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 ...

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 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 ...

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 Armstrong (“Satchmo,” “Pops”) was ... Not fully—this is a soft biography, with a soft landing, leaving us feeling just as fuzzily-good as Armstrong’s lovely voice leaves us ...

You can’t name anyone in the modern era that has as much talent as Louis Armstrong — he could sing, can play an instrument like no other. He’s writing his own biography. To have gone for so ...

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation donated ... the new Armstrong Center. This great achievement is a physical representation of the down-home soulful world of Pops. It is much, much ...

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 ...

Which "A Wonderful World," a new musical about Louis Armstrong, has done — to an unusual degree. The show, in its current iteration, had two out-of-town tryouts. On Oct. 1, 2023 it opened in New ...

Jazz trumpeter and singer extraordinaire Louis Armstrong was born on this day in 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. We hear a note on his accomplishments on the 99th anniversary of his birthdate.