A modest red brick house on 107th Street in Corona, Queens is not just any home — it was once the longtime residence of legendary trumpet player and vocalist Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille.

They are 12 seconds that changed the course of jazz—the opening of Louis Armstrong’s 1928 trumpet solo on “West End Blues.” Its strutting four-note beginning leads to a flashy climax ...

From Louis Armstrong's trumpet to Grandmaster Flash's turntable and from a Central African harp to an Apache violin, these objects represent just a sampling of how music is collected, curated and ...

(JTA) — Hurricane Ida flattened the New Orleans home where a youthful Louis ... whistle was Armstrong’s first instrument. The Karnofsky patriarch bought Armstrong’s first trumpet, with ...

Two photos circulating on social media for years authentically showed jazz legend Louis Armstrong drawing a trumpet on a fan's head in France. Rating: A pair of images that appeared to show jazz ...

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As ebullient and welcoming as Louis Armstrong's trumpet or Professor Longhair's piano playing, Lucky 8 brings the vibrance ...

the year they released the very first jazz record Trumpet legend Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo, forged a career that lasted five decades Former Davis accompanist Herbie Hancock made a name ...