Grammy-winning trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong — who was known as the King of Jazz over the course of his five decades ...
The performer’s latest assignment would seem to pose an even greater challenge: In “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong ... World,” the late jazz giant comes across as puzzlingly smaller than ...
Roy Haynes, a versatile drummer who played with jazz greats including Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker, died Tuesday after ...
Louis Armstrong’s innovative musicianship and incredible charisma as trumpeter and vocalist would lead him from the early days of jazz in his native New Orleans to five decades of international ...