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The forthcoming Copenhagen Jazz Festival serves as a reminder of a visit from one of the world's late jazz greats When Louis Armstrong first visited Copenhagen in 1933, the huge crowds were so eager to catch a glimpse of the world-famous jazz musician that his first thought was that they were going to lynch him.

The first direct international flight from New Orleans since 2005's Hurricane Katrina took off from Louis Armstrong International Airport Tuesday, another sign of the storm-hit city's recovery.

When Sue Sorey needed hip replacement surgery, her husband, the Rev. Galen Sorey, called hospitals in the couple's hometown of Baton Rouge to get estimates of the cost.

The first direct international flight service from New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina begins Tuesday with AeroMexico's route to Mexico City.

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various locations around Copenhagen: starts Friday, ends Sunday 10 July; www.jazz.dk Welcome to a unique mix of music with roots both in the African-American south and the stoic Scandinavian character and landscape.A The artists serve the soul and spontaneity, the crowds respond with some foot tapping and rhythmic clapping, ...

Lafreniere Park on the Fourth of July. Let's face it, most Fourth of July gatherings are not much different from our other South Louisiana festivals.

Dolly Sadell has been one of the most dedicated music-loving regulars in the Jerry Velasco fan club present and accounted for at most every one of his weekly Thursday-night all-star jams spanning the past 10 years at the Jonny James Steak House, CJ's, Molly Bloom's and more recently Adele's at the San Clemente Inn.

Aeromexico is set to launch flights from New Orleans to Honduras starting next month.

CityBusiness Staff ReportsNew Orleans CityBusiness A dozen improvements projects totaling more than $357 million and creating more than 6,300 jobs are set to take place over the next three years at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, according to Kenner Mayor Ed Muniz's office.

"First I thought, 'This is the maid,' " says photographer Herman Leonard. "She said, 'Excuse me, but I've got to feed the dog.' She had a steak in the frying pan, and she was cooking the steak for the dog." The woman was Billie Holiday, one of the greatest voices of modern times.

New Orleans Aviation Director Sean Hunter has stepped away from his job at the Louis Armstrong International Airport as federal investigators examine insurance matters involving his family, Aviation Board Chairman Dan Packer said.

The AeroMexico nonstop flight between New Orleans and Mexico City will encourage business ties between Louisiana and Mexico, particularly in the oil and gas industry, experts said at a Friday morning forum sponsored by the World Trade Center.

An electronic sign outside of a bank on Veterans Boulevard in Metairie gives drivers some hot news as the metro wide sizzle continues Wednesday.

Louis Armstrong International Airport is taking off in a new direction, with a host of changes and renovations planned for the coming years, officials announced Wednesday.

Metairie YMCA Camp Counselor Esperanza Red tries to stay cool in the shade of her umbrella as she watches children swimming pool on June 18.

The thermometer hit a record 96 degrees at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Monday afternoon, and chances are good for another record-setting day today.

What does the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum have in common with the Old State House in Boston, Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia, Louis Armstrong Memorial Park in New Orleans, and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming? Among other things, I suppose, they're all this year's recipients of grants from the Globus American Icon Special ...

This 1958 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography, shows jazz great Duke Ellington playing the piano at the Olympia Theater in Paris.

Two months after it voted to reduce taxi fares in New Orleans by $2 a trip, the City Council voted Thursday to raise both the minimum fare and the per-mile rate for cab rides, as well as several special fares, such as for trips to Louis Armstrong International Airport.

SOURCE: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey Stan Kenton could be grandiose in his music. Otherwise, for the most part, he was down to earth.