While not as comprehensive as the four CD box set, “The Best of the Hot 5 and Hot 7 Recordings” cover the remarkable period of music created by Louis Armstrong between 1926 and 1928. Armstrong had ...

The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong is captured in a new box-set package — and jazz fans will have to trek to Queens to snag a copy. And the CD sets are running out, thanks to an unexpecte… ...

This 10-CD set is as good a compendium of the genius of Louis Armstrong as anyone could wish for. It’s all here: the early years with the King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson bands, the glorious ...

Wynton and Louis Armstrong’s Hot Fives Frederick P. Rose Hall, Rose Theatre, Lincoln Center; 1,231 capacity; $120. top Production: A presentation of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Louis Armstrong, one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th Century, exuded joy and exuberance as a trumpet player and singer. He rose from poverty in New Orleans, before achieving worldwide fame.

This can also be said Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens, named as such because of the number of band members on hand for the recordings. In a view from 10,000 feet, these recordings, at the very ...