It’s unusual to complain that a book should be longer than it is — authors typically give readers too much rather than too little — and that’s especially true if the book is merely one volume of a ...

Louis Armstrong was arguably the most celebrated performer of the twentieth century. Known around the world for his prodigious talent on the trumpet, his inimitable vocal stylings, and as the foremost ...

Jazz great Louis Armstrong gestures to the crowd at the Atlanta Jazz Festival in Atlanta, in this June 6, 1966 photo. The ASSOCIATED PRESS Terry Teachout is a prolific arts writer who calls his work ...

In this wonderful world, there are famous people, there are superfamous people — and then there is Louis Armstrong, who is in so many ways in a class by himself. His voice is instantly recognizable.

Louis Armstrong's undeniable influence on jazz and popular culture has been the subject of many books, essays, and articles throughout the years, so one wonders will another biography add ...

The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart. By Jesse Green By exploring Armstrong’s offstage struggles and ...

“I’ve seen everything from a child, coming up,” Louis Armstrong once said. “Nothing I ain’t never seen before.” He wasn’t kidding. In his revelatory 1954 memoir, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, the ...