The city has produced some of the world's great jazz musicians, none more celebrated than Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong.

Louis Armstrong has been rightly hailed as the most important figure in early jazz for almost as long as Paul Whiteman, once its biggest star, has been denied his due. Under the racially apologist ...

The great Louis Armstrong holds a unique place in the history of popular culture. As a cultural ambassador, he spread his infectious love of music across the globe. His innovations in the field of ...

We’re happy to present our annual August “Satchmo SummerFest” issue. It focuses, in large part, on New Orleans’ traditional jazz community and legacy—which, of course, is influenced by the spirit and ...

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Louis Armstrong's undeniable influence on jazz and popular culture has been the subject of many books, essays, and articles throughout the years, so one wonders will another biography add ...

At the height of the success of Louis Armstrong, it was a deliberate and conscientious decision for music lovers and consumers to purchase a record. Some still remember trekking to the nearest record ...

The more you listen to young Louis Armstrong, the more you hear. The more you hear, the more you realize the extent to which jazz evolved from his intelligence, imagination, daring and sense of form.

Louis Armstrong stands near the Great Sphinx of Giza, trumpet raised towards his wife Lucille, who sits before him with the Pyramids behind her. Taken in Egypt in 1961, the photograph has become one ...

One day years ago, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was hanging with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles when the two older musicians started to talk about their long and diverse careers. “Ray, you know, you ...

Director Sacha Jenkins does the most important thing he could do in “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues”: He lets Louis Armstrong be messy. Armstrong is one of those legends about whom people have had ...