Louis Armstrong — aka Satchmo, aka Pops — was an innovator who changed the face of his art form, an endlessly inventive pioneer whose discovery of his own voice helped remake 20th-century culture. His ...

Within the history of modern culture, it is rare to find an artistic genius who is also a universally popular entertainer. The two skill sets required are not always compatible: Beethoven, Brando and ...

Laurence Bergreen paints both a comprehensive and factual summary of the life of Louis Armstrong. He backs up what he says with quotes. Armstrong was a writer. He kept copious notes. The artist bought ...

Louis Armstrong was a lot more than a gravelly voiced vocalist who sang the hits “Hello, Dolly” and “What a Wonderful World.” Armstrong was also a lot more than an innovative jazz composer and trumpet ...

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 ...

Sacha Jenkins’ engrossing and informative documentary “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” reintroduces one of the 20th century’s most towering and beloved cultural icons to a new generation. Born and ...

Somebody in the crowd would say ‘Hello Dolly!’ And each night it kept getting louder: ‘Hello Dolly!’ ‘Hello Dolly!’ So Louis turned to me and said ‘what the hell is they talking about, Hello Dolly?’ … ...