Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Much like Santa Claus himself, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong devoted his life to "the ...

When the world-renowned jazz icon Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was on tour, he would always put up a small Christmas tree in the hotel he and his wife Lucille were staying. When they were home for the ...

It’s still a wonderful world for Louis Armstrong fans. Just in time for the holidays, the jazz great — known for songs such as the seasonal classic “What a Wonderful World” — has a hit album. More ...

Louis Armstrong's Christmas hits have been put together in a special holiday album for the first time. Verve Records and Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) have packaged 11 of the famous jazz singer's ...

NEW COLLECTION INCLUDES NEARLY ALL OF POPS' HOLIDAY OFFERINGS PLUS A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDING OF CLASSIC HOLIDAY POEM, "A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS," SET TO NEWLY RECORDED MUSIC BY SULLIVAN ...

Disc One: 1. Copenhagen 2. Shanghai Shuffle 3. Stomp off, Let's Go 4. Drop That Sack 5. Melancholy 6. I'm Goin' Huntin' (Johnson/Waller) 7. I'm in the Mood for Love 8. On Treasure Island 9. Thanks a ...

This cover image released by Verve/UMG shows “Louis in London (Live at the BBC)” by Louis Armstrong. (Verve/UMG via AP) At the end of his career, every note from Louis Armstrong still exuded the joy ...

Plenty of jazz fans loathe "holiday" albums, defined as many of them are by cheap sentimentality and fake bonhomie. If the eggnog does not make you retch, the tackily jazzed-up Christmas carols will.

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong shared one of jazz’s most iconic musical partnerships. Though their voices were very ...

The first live document of Armstrong’s return to the small group format after the big band era. The All Stars—Jack Teagarden on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Sid Catlett on drums, Arvell Shaw ...