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Nov. 5 Once upon a time it seemed that New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton was the reincarnation of Louis Armstrong , with his bright virtuosic phrases and Big Easy swing.

I've been keeping an amused eye on the books, CD, and DVDs purchased by people who order an advance copy of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong from Amazon.

ARRESTED, RESIGNED Greg Boyd: He was president of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma before he resigned Saturday after his arrest.

Louis Armstrong, shown here in the mid-1960's on the steps of his home in Queens, now a museum is opening the home to trick or treaters on Halloween.

What makes Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong different from all previous Armstrong biographies? When talking about Pops with interviewers, I usually stress that I'm the first biographer to have had access to the 650 reel-to-reel tapes that Armstrong made during the last quarter-century of his life, many of which contain astonishingly candid ...

'The Sounds of Satchmo!' rang out boldly Saturday at the Springfield Symphony's first pops concert of the 2009-10 season at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

The sounds of New Orleans jazz permeated Pickard Auditorium Tuesday evening and signified the kick off of the 70th year of the Selma Community Concert Association.

American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong , shouts after clarinettist Edmund Hall's solo, on stage during the band's British tour, May 19, 1956.

The 80-member Allouez Village Band will open its 28th season Monday at the Meyer Theatre in downtown Green Bay.

"Nothing But the Blues," a Milwaukee Symphony Pops concert weekend that culminates with a 2:30 p.m. performance Sunday, shaped up as guest conductor Jeff Tyzik's traveling show.

Published Thursday 17 September 2009 07:22pm EST. Louis Armstrong, godfather of jazz, found his voice on stage through the trumpet and his trademark vocalizing.

It's perhaps a bit like what Louis Armstrong felt about jazz: "If you gotta ask, you ain't never gonna know." Armstrong did not mean there is nothing to learn about jazz; quite the opposite.

Sauntering down Frenchmen Street in New Orleans late on the night of July 31, I thought: I am indisputably in the right place, at the right time, mingling with more happy people per square foot than could be found anywhere else in the world.

Activities honor first responders and all who are aiding the city's recovery, with speakers, refreshments, and entertainment by Grandpa Elliott and Jo "Cool" Davis, 11 a.m.-4. Free.

Activities honor first responders and all who are aiding the city's recovery, with speakers, refreshments, and entertainment by Grandpa Elliott and Jo "Cool" Davis, 11 a.m.-4. Free.

In 1987, Congress passed a joint resolution declaring jazz to be "a rare and valuable national treasure." Nowadays the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis is taught in public schools, heard on TV commercials and performed at prestigious venues such as New York's Lincoln Center, which even runs its own nightclub, ...

In 1987, Congress passed a joint resolution declaring jazz to be "a rare and valuable national treasure." Nowadays the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis is taught in public schools, heard on TV commercials and performed at prestigious venues such as New York's Lincoln Center, which even runs its own nightclub, ...

NEW ORLEANS a ' A group of Livingstone College students returned Wednesday from New Orleans, where they spent a week repairing homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina, volunteering at a festival honoring legendary jazz musician Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, helping prepare space for new exhibitions at a city museum and having fun.

In 1987, Congress passed a joint resolution declaring jazz to be "a rare and valuable national treasure." Nowadays the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis is taught in public schools, heard on TV commercials and performed at prestigious venues such as New York's Lincoln Center, which even runs its own nightclub, ...

Tuesday, August 4th. One of the most revered figures in the history of jazz, Louis Armstrong - nicknamed 'Satchmo' - was born in New Orleans on this date in 1901.