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After surpassing one billion total views across all channels (including YouTube, Apple Music and Facebook) late last year, the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show have opened again to share rare vintage ...
Sacha Jenkins' film explores the artistic titan Louis Armstrong was and the man beneath the mask. We hear a clip of the late sax legend Artie Shaw stating, “I would say jazz almost stems from Louis ...
Personal tapes and letters bring fresh insights into the jazz great as a musician and a Black man. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...
In "Jazz" — Ken Burns' 11-chapter history of the art form — exceptional jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis calls fellow native New Orleanian and horn player Louis Armstrong "an unrivaled genius." ...