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 ...

The vibrant and musical life of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong has left an indelible mark on New Orleans society. August brings his memory to the forefront with the 23rd annual Satchmo SummerFest, a ...

To celebrate one of the city's favorite sons, Satchmo Summerfest will kick off with two days of music, merriment and munchies Saturday and Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz Museum in celebration of the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly 40 bands are set to perform this weekend for the annual Satchmo Summer Fest. There's Charmaine Neville, Cyril Neville, and Kermit Ruffins, to name a few. New Orleans is the ...

French Quarter Festivals, Inc., has announced the lineup of musicians and jazz scholars who will participate in the Satchmo SummerFest the weekend of July 31 and August 1. The premier American ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- From his first recordings in the early 1920s to his death in 1971 in Queens, legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong played the world. The Armstrong we don't know is currently ...

Hundreds of people in the French Quarter kicked up their heels and paid tribute to jazz legend Louis Armstrong, the "Father of Jazz."The 13th annual Satchmo SummerFest is in full swing at the old U.S.

"An all-American institution" is how Dick Cavett introduces Louis Armstrong on a episode of Cavett’s ABC talk show, aired just months before Satchmo’s death 45 years ago today. It’s obvious that ...

Two musical greats of the 20th century receive the one-man-play treatment this month. “Satchmo at the Waldorf,” at American Conservatory Theater’s Geary Theater, imagines Louis Armstrong a few months ...

"You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played," trumpeter Miles Davis said. And while pianist Jelly Roll Morton may have claimed to have invented jazz, if any one artist could be said to ...

The documentary chronicles the life of the late, great trumpet player and Black American music icon, told through the eyes of his one and only offspring. Preston-Folta is the product of Armstrong and ...