In 1967, Louis Armstrong released "What A Wonderful World", his signature song, even though his record label hated it.

When the world-renowned jazz icon Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was on tour, he would always put up a small Christmas tree in the hotel he and his wife Lucille were staying. When they were home for the ...

At the end of his career, every note from Louis Armstrong still exuded the joy of being alive. That’s true of a live album out Friday titled “Louis in London,” heralded in promotional material as his ...

Upon its November release, “Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule” (Verve/UMe) landed among Billboard’s Top 10 of jazz album sales, where it remains. With this collection of Christmas-themed recordings, Louis ...

Jane Monheit, “The Merriest” (Club44): It’s been 17 years since this jazz vocalist released her first holiday effort, and the interim has done nothing but make Monheit better. Sublime singing is, not ...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center is presenting four concerts this weekend that will reimagine Louis Armstrong’s and Dave Brubeck’s 1962 album, The Real Ambassadors. Iola Brubeck and Dave Brubeck during Dave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This cover image released by Verve/UMG shows “Louis in London (Live at the BBC)” by Louis Armstrong. (Verve/UMG via AP) At the end ...