“Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums” is a four-CD compilation of Louis Armstrong’s 1957 studio recordings for Verve. While there are some golden trumpet solos (for example, “Let’s Fall in Love” and ...

CD1: I Cover the Waterfront; Dinah; Tiger Rag; Chinatown My Chinatown; You Rascal You; On The Sunny Side of the Street; Twelfth Street Rag; Steak Face; When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Indiana; A ...

The more you listen to young Louis Armstrong, the more you hear. The more you hear, the more you realize the extent to which jazz evolved from his intelligence, imagination, daring and sense of form.

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Ellington and Armstrong were contemporaries who enjoyed long, successful careers, but while their paths crossed often on the road, they rarely met in the studio. This 1961 meeting was originally ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...