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 ...

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 ...

Reporting from New York — In 1947, jazz great Louis Armstrong got himself a new gadget -- a tape recorder, fresh out on the consumer market. It was a big, boxy machine that he set up in concert halls ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was one of his final live performances. On Jan. 29, 1971, 69-year-old Louis Armstrong walked onto the stage at the National Press Club to accept an award. He'd planned to perform a couple of ...

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?’ … ...

How many Broadway shows has Louis Armstrong been in? Louis Armstrong has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Louis Armstrong been in? Louis Armstrong has not appeared in the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...