The name Satchmo will always be connected with Louis Armstrong's career and legacy, but its origins highlight his eagerness ...

It’s Satchmo’s 125th this week, and it has columnist Quin Hillyer thinking about the future of jazz. The state’s signature ...

The Satchmo SummerFest returns this weekend, offering two days of live jazz, tributes to Louis Armstrong, local cuisine, and ...

Famous Giza picture taken in 1961 reveals musician's place in Cold War diplomacy ...

Louis Armstrong was born almost 125 years ago, but to this day, confusion surrounds the famed musician's birthday. Here's the story.

Was Louis Armstrong more an entertainer or artist? The dichotomy suggested by this question won't be resolved by this disc because it's a matter of perspective, like particles and waves in physics.

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Broadway's Vernel Bagneris reads excerpts from Hentoff and Shapiro's Hear Me Talkin' To Ya and joins Jim Cullum and the Band on Louis Armstrong classics like “I Can't Give ...

We’re happy to present our annual August “Satchmo SummerFest” issue. It focuses, in large part, on New Orleans’ traditional jazz community and legacy—which, of course, is influenced by the spirit and ...

Louis Armstrong: The First Great Jazz Soloist August 4, 2016 marked the 115th birthday of music icon Louis Armstrong. Armstrong’s immediately recognizable style and playful sense of humor helped to ...

World-famous trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong electrified a festival audience with his trademark style of jazz on Aug. 19, 1961. Satchmo appeared with his All Stars in a 25-minute performance on ...