Louis Armstrong News

Monday, May 28 is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer and opening day at public beaches, pool clubs, and beach clubs.

GrA©goire Maret has emerged as new voice in modern jazz world specializing in the harmonica.

In his autobiography Malcolm X described the first time he heard "Flying Home. "People kept shouting for Hamp's "Flying Home and finally he did it.

Embark on a journey to a musical island just north of Scottsdale where you can explore the world without ever stepping on a plane.A The Musical Instrument Museum has an impressive array of instruments and artifacts from over 200 countries, exhibits on musical icons like Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong and a chance to bang a gong, strum a Burmese ... (more)

Aaron Webb is making a superhuman effort to raise funds for a revitalized Centerville Playground, but we still shouldn't have referred to his restaurant as The Daily Planet.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 8, 2009 -- Halfway through the second act of an innovative Northern Arizona University production of "The Threepenny Opera" one demonstrator in a New York City crowd waves the sign: "AIG IS CRUEL !!!" Such is the topical and often humorous adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play and Kurt Weill's songs, as the realities of ... (more)

Composer and musician Bob Haggart worked with jazz's greats during the course of his 60-year career.

Mr. Dylan is not just a musical icon, he's as etched in the American culture as Louis Armstrong, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain or Thomas Edison.

Sailor Jerry, according to the seller, is to tattooing what Louis Armstrong is to jazz--he wasn't the first at his craft, but he's the one who turned it into an art form.

New exhibition Phoenix: The Musical Instrument Museum will showcase all that jazz in a new, mostly permanent exhibition that opens Saturday and includes unreleased performance footage, photos and instruments, forming one of the museum's largest genre exhibits.

Baltimore native Warren Wolf has been trained on a variety of percussion instruments - drums, vibraphone, marimba and piano - since the age of three.

Camp Heebie Jeebie, an annual Lake Crescent summer school for youth and older musicians is in need of help, the camp's lead fundraiser said.

"Laughter, shock and thought" are the goals of the Long Wharf Theatre's 2012-2013 season, according to Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein, who announced the details of the New Haven theater's 48th season.

Theater of the American South, a festival of Southern plays, food and culture, will continue its New Orleans-themed celebration with a barbecue bash and quilt display this weekend.

Danny Mullen has clearly done the necessary research for this solo biographical show on the famed mid-century jazz trumpeter, vocalist and international ambassador of goodwill.

Jazz trumpet is practically an art form unto itself, with a richness in terms of its greatest soloists that is hard to match.

In Esi Edugyan's novel Half-Blood Blues , the narrator's inventive and free-flowing descriptions of jazz mimic the music itself.

In January 1971, in one of his final performances, Louis Armstrong used "Hello Dolly" to convey the joy of being alive.

Dan Pritzker, one of the heirs to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, started shooting "Bolden," a movie about an obscure jazz musician, in 2008.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 8, 2009 -- Halfway through the second act of an innovative Northern Arizona University production of "The Threepenny Opera" one demonstrator in a New York City crowd waves the sign: "AIG IS CRUEL !!!" Such is the topical and often humorous adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play and Kurt Weill's songs, as the realities of ... (more)