Louis Armstrong News

Get full details for all the jazz programming coming up at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater, February 14 - February 27. 

Tony-nominated actor Daniel J. Watts (TINA: The Tina Turner Musical) teams up with Louis Armstrong House Museum Program Director Jake Goldbas for an evening of music, spoken word, and tap dance. Watts will lead the audience through poems, songs, and more that deconstruct the complexities of Armstrong's life with a full house band.

Northglenn Arts Presents, north metro’s professional performance series, celebrates Black History Month with two shows at the Parsons Theatre. This year features the musical storytelling of the History of African American Music Part 2 and the narrative of movement in One People, Many Voices. 

To the world, Louis Armstrong is iconic — a symbol of musical genius, unparalleled success, and unassailable character. To Sarasota resident, author, and broadcast host, Sharon Preston-Folta, he was simply Dad.

The Birdland Theatre and Jazz Club has an abundance of performances happening from January 31st through February 13th. Artists appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include John Pizzarelli Swing Seven, SUNY Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra, Greg Abate Quartet, John Pizzarelli Trio and Svetlana's Big Band. 

The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced its 61st season, led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, July 3 to August 27, 2022. The 2022 Festival features an opera initiative, a new Sunday afternoon piano recital series showcasing virtuosic pianists, robust orchestral offerings, the continuation of the Gateway Series and more.

This musical love story showcases the works of both the well-known great Louis Armstrong and Lil Hardin Armstrong, Louis’s second wife (of four), who herself loomed as a highly renowned jazz musician and pianist.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this February with a full slate of nightly performances! 

This February and March, Carnegie Hall will present Afrofuturism, a citywide festival exploring the thriving aesthetic and cultural movement that looks to the future through a Black cultural lens, intersecting music, visual art, literature, politics, science fiction, and technology.

Get full details for jazz programming coming up at at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater. January 17 - January 30.

Producer Craig Horsley spotted bass soloist Marvin Gayatgay on YouTube and gave him his first solo show. Horsley, clearly, has an eye for talent.

Terry Teachout, biographer, playwright, director, and drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, has passed away. He was 65 years old.

North Coast Rep brings together Shakespeare and the wild, witty west in their production of DESPERATE MEASURES. No wild west story is complete without someone to bring law and order and Elijah Rock is happy to bring that role to life.  A classically trained singer, Rock talks about helping bring this musical comedy to life through February 12th.

Today, the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) launched a new digital guide on the free cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

'I Want You Around' is the latest single from HeIsTheArtist to reach the international iTunes charts. This time, it's the UK, where the Snoh Aalegra cover hit #3 on the iTunes jazz songs chart, held from the top only by two Louis Armstrong classics. The single is from his forthcoming April 2022 Gospel Jazz EP release, 'The Faded Outro.'

The national tour of the smash hit HAMILTON has triumphantly returned to the Eccles Theater and is safely performing with passion and resilience, creating a special, undeniable experience. 

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, will continue to host today’s jazz legends and rising stars. On February 3, The Django celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn-based record label, La Reserve, with special performances by the label’s artists.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

The album features the lead single, 'Unexpected Song' from the musical Song and Dance. With theatrical credits that include Anna Leonowens in the Broadway production of The King and I, Osmond also performs numbers from Into the Woods, West Side Story, The Sound of Music and more. Listen to the album now!

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.