The truth, as Marsalis describes it repeatedly in a recent interview, is that there was no one like Louis Armstrong before he picked up a trumpet ... music blended European classical and New World ...

“I’m all Armstrong, all the time!” is how Ricky Riccardi neatly describes his obsession to me, on a call from his home in New York. Having first discovered Louis Armstrong’s music at age ... to sing ...

Many people also don’t realize Louie didn’t write “Hello Dolly” or “What A Wonderful World,” a ... “To Louis Armstrong, whose people made music from the Bible, from Yakov Uriel ...

A wonderful World-The Louis Armstrong Musical at Studio 54 on Broadway is the feel-good show of the year. With spectacular music and a splendid ... renowned singer and trumpet player without ...

For nearly 30 years, world-renowned jazz musician Louis ... trumpet and his amazing rise to fame — through the musician’s four wives. Armstrong’s wives — the connecting threads of “A ...

“A Wonderful World,” which opened at New York’s Studio 54 in November, charts Armstrong’s era-defining rise from trumpet prodigy and nightclub headliner to world-renowned vocalist and big-screen icon.