so one wonders will another biography add substantially to the Armstrong body of knowledge? After reading Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong the answer is a resounding yes. The ...

We talk with author Ricky Riccardi about how Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star and provided the foundation of improvisation for other musicians. Riccardi's book is Stomp Off ...

The city has produced some of the world's great jazz musicians, none more celebrated than Louis "Satchmo ... "West End Blues," a famous early jazz tune. In 1929 Armstrong appeared on Broadway ...

This week: How Louis Armstrong became the first Black ... His new book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go. A family endures a dictatorship in the Oscar-nominated 'I'm Still ...