"Born on the Fourth of July." Many have made that yankee doodle boast — including songwriter George M. Cohan (born July 3) and MGM chief Louis B. Mayer (born July 12). But Louis Armstrong is a special ...

During sold-out European concert tours in the mid-1950s, Louis Armstrong earned the nickname "Ambassador Satch." His reception abroad helped inspire a successful goodwill diplomacy effort that sent ...

To celebrate Seven Days of Satch, a week-long virtual festival produced by French Quarter Festivals Inc., OffBeat is republishing decades worth of Louis Armstrong content! For Day Five of our ...

To celebrate Seven Days of Satch, a week-long virtual festival produced by French Quarter Festivals Inc., OffBeat is republishing decades worth of Louis Armstrong content! For Day Two of our ...

This compilation of vocals by the legendary Louis Armstrong spans the years 1929 (“Ain’t Misbehavin’”) to 1967 (“Cabaret”) and shows, more than anything else, that only the instrumental backing ...

One New Orleans music great honors another in “Ske-Dat-De-Dat … The Spirit of Satch.” To be released Tuesday, the album, Dr. John’s tribute to Louis Armstrong, features 13 songs picked from the vastly ...