Name: 10 by Satch: The Music of Louis Armstrong
Start: 2026-02-20T19:30:00-05:00
Location: The Proprietor's Lodge - Lakefront Events, Dining & Venue

10 by Satch: The Music of Louis Armstrong

A cabaret concert with the New Black Eagle Jazz Band
Where: Proprietors Lodge, Pittsfield — dinner and drinks available

When: Friday, February 20, 2026 — show starts at 7:30 PM

Tickets: $45.00 per person — visit https://bit.ly/3LszWhW

Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential figures in the history of American music. With a career spanning five decades, he was a cross-genre sensation, a member of the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. From “Hello, Dolly” to “Stompin’ at the Savoy” to “When the Saints Go Marching In,” everybody has a favorite tune by Satchmo. It’s no wonder he also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

The New Black Eagle Jazz Band brings faithful recreations of Armstrong’s music to the Berkshires, performing ten of his most notable numbers in this cabaret concert (dancing optional). Part of Pittsfield’s 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival, the concert takes place in Proprietor’s Lodge music hall, 22 Waubeek Road, Pittsfield. Light snacks included in the ticket price; pub menu and dessert menus will also be available.

For more than 50 years, from Symphony Hall to Singapore, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band has been delighting audiences worldwide with its infectious, soulful and uplifting style of traditional New Orleans jazz. Paying homage to the greatest musicians of the early jazz era, the band has also developed its own eclectic sound, incorporating spirituals, and 1920s and 30s popular music.

Internationally acknowledged as one of America’s leading exponents of traditional jazz, the band has made scores of recordings of music by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and others. The focus is on Louis Armstrong in this cabaret concert. All ten numbers (maybe more) were played by one of America’s original jazz ambassadors. And now, here’s your chance to hear that marvelous music performed by — as the New York Times wrote — a band that is "…so far ahead of other traditional bands... there is scarcely any basis for comparison."