Louis Armstrong News

Elements of a production are always lost or changed when converted from stage to screen -- the nature of the mediums makes this inevitable.

This free family-friendly Jazz Festival is dedicated to the life, music and legacy of New Orleans' native son, Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong.

Vanity Fair is bringing its exhibit of its portrait photography to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto beginning Sept.

Mexican airline Aeromexico is offering non-stop flights to Mexico City from New Orleans starting Tuesday.

Hot jazz, hot topics and hot friends a ' it must be Satchmo SummerFest ! The ninth annual festival, put on by French Quarter Festivals Inc.

Louis Armstrong [4 August 1901 - 6 July 1971] was a versatile and innovative singer and jazz trumpeter nicknamed Satchmo.

NEW ORLEANS Early Tuesday morning, the first AeroMexico flight will lift off from Louis Armstrong International, offering the first direct international flight out of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

Sunday, July 5, 2009 68 F Some New Yorkers spent the Fourth of July soaking in the sounds of a jazz legend.

On Friday NPR broadcast a story by John McDonough about the last great reunion of veterans of the American Civil War, which took place in Gettysburg in 1938.

There was a lot of Ella and Kurt in the air Thursday night as singer Dee Dee Bridgewater took the stage with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra to close out the Jazz Winnipeg Festival mainstage concert series.

The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre continues its 49th season with Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!" The show will run Wednesday, July 8, through Saturday, July 18.

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.

I'm in downtown Los Angeles, where I'll be seeing Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles in David Mamet's Oleanna tonight.

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.

Art Tatum , born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, learned to play the piano by ear, developing a very fast playing style while maintaining accuracy.

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.

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.

AccuJazz Internet Radio continues its weekly roll-out of creatively programmed jazz channels today with the launch of 'Regions: Chicago," a streaming channel playing over 1,000 songs by artists who have called the Windy City home.