NEW YORK-- The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician in a recording studio, footage that was discovered in a storage facility. The 33-minute, 16 mm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The film that tells the story of the late trumpeter’s only biological offspring will stream during the American Black Film ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 21, 2023. Click here for that audio. Hear an extended version of this conversation on our podcast, Here & Now Anytime. One of the greatest artists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louis Armstrong - Credit: BBC Photo Archive Louis Armstrong’s 1968 BBC session in London — which the legendary trumpeter and ...

It's an enduring image of the jazz band leader's career, but just how did Louis Armstrong reach Egypt's Cairo for that famous ...

Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World is the song that will unite us all. The 1967 classic garnered nearly 50 per cent of the vote, beating the other nominees by a wide margin. "We started this ...

The first live document of Armstrong’s return to the small group format after the big band era. The All Stars—Jack Teagarden on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Sid Catlett on drums, Arvell Shaw ...

Tracy Morgan has previously expressed interested in playing late jazz legend Louis Armstrong in a biopic Tracy Morgan is keen on portraying Louis Armstrong in a biopic, according to the actor's Coming ...

He answered to "Pops," "Satchmo," and "Louie." But he called himself Louis. Documentary filmmaker Sacha Jenkins and jazz pianist Jason Moran have been immersed in Louis Armstrong's recordings and ...

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will recreate his critically acclaimed performance as Louis Armstrong. Last fall, Iglehart starred in the pre-Broadway production of A Wonderful World in New ...

Two hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. Come for the music in “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,” the Satchmo show that opened Monday night at ...