Armstrong was raised in poverty, but he found his path at a home for boys where he learned to play cornet and joined a band.

The Saint Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, is located right on Canal Street in the famous French Quarter, offering the p ...

Hundreds attended the 25th annual Satchmo SummerFest in New Orleans to honor jazz legend Louis Armstrong. NEW ORLEANS — The August heat didn’t keep music lovers away from the 25th annual Satchmo ...

Outside, on Governor Nicholls Street, there was a salute to Satchmo with more brass bands tuning up their chops, while ...

As the commercials are about to run on the Dubai One TV channel, an all too familiar melody plays out, signaling a transfer to the next program or ...

The Scranton Jazz Festival kicked off Friday. Organizers say what started as a one day festival with a few hundred people has ...

Centered on the 300 to 600 blocks of Julia Street, the celebration also spills into neighboring Camp and Magazine streets.

BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second ...

Born into a well-known conjunto family in San Antonio on March 11, 1939, Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez began playing conjunto ...

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define the Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched ...

The San Antonio native and conjunto legend received numerous awards and honors over the course of a seven-decade career.

What did a Jewish family in New Orleans and jazz great Louis Armstrong have in common? The Karnofsky Tailor Shop.