In this new podcast, Paul goes behind the curtain with two of the stars of “A Wonderful World” providing a look at the legendary jazz legend, Louis Armstrong. This Broadway bound musical stars James ...

Brilliant and beloved trumpeter Louis Armstrong lived a more complicated and messy life than many fans may realize. “A Wonderful World,” a new, Broadway-bound musical that just wrapped a weeklong run ...

Behind his blistering trumpet solos, revolutionary vocal improvising and exuberant stage persona, how did Louis Armstrong see himself? What was it like to be the first pop virtuoso of the recorded era ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — “It All Started in Jane Alley: Louis Armstrong in New Orleans” is an exhibition on showcase at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. It begins just in time for the annual Summer Satchmo ...

“Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong” by Ricky Riccardi, Oxford University Press, 488 pages. Ricky Riccardi, the preeminent Louis Armstrong scholar, has become one of the ...

“I’ve seen everything from a child, coming up,” Louis Armstrong once said. “Nothing I ain’t never seen before.” He wasn’t kidding. In his revelatory 1954 memoir, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, the ...

Growing up, Willie Johnson learned a lot from one of his neighbors in Corona, Queens — that neighbor being renowned trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong. Learning about art and creativity instilled ...

A Wonderful World, A New Musical about the Life and Loves of Louis Armstrong is in rehearsals for its upcoming "pre-Broadway" runs in New Orleans and Chicago, and Playbill has photos from the first ...

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Like any other industry, there are titans in music. These once-in-a-lifetime artists help shift the musical landscape across the globe. The revered trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong defined ...

As local high school marching bands fill the streets with rolling thunder over the next couple of weeks, consider the battered cornet on view at the New Orleans Jazz Museum exhibition “It All Started ...