Hot Five Centennial Celebration Concert featuring the Louis Armstrong House Museum Hot Eight!

On November 22, 2025, the Louis Armstrong House Museum celebrated the 100th anniversary of first Hot Five session with a special concert at the Louis Armstrong Center. Hosted by Director of Research Collections Ricky Riccardi, the concert featured a truly all-star aggregation with Bruce Harris and Jon-Erik Kellso on trumpets, Ron Wilkins on trombone, Evan Arntzen on clarinet, Emeline O'Rourke on banjo and guitar, Jen Hodge on bass, Joe Saylor on drums, and Riccardi on piano. Riccardi's talk utilized photos, scrapbook pages, rare audio, and video from the Armstrong Archives, while the following songs were performed throughout the afternoon: 00:00 Gut Bucket Blues 15:43 I'm Not Rough (vocal by Bruce Harris) 29:20 Cornet Chop Suey 32:32 Heebie Jeebies (vocal by Bruce Harris and Ron Wilkins) 37:48 Big Butter and Egg Man (vocal by Jen Hodge) 46:47 Weary Blues 55:02 Savoy Blues 1:02:36 Hotter Than That (vocal by Bruce Harris) 1:08:41 West End Blues (vocal by Bruce Harris) 1:14:44 Tight Like That 1:19:44 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (featuring special guests Andrew Stephens and Rafael Castillo-Halvorssen on trumpets and Devan Kortan on banjo) This video is part of our End-of-Year campaign to keep the Hot Five celebration coming in the years to come--to make a donation or to learn more about the Louis Armstrong House Museum, please visit https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/ This video was filmed and edited by Sam Martinelli. Please like, share, and subscribe--Pops is Tops!