City officials and coalition to launch $43.5 million renovation plan this afternoon ...

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) announced a new licensing agreement with Downtown Music Publishing (DMP) to continue and increase stewardship and international reach of the legacy of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - He was a world-renowned jazz musician and entertainer, and New Orleans’ favorite son. But once he reached adulthood, Louis Armstrong left Louisiana and lived elsewhere for the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Traveling can be very stressful, especially during the holidays. That’s why the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is hoping to bring some cheer through music.

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), one of the world’s most well-known and well-loved musicians, gave up to 300 performances per year. Over the course of his career, he reputedly played in every country ...

Debra Rogers Grinage remembers it like it was yesterday. She and her sister, Robyn Rogers Edwards, and a group of other kids from the neighborhood, were listening to jazz legend Louis Armstrong sing ...

Reported as one of the first times Armstrong spoke openly about politics, his statements were so shocking The Associated Press wouldn't run a story without more proof they were Armstrong's words.

“Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong” by Ricky Riccardi, Oxford University Press, 488 pages. Ricky Riccardi, the preeminent Louis Armstrong scholar, has become one of the ...

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Sam Irwin, the author of The Hidden History of Louisiana’s Jazz Age, will examine the controversy over Louis Armstrong’s Fourth of July birthday in a talk at the Opelousas Museum on Friday, July 1.

One day years ago, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was hanging with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles when the two older musicians started to talk about their long and diverse careers. “Ray, you know, you ...