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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

We talk with author Ricky Riccardi about how Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star and provided the foundation of improvisation for other musicians. Riccardi's book is Stomp Off, Let's Go.

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 ...

Louis Armstrong was arguably the most celebrated performer of the twentieth century. Known around the world for his prodigious talent on the trumpet, his inimitable vocal stylings, and as the foremost ...

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 ...

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 jazz composer ...

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