Exactly 100 years ago this winter, two recordings features Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet marked the triumph of New ...
Evan Christopher began playing clarinet in junior high school in Long Beach, CA. His first introduction to New Orleans music ...
When you think of Kansas City and New Orleans, what comes to mind? For many, it's the music—the jazz, the rhythm, and the deep-rooted history.
The Louis Armstrong Musical is playing at Studio 54 on Broadway until February 23rd.  Armstrong (1901-1971) lived a life that ...
They all know the tune beforehand, and the responsibilities of their chosen instruments ... example of jazz improvisation, listen to Louis Armstrong. As the writer Stanley Crouch has observed ...
The New Orleans Songbook will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Ellen Eccles Theatre is located at 43 ...
From Eugene Levy’s runaway eyebrows to Willem Dafoe’s pickleball prowess, these brands are banking on unforgettable imagery ...
From aerial dance inspired by Harry Potter to jazz-infused symphony concerts, venues from Denver to Grand Junction highlight ...
The appetite for high-quality jazz in the Berkshires seems to be insatiable, judging by the response it has gotten at ...
For those who like their seafood with a bit of heat, the Jamaican Jerk Mahi-Mahi is a spice lover’s dream. The fish is rubbed ...
Even before dropping the needle on the seminal blues-rock album Super Session in 1968, a then 13-year-old Jimmy Vivino was ...
While these musicians were sent out as propaganda instruments, they were not passive, Grimonprez says: they still had their own voice. “Louis Armstrong is sent out and used, but he remains very ...