It would be difficult to find a better embodiment of the American dream than Louis Armstrong, who was born in 1901 to a single mother in the rough, poverty-stricken Back O’ Town neighborhood near what ...

“Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong” by Ricky Riccardi, Oxford University Press, 488 pages. Ricky Riccardi, the preeminent Louis Armstrong scholar, has become one of the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — After decades of trying to redevelop the Municipal Auditorium and Armstrong Park, there’s a new plan. Since Hurricane Katrina, the auditorium has sustained damage due to neglect ...

THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR IN CROWDS ALSO GATHERED IN ARMSTRONG PARK TO ENJOY THE NICE WEATHER FOR THE LOCALS FEST. PEOPLE COULD ENJOY LIVE MUSIC AND VENDORS FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW, ORGANIZERS SAY ...