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 ...

Put simply, American Popular Music can be clearly divided into two eras: before Louis Armstrong and after him. His advanced sense of rhythm, melodic innovation, and ebullient charisma mixed together ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. New Orleans has many a story to tell. One of ...

An American art form now more than a century old, jazz emerged from the streets of New Orleans. The city has produced some of the world's great jazz musicians, none more celebrated than Louis "Satchmo ...

CORONA, Queens (PIX11) — The trumpet was his instrument of choice, his gravelly voice his signature. Louis Armstrong left a legacy as one of the most important figures in the history of jazz. Now the ...

Jonathan Armstrong is a fiercely creative musician, composer and educator living in Los Angeles. His background is a mix of intensive academic training and extensive professional experiences on ...

When 20-year-old Louis Armstrong first arrived at Illinois Central Station from New Orleans on July 8, 1922, half to midnight, he wasn’t sure he’d made the right decision. “Anybody watching me closely ...

Following the release of “Pavarotti,” the next music-centric, documentary film from Imagine Documentaries will focus on the life of jazz legend, singer and trumpeter Louis Armstrong, the company’s ...

As the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival enters its final weekend, organizers are urging fans to buy this year’s Louis Armstrong-themed poster before it sells out, with over 78% of artist-signed ...

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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 ...