Jazz

Hailed in Copenhagen and Celebrated in New Orleans Louis Armstrong’s portrait autographed for Hoagy Carmichael “If you don’t love him, I don’t think you really know how to love.” Mahalia...

The Great Summit Diahann Carroll, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong, Paris Blues, 1960 Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington recorded only one album together, and it was a long time in coming.  The...

Diahann Carroll, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington in Paris Blues Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington recorded only one album together, and it was a long time in coming.  The Great Summit was...

Louis Armstrong backstage Here’s a selection of Louis Armstrong clips in honor of his “traditional,” Fourth of July birthday anniversary. Even though we learned twenty years ago that Pops was born on...

“If you don’t love him, I don’t think you really know how to love.” Mahalia Jackson on Louis Armstrong I assume the Danes who filmed Louis Armstrong in 1933 knew what a service they were providing...

“If you don’t love him, I don’t think you really know how to love.” Mahalia Jackson on Louis Armstrong “If I told you what I really thought about Louis Armstrong, you’d probably arrest me for indecent...

Louis Armstrong Ricky Riccardi, author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years, told Facebook readers this week that he’s on assignment from Jazz at Lincoln...

Today is Louis Armstrong’s 113th birthday anniversary. His legacy was celebrated again this weekend at the 14th annual Satchmo SummerFest in New Orleans. August heat and humidity always dissuade me from...

Pops in a Fit of Pique Brevity is the soul of wit, the Bard observed, and succinctly at that. Louis Armstrong led the way in the brevity department for at least two generations of jazz musicians whose...

Louis Smith died on August 20 at age 85. Smith was in the front ranks of modern jazz players who emerged from Memphis in the 1950s, though his 1931 birth year made him slightly older than most of the players...