For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...

Trummy growls a chorus and Louis joyfully scats his way towards the end. Bigard, who blew on the original 1930 recorded version of Mood Indigo, now hears Armstrong etch out its chorus before he enters ...

My grandmother, who passed away in Memphis, used to babysit Louis Armstrong. And my dad was a drummer for Jerry ... and eventual paraplegic in the original cast of "Degrassi: The Next Generation." "I ...

Duke attended Armstrong Manual Training School to studycommercial art instead of going to an academics-oriented ... Duke was taken under the wings of Oliver "Doc" Perry and Louis Brown, whotaught Duke ...

Her music is expected to be recognized alongside renowned New Orleans trumpet player Louis Armstrong ... then want to go back and listen to those original records and experience them,” Carleton ...

He has shared his talents with not only the best jazz musicians (John Coltrane, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Thelonius Monk, Louis Armstrong ... and others. Art's discography as a member of ...

WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor Corey Bernhard recruited many Philly collaborators for his latest project (album art above), including ... Late Show Band after its original band ...

Because I was born and raised in St. Louis, I am jaded with the league ... and that collective heartbreak makes winning unbelievably sweet. Jenice Armstrong: I have lived and worked as a reporter in ...

The appetite for high-quality jazz in the Berkshires seems to be insatiable, judging by the response it has gotten at ...

An enduring entry among the best film songs of all time, “High Hopes” was Grammy-nominated and also won an Oscar for best original song ... visited a poorly Louis Armstrong to ask him to ...

A young troublemaker at the Colored Waif’s Home encounters one horn and two music educators. The world changes.