NEW ORLEANS — Nearly 40 bands are set to perform this weekend for the annual Satchmo Summer Fest. There's Charmaine Neville, Cyril Neville, and Kermit Ruffins, to name a few. New Orleans is the ...

French Quarter Festivals, Inc. has announced the 25th anniversary of Satchmo SummerFest. The two-day celebration honoring the life and legacy of jazz legend Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong will take place ...

NEW ORLEANS — The August heat didn’t keep music lovers away from the 25th annual Satchmo SummerFest this weekend. The two-day event honors the life and legacy of jazz icon Louis Armstrong. Held at the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The ‘wonderful world’ of New Orleans culture was on display for this year’s Satchmo Summerfest, honoring the life and legacy of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. The weekend music ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The 25th annual Satchmo SummerFest, held in the French Quarter of New Orleans, has been announced for Aug. 2 and 3. Officials say the festival was started in 2001 to commemorate ...

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) celebrated its annual awards honoring jazz education and music advocacy during Jazz Congress, a two-day series of workshops, panels and networking ...

Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Sam's Funky Nation (pictured), Bill Summers & Jazalsa and others headline Satchmo SummerFest, which celebrates Louis "Satchmo" ...

Louis Armstrong’s crowd-pleasing public persona got him called an Uncle Tom and worse. In Satchmo at the Waldorf, playwright Terry Teachout mounts a modest if effective defense of the jazz trumpeter ...

Louis Armstrong’s virtuoso talents and charm earned him a singular place on top of the jazz world, as well as international fame and popularity, which can obscure his very humble beginnings. He adored ...

Two hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. Come for the music in “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,” the Satchmo show that opened Monday night at ...