The second book took it back an era earlier, and was called “Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong.” Mr. Riccardi has said that it also made sense for him to cover Armstrong’s ...

The city has produced some of the world's great jazz musicians, none more celebrated than Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. A diverse mix of cultures in New Orleans dating back to the 18th century ...

The head of the Louis Armstrong Archives calls it ... His close relationship to Joe, coinciding with the segregation era, likely complicated Armstrong’s forthrightness in past written ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Louis Armstrong is undoubtedly one of the most ... Earl Hines showcases some of the finest musicianship of the era. 4. When the Saints Go Marching In (1938) This traditional ...

James Monroe Iglehart, who stars as Louis Armstrong in Broadway’s ... at New York’s Studio 54 in November, charts Armstrong’s era-defining rise from trumpet prodigy and nightclub headliner ...

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong was performing at Kansas University on March 23, 1957, for a previous engagement when Frank Burge, then-director of the Kansas Union, convinced the legendary musician ...

A modest red brick house on 107th Street in Corona, Queens is not just any home — it was once the longtime residence of legendary trumpet player and vocalist Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille.