In this new podcast, Paul goes behind the curtain with two of the stars of “A Wonderful World” providing a look at the legendary jazz legend, Louis Armstrong. This Broadway bound musical stars James ...

Brilliant and beloved trumpeter Louis Armstrong lived a more complicated and messy life than many fans may realize. “A Wonderful World,” a new, Broadway-bound musical that just wrapped a weeklong run ...

Behind his blistering trumpet solos, revolutionary vocal improvising and exuberant stage persona, how did Louis Armstrong see himself? What was it like to be the first pop virtuoso of the recorded era ...

“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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — “It All Started in Jane Alley: Louis Armstrong in New Orleans” is an exhibition on showcase at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. It begins just in time for the annual Summer Satchmo ...

Growing up, Willie Johnson learned a lot from one of his neighbors in Corona, Queens — that neighbor being renowned trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong. Learning about art and creativity instilled ...

Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart brings story of the King of Jazz to the stage — and PEOPLE has the First Look at him in action Louis Armstrong is the latest music legend to have his life story told ...

“Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong” by Ricky Riccardi, Oxford University Press, 488 pages. Ricky Riccardi, the preeminent Louis Armstrong scholar, has become one of the ...

A Wonderful World, A New Musical about the Life and Loves of Louis Armstrong is in rehearsals for its upcoming "pre-Broadway" runs in New Orleans and Chicago, and Playbill has photos from the first ...

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Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will recreate his critically acclaimed performance as Louis Armstrong. Last fall, Iglehart starred in the pre-Broadway production of A Wonderful World in New ...