Gallery: Satchmo Summerfest celebrates love for the famous local Louis Armstrong

The Original Pinettes Brass Band performs on the GE Stage at Satchmo SummerFest at the U.S. Mint in New Orleans, Friday, August 2, 2019. The weekend festival from August 2nd-4th honors the birthday of famed New Orleans trumpeter and entertainer Louis Pops Armstrong on August 4, 1901, also known as Satchmo. Armstrong was nicknamed Satchel Mouth because of his large mouth and later when traveling abroad his nickname was supposedly shortened to Satchmo, though the nickname has other possible origins.

Gallery: Satchmo Summerfest celebrates love for the famous local Louis Armstrong

Satchmo SummerFest at the U.S. Mint honors the birthday of famed New Orleanian Louis Armstrong on August 4, 1901, known as Satchmo.

by Matthew Hinton | August 4, 2019

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Satchmo SummerFest at the U.S. Mint honors the birthday of famed New Orleanian Louis Armstrong on August 4, 1901, known as Satchmo. Friday performances included the Roots of Music, Cyril Neville, and the Original Pinettes Brass Band. 📸: @MatthewHinton56for @VeryLocalNOLA #nola

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.