What a wonderful world indeed: “Pops,” a podcast about the life of music legend Louis Armstrong, is the next project from the team behind the “Inside Jaws” podcast. “Good Girls” actor Reno Wilson will ...

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 Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ...

Terry Teachout’s new biography of Louis Armstrong is stuck in the discophile groove. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In Sunday’s paper, we look inside the new Louis Armstrong bio ‘Pops: A ...

Louis Armstrong jukebox biomusical A Wonderful World plays its final performance at Broadway's Studio 54 February 23, capping off a run of 151 performances and 31 previews. The production began ...

There’s a great little anecdote in the new Louis Armstrong biography, Pops, written by Terry Teachout, about the trumpeter and his predilection for marijuana. The story reveals the truth that as long ...

Jazz great Louis Armstrong gestures to the crowd at the Atlanta Jazz Festival in Atlanta, in this June 6, 1966 photo. The ASSOCIATED PRESS Terry Teachout is a prolific arts writer who calls his work ...

If you’re a person of a certain age, a lover of jazz, a fan of outsized personalities, you’re probably familiar with the late Louis Armstrong. He was the great jazz trumpeter and gravel-voiced singer ...

For the November, 1998 issue of High Times, writer Steve Gelsi investigated Louis Armstrong’s (1901-1971) ties to weed. In honor of Armstrong’s birthday on August 4, we’re republishing the story below ...