The Louis Armstrong Musical will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, February 23, 2025. At the time of closing, ...

Nearly 50 years after his passing, Louis Armstrong's achievements as a trumpeter, vocalist, actor, author, Civil Rights advocate, and humanitarian remain unparalleled. He left behind a timeless body ...

Louis Armstrong, born in New Orleans in 1901 ... City with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra and soon began recording songs, including "West End Blues," a famous early jazz tune.

Louis Armstrong (“Satchmo,” “Pops”) was an icon who produced iconic music; the title refers to one of his most famous songs which is played at Times Square every new year just after ...

Louis Armstrong — was he the "Hello ... "The way he played, his interpretations of songs. He was America's first real pop ...

Santa Ost-wald kept the joint jumpin,' aided by fellow bandleader Vince Giordano, assaying a sideman chart for the evening's set of sleigh bell songs and Satchmo specials. This has been a banner ...

with the Armstrong horn as lucid as ice. Solitude could have been written for Louis, so sharp and impassioned is its tone, and there is a defiance too in the two giants’ version of the 1941 song from ...

Earlier this week, Broadway welcomed a new jukebox musical- A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical ... musical theater that use pre-existing songs to tell a story. They generally fall ...

Join Tony Award® winner James Monroe Iglehart and a talented ensemble cast as they bring Louis Armstrong’s incredible journey to life, from New Orleans to worldwide fame. This full-scale ...