Music production and licensing for broadcast video and filmmaker industries. Composers and songwriters create new original music to score independent film and video productions. >>read more
Louis Armstrong Centennial: Satchmo's Tribute to Louis Armstrong on the 100th Anniversary of his birth.
If Louis Armstrong were still alive, he would have celebrated his 100th birthday on July 4, 2000. Satch believed his birth date to be July 4, 1900. A baptismal certificate, indicating a birth date of August 4, 1901, was discovered in... >>read more
The Louis Armstrong House & Archives collection contains Armstrong's personal photographs, papers, scrapbooks, commercial recordings, private recordings, memorabilia, and musical instruments. The collection provides an intensely personal view of Armstrong's life. >>read more
Louis Armstrong, and his influence on Jazz music and musicians. This site contains history, lyrics, photos, quotations, and comments.
Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in the Storyville District of New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 4, 1901, he always celebrated his birth as July 4, 1900 because that is what he was told and believed. His... >>read more
Wikipedia: Louis Armstrong:
Louis Daniel Armstrong (usually pronounced "Louee" in the French pronunciation with a silent s) (August 4, 1901[1] – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo for satchel-mouth and Pops) was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright... >>read more
Blanche Calloway:
Shortly after we fell in love with Cab Calloway, we learned that he had an older sister named Blanche who was also a band leader. We found a picture of her in a book of jazz, a beautiful, lithe lady with that distinctive Calloway grin. With a little checking around, we discovered that recordings of her were available on... >>read more
All About Jazz: Johnny Hartman: The voice That Is: (by Bret Arenson):
The lush baritone voice of Johnny Hartman enriched many big bands in the Forties and Fifties including Dizzy Gillespie's and Erol Garner's. But in the sixties he recorded many fine albums as leader and with all-star small groups. Although not as popular as some of his... >>read more