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As we continue to confront the coronavirus pandemic, it's worth remembering that roughly a century ago an influenza pandemic similarly wreaked havoc around the world and swept through the city that ...

A CD set from Mosaic, full of singles and albums made between '46 and '66, confirms the variety of Armstrong's studio sides — and shows how much work went into making them sound casual. This is FRESH ...

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ...

A trove of pictures that helped redeem the tarnished image of jazz legend Louis Armstrong is being made available to the public for the first time. The intimate photographs of the singer and trumpet ...

Performances in N.Y.C. By exploring Armstrong’s offstage struggles and tensions, “A Wonderful World” wants to shatter the image of an entertainer who was far more than just affable. Louis Armstrong ...

"Welcome to Chicago" -- Oliver's band and the "blues age" -- Opposites attract : Louis and Miss Lil -- The call from Broadway -- "This is what really relates to us" : the Dreamland Café, the Vendome ...

The soundtrack of July 4, as everyone knows, is John Philip Sousa. Everyone, that is, except some jazz fans. When the rocket bursts of red, white and blue light up the sky, they won't be listening to ...

Well, hello, Louis! Add another talent to the already prodigious roster of Louis Armstrong: Jazz giant, trumpeter par excellence, great American vocal stylist and, now, the rare musical historical ...