It’s March 1971 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and LOUIS ARMSTRONG has just played one of the final performances of his extraordinary career. Unwinding backstage, he recounts events that transformed ...

Louis Armstrong’s crowd-pleasing public persona got him called an Uncle Tom and worse. In Satchmo at the Waldorf, playwright Terry Teachout mounts a modest if effective defense of the jazz trumpeter ...

No jazz artist takes Louis Armstrong seriously. He is both the most famous jazz musician in history and the one whose music is examined the least. Conservatory students begin their studies in the ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. John Douglas Thompson returns to Shakespeare & Company for the world premierre of ...

Two hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. Come for the music in “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,” the Satchmo show that opened Monday night at ...

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly 40 bands are set to perform this weekend for the annual Satchmo Summer Fest. There's Charmaine Neville, Cyril Neville, and Kermit Ruffins, to name a few. New Orleans is the ...