Those tapes, as well as Teachout's other research and interviews with Armstrong associates, flesh out the solid pictures painted by several other biographers since the musician's death in 1971 at ...

Newly published by Oxford, “Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong” finishes Ricky Riccardi ... Finally, the greatest figure in all of American music has a full-dress biography that’s ...

A passing reference to Armstrong's baptism in a 1940s biography led Jones to this network of female support. "Louis' mother was a working prostitute," he said. "Every time Louis turned around ...

In this wonderful world, there are famous people, there are superfamous people — and then there is Louis Armstrong, who is in so many ways in a class by himself. His voice is instantly recognizable.

Louis Armstrong strikes a pose in Chicago in 1932 ... you can’t help being overwhelmed by his achievement. “His sound is the greatest trumpet sound ever recorded. His note choices are remarkable.

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 ...

For nearly 30 years, world-renowned jazz musician Louis Armstrong and his wife ... and the talented cast and ensemble of the jukebox biography musical. The show is set to close on Feb. 23 after ...