Louis Armstrong News

Hall's 'Change In Me' Helps Rodgers Ignite The Oak Room Through 5/29

At an early age, Jan Daley had already broken into television with guest appearances on The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Dean Martin Show, and The David Frost Show on BBC, and co-starred in music specials with Frankie Avalon and Jack Cassidy.

Hall's 'Change In Me' Helps Rodgers Ignite The Oak Room Through 5/29

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & UPRIGHT CABARET are thrilled to announce the performers for their fourth fantastic UPRIGHT CABARET experience at the NEW Cabaret Lounge at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Yvette Cason, Von Smith and Katy Mixon will be performing their own selections while highlighting the music of Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley and Prince, under the musical direction of Gerald Sternbach in a one-night-only concert - THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 8PM.

Bay Street Theatre's Picture Show expands this Spring with a new series for lovers of both music and film! THE LEGENDS SERIES, sponsored in part by Long Island Radio Broadcasting WEHM 92.9/96.9, will feature four evenings of incredibly rare film footage of live performances by some of the greatest musical icons of all time.

Familiar music takes on new meanings when sung by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, whether it's 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' or Tchaikovsky's score for 'The Nutcracker.' Much the same thing happens in the films of Baz Luhrmann.

On Thursday, May 20, The Jazz Foundation of America will presents its 9th annual 'A Great Night in Harlem' from 8 PM to 10 PM at the Apollo Theater (253 West 125th St. New York, NY).

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem will host two free events May 18 and 20 at the Visitors Center (104 East 126th Street, Stuite 2C). Special Guest New Orleans poet/performer Chuck Perkins will participate on Tuesday, May 18 for Jazz for Curious Listeners Tuning in to Treme: Hymns, Dirges and Misdemeanors starting at 7pm. On Thursday, May 20 NJMH welcomes Dave Samuels, Vibraphonist, educatour and author will participate at 6:30pm. On Friday, May 21 at the Dwyer Cultural Center 'Take the A Train: A Big Band Swing Dance' featuring NJMH All Star Big Band directed by Loren Schoenberg. Tickets are $20. For more information email info@DwyerCC.org. For a full list of events visit http://www.jmih.org/.

Composer/pianist/singer/actor/bandleader Hoagy Carmichael wrote four of the most-recorded American songs of all time: 'Stardust,' 'Georgia on My Mind,' 'The Nearness of You,' and 'Heart and Soul.'

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem will host two free events May 18 and 20 at the Visitors Center (104 East 126th Street, Stuite 2C). Special Guest New Orleans poet/performer Chuck Perkins will participate on Tuesday, May 18 for Jazz for Curious Listeners Tuning in to Treme: Hymns, Dirges and Misdemeanors starting at 7pm. On Thursday, May 20 NJMH welcomes Dave Samuels, Vibraphonist, educatour and author will participate at 6:30pm. On Friday, May 21 at the Dwyer Cultural Center 'Take the A Train: A Big Band Swing Dance' featuring NJMH All Star Big Band directed by Loren Schoenberg. Tickets are $20. For more information email info@DwyerCC.org. For a full list of events visit http://www.jmih.org/.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is set to offer a stellar season of outstanding concerts, plays, films and children's shows.

At an early age, Jan Daley had already broken into television with guest appearances on The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Dean Martin Show, and The David Frost Show on BBC, and co-starred in music specials with Frankie Avalon and Jack Cassidy.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents improvisational saxophone legend Sonny Rollins at The Paramount Theatre. A rare treat, this engagement will be Rollins' first tour to Seattle in almost 15 years and his first performance at The Paramount Theatre. Always a restless creative spirit, a constantly self-renewing citizen of the jazz world and one of the music's leading lights, Rollins is jazz's most exacting, exhilarating and inspiring practitioners.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is set to offer a stellar season of outstanding concerts, plays, films and children's shows.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents improvisational saxophone legend Sonny Rollins at The Paramount Theatre. A rare treat, this engagement will be Rollins' first tour to Seattle in almost 15 years and his first performance at The Paramount Theatre. Always a restless creative spirit, a constantly self-renewing citizen of the jazz world and one of the music's leading lights, Rollins is jazz's most exacting, exhilarating and inspiring practitioners.

On April 29, 2010, at 1:00 p.m., New York's Children will celebrate American Music in a FREE public concert at Duke Ellington Circle.

Bay Street Theatre's Picture Show expands this Spring with a new series for lovers of both music and film! THE LEGENDS SERIES, sponsored in part by Long Island Radio Broadcasting WEHM 92.9/96.9, will feature four evenings of incredibly rare film footage of live performances by some of the greatest musical icons of all time.

On Tuesday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m., Jon Faddis-celebrated jazz trumpeter, composer, conductor, and educator-returns to Carnegie Hall with a performance that pays homage to the musical styles of trumpeters who have left an indelible footprint on the instrument as well as on the jazz music genre.