FILE -- In a 1970 file photo Louis Armstrong is seen during a recording session in New York. A live recording of Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet for one of the last times is being played Friday ...

Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, but he didn’t stay in the city. This weekend is our annual Satchmo SummerFest, the festival that pays tribute to one of the musicians New Orleans claims as a ...

One day years ago, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was hanging with Willie Nelson and Ray Charles when the two older musicians started to talk about their long and diverse careers. “Ray, you know, you ...

A modest red brick house on 107th Street in Corona, Queens is not just any home — it was once the longtime residence of legendary trumpet player and vocalist Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille.

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special ...

Another opportunity to experience the warm, friendly atmosphere and the impressive music of top jazz musicians in Mike ...