Due to segregation, Armstrong and his band made few visits to his hometown after he left New Orleans in the 1920s. But on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like any other industry, there are titans in music. These once-in-a-lifetime artists help shift the musical landscape across the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The new stage musical about Louis Armstrong on Broadway opens with the jazz icon in a rehearsal room alongside an anonymous piano player. Keep an eye on the guy on keys. Audiences may ...

Louis Daniel Armstrong, variously nicknamed “Satchmo” and “Pops,” is the subject of “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,” a musically rich if wordy and info-heavy Broadway show that serves ...

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 ...

Ninety-six years ago today, Jimmie Rodgers recorded a "Blue Yodel" with uncredited accompaniment by a jazz icon.

SAN DIEGO – Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and proto-rap group the Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

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 ...

Louis Armstrong's undeniable influence on jazz and popular culture has been the subject of many books, essays, and articles throughout the years, so one wonders will another biography add ...