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Louis Armstrong Poetry Radio
Project type
Poetry Reading, Open Mic
Date
September 25th, 2025
Location
Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
K(Reel)K² is a poetry radio project inspired by the life, music and reel tapes of Louis Armstrong. The title originating from the root word for "reel" and krik? krak! used in Haitian storytelling, the five broadcasts are named 1) Reorientation of the Ideo/Idiophone; 2) Entangled Records; 3) Jazz Masquerade; 4) Jazz Zpace Ztation; 5) Jazz Poetics.
This project was made possible through grants from NYSCA and Queens Arts Fund.
Armstrong sang the song What A Wonderful World, displaying his feeling of interconnection with the world. This interconnection is seen in his relationships like with Lil' Hardin and with music from all over the world.
Sound material from Louis Armstrong House Museum (Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong - LAHM Tape 563/Louis Tape No Number - Track 1
; Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong - Louis Tape 1 - Track 6; Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong - LAHM Tape 70/Louis Tape 38 - Track 2; Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong - LAHM Tape 353/Louis Tape 52 - Track 1; Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong - LAHM Tape 203/Louis Tape 125 - Track 2; Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong - LAHM Tape 109/Louis Tape 66 - Track 1 ) and Phone-In from Hiromi Kiba.
