybody is feeling right now, they've made that sacrifice for us for years so that we could be safe over here. got anything for the veterans there, jon. >> jon: oh, my good. the veterans, this is my rhapsody for the veterans. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. happy

i learned about louis armstrong distorting notes and time in that way and music. what was the one of the things that was probably most surprising to you? obviously you are in this world of constantly seeking knowledge but what one of the stories that you are like, i never saw this coming? i never saw the connection here?>> i have to say that i knew on the surface about these different things but i never knew about them deeply. i knew that light impacted our health but i had no idea it was shifting our biological clocks and what that meant. meaning that our bodies actually are connected to lights, blue light puts us in growth mode, letter light puts us in rest mode. i had no idea that was the case. i didn't know anything about segmented sleep. every day i would be like i had no idea, i felt like my information in my head was incomplete. when i found all this information i said i want to make sure other people learn more about how this world really works. i didn't have one particular thing because all of them i can think of the back stories like, that was hard to fi