Louis Armstrong News

The Louis Armstrong House Museum celebrates its 10-year anniversary on Tuesday October 15th, 2013. It has welcomed 100,000 visitors since opening its doors to the public as a historic house in 2003.

Multi-Platinum and seven-time GRAMMY winning icon Randy Travis is set to release his 21st studio album today, October 1st on Warner Bros. Records titled Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am.

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public, Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, features performances by LUKE WINSLOW KING & HIS BAND, BRIDGET EVERETT & THE TENDER MOMENTS, THE HOT SARDINES, CARTE BLANCHE, JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, JILLETTE JOHNSON, ALLEN TOUSSAINT: CD RELEASE, SPENCER DAY, and REBA C*NTRY! STARRING AMBER MARTINAS REBA MCENTIRE.

As DVDs of Baz Luhrmann's recent controversial adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel The Great Gatsby hit shelves today, Liberty Hall Museum in Union has announced it will host its own lavish Great Gatsby Party tonight, September 28th. Yelp New Jersey is a proud sponsor of the event.

This October we are giving special attention to some of the more unusual instruments in the jazz instrument family.

Trumpeter Dean Simms will perform as Satchmo in a tribute to the legendary Louis Armstrong at the Suncoast Showroom November 9 and 10.

Leading theatrical licensor, Music Theatre International (MTI), creators of the MTI Broadway Junior Collection (featuring 30 and 60-minute musicals designed for young performers) is launching a slate of children's musicals based on Mary Pope Osborne's beloved Magic Tree House book series. The books are number one New York Times bestsellers - more than 100 million copies have been sold in North America alone. The series has been translated into many languages and is available in more than 100 countries around the world.

Costa Mesa is about to get a huge dollop of Cole Porter's winsome musical magic this week when ANYTHING GOES, Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award-winning 2011 Revival, finally docks at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County for a limited one-week engagement, September 24-29. The show also serves as the final offering of the Center's 2012-2013 Broadway season. Starring alongside Rachel York (who plays Reno Sweeney) is actor-singer-songwriter Josh Franklin, who recently stepped into the role of Billy Crocker for the show's first national tour. Before setting sail for the O.C., Franklin agreed to be subjected to a few silly rapid-fire questions from BroadwayWorld's Michael Lawrence Quintos.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced their superb line-up of exciting talent for tonight, September 23- 29, 2013. Birdland will kick-off their entrancing week of programming with the following acts:

The Fulton Opera House Foundation of Lancaster announced the election of four new members to its Board of Trustees and new Board Officers including Dr. Elliot Sterenfeld, an Interventional Physiatrist at Lancaster NeuroScience & Spine Associates, who will serve as the Fulton Theatre's new Board President.

Symphony Space's 2013-14 Just Kidding season continues on Saturday, October 19th at 2pm with a return performance by the National Dance Institute (NDI) Celebration Team.This year's performance features choreography from NDI's signature Event of the Year, 'The Big Easy: NDI Celebrates New Orleans.'

Birdland Jazz Club has announced their brilliant line-up of marvelous talent for the month of October 2013. Birdland will kick-off their electrifying month of programming with the following acts:

Birdland Jazz Club has announced their superb line-up of exciting talent for September 23- 29, 2013. Birdland will kick-off their entrancing week of programming with the following acts.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum celebrates its 10-year anniversary on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013. It has welcomed 100,000 visitors since opening its doors to the public as a historic house in 2003.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts kicks off the 2013-14 season of its Jazz series with ANAT COHEN QUARTET on Saturday, October 12, 2013 and WARREN WOLF QUARTET on Saturday, November 2, 2013.

Round Hill Music, a full-service creative rights management company with a core focus on music publishing, is excited to officially announce the signing of a publishing joint venture with widely acclaimed indie record label, Mexican Summer (most renowned for launching the successful career of Best Coast).

Acclaimed trumpeter Jon Faddis will perform as a special guest with the NJCU Alumni Jazz Big Band in Six Decades of Jazz at NJCU, a free concert series launched in celebration of the inauguration of Dr. Sue Henderson as New Jersey City University's 12thpresident. The concert will take place at the J. Owen Grundy Pier, Exchange Place in Jersey City on Friday, September 20, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Z2 Entertainment presents the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to the Boulder Theater tonight, September 12th, 2013.

Indianapolis Opera opens the 2013-2014 Season with its premiere of Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera. All performances take place October 11-20, 2013 at the Basile Opera Center in Indianapolis. The 2013-14 Season marks 39 years for the IO.

The Chicago Cabaret Professionals will be pulling out all the stops as it proudly celebrates its fifteenth year of bringing live musical enjoyment by Chicago's favorite cabaret performers and fans on October 20 at Park West Theatre. The annual Gold Coast Award will be presented to popular entertainer Daryl Nitz and a special recognition award will be presented to Davenport's Cabaret and Piano Bar.