Mahalia Jackson Let There Be Peace on Earth from Louis Armstrong at Newport 1970

Mahalia Jackson performing Let There Be Peace on Earth at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival. Her showstopping performance during the 70th birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong was a moving finale to the starstudded concert event. This is quite likely the last filmed performance of Jackson, who passed away in January 1972. This performance is from the original film Louis Armstrong at Newport produced and directed by George Wein and Sid Stiber. The original, firstgeneration 16mm film footage was transferred to high definition in 2008. Edited versions of the film, presented under the title Good Evening Ev rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong, have aired on PBS, BBC, and other broadcasters worldwide, and a featurelength version was distributed on DVD. A limited number of the DVDs are still available on Amazon at Mahalia Jackson s story will be told in the for