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Today's idea: Louis Armstrong's bluntest written views on black individual responsibility "are the source of considerable disquiet among his admirers, many of whom prefer to ignore them altogether," a biographer says.

The jazz myth of Chicago is powerful, dating back to 1922, when King Oliver summoned Louis Armstrong from New Orleans to change the world.

Cyndi Lauper's pixie face was streaked with sweat. Her eyes were caked with makeup.

World War II was a time of death and destruction, but it was also a time when the spirit of young Americans was kept aloft by the music and dance.

As Tropical Storm Ida churned toward the Gulf of Mexico's northern coast on Monday, people in the New Orleans area went through the usual preparations for turbulent weather, but one aspect was notably absent: panic.

NEW Year's Eve, 1912. Eleven-year-old Louis Armstrong and his posse of four friends were strolling along the crowds of Rampart Street in New Orleans when a thug started shooting at them with a cap gun.

As Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday proudly unveiled a proposal to transform the shuttered Municipal Auditorium into a cutting-edge performance and production complex showcasing the music of New Orleans, there was no reaction to the ambitious plan from City Council members, who must sign off on the deal.

Carriers did not want aircraft sitting around overnight when conditions could deteriorate because of Ida Monday, November 9, 2009 Tropical Storm Ida is prompting some flight cancellations at the New Orleans airport.

In 1986 LILLIAN was honoured by her city with the official title of 'Musical Ambassador' which had not been bestowed on a New Orleans musician since the world famous Louis Armstrong.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 09:00 PM Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR Ticketmaster BIO: In their fourteen years together as a band, celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli have gone from being hometown heroes to being named U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors.

Veteran bluesman Jon Shain might traverse rural pockets in his tradition-rooted sojourns, but he's a mighty sophisticated tour guide.

Nicholas Payton has to be on the short list of the finest living jazz trumpeters.

"Look, a new day has begun." With those words from the show's best-loved song, "Memory," Grizabella the Glamour Cat, and all of her jumping Jellicle colleagues, brought the touring Broadway spectacle back to New Orleans for the first time in what seems to have been now and forever.

At a party last Sunday at the Dakota, for which club owner Lowell Pickett flew in New Orleans clarinetist Evan Christopher , we got a sneak peek of the plans for the club's 25th anniversary year.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew inaugurated the 8th "Religion, Science and the Environment Symposium", which focuses on the Mississippi River, on Thursday in New Orleans.

This week, we've got three video clips featuring trumpeter Nicholas Payton , who will be in St.

Forget Method acting, forget in-depth role research, forget any of that fancy-dancy stuff they teach you in acting school.

WYNTON MARSALIS: The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note.

Frontier Airlines today announced it will begin daily nonstop service from its hub at Denver International Airport to both Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Louisville International Airport .

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I , the spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, opens a meeting today of environmental scientists, business leaders and public officials in New Orleans to discuss the environmental challenges facing both the area and the Mississippi River.