NOJCC, a tax-exempt organization created in 1994 by the Louisiana Music Commission to develop innovative jazz programs to bring to young audiences and communities throughout the region and the world, is proud to bring back New Orleans' favorite summer tradition with the 8th Annual Satchmo Club Strut, the musical club crawl down Frenchmen Street, Friday, August 1, 2008.

The NOJCC "Strut" officially kicks off the weekend long Satchmo Summerfest, celebrating Louis Armstrong and jazz in all its forms. The Strut serves as both a fundraiser for our non-profit jazz education outreach programs and a promotional celebration of Frenchmen Street.

This year's event will feature brilliant New Orleans musicians including Ellis Marsalis, Irvin Mayfield, and Charmaine Neville as well as luminous international musical greats such as trumpeter Yoshio Toyama, the Louis Armstrong of Japan.

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