New Orleans is known for its rich mix of cultures, food and music. However, a piece of the famed jazz history is now a pile of bricks, wood and twisted metal. When Hurricane Ida hit the city on Sunday ...

Another piece of New Orleans's rich jazz history has crumbled to the ground. The building where musical great Louis Armstrong spent much of his childhood is no longer standing after Hurricane Ida ...

Terry Teachout’s new biography of Louis Armstrong is stuck in the discophile groove. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

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 ...

It’s unusual to complain that a book should be longer than it is — authors typically give readers too much rather than too little — and that’s especially true if the book is merely one volume of a ...

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 ...

For decades, Americans have argued over the icon’s legacy. But his archives show that he had his own plans. “I get this question all the time,” Ricky Riccardi admitted. The director of research ...

If you’re a person of a certain age, a lover of jazz, a fan of outsized personalities, you’re probably familiar with the late Louis Armstrong. He was the great jazz trumpeter and gravel-voiced singer ...

For nearly 30 years, world-renowned jazz musician Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille, lived quietly in a small, two-story house in Corona, Queens. His professional life featured performances for ...