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Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
New Orleans trumpet player and local legend Kermit Ruffins performs classic jazz and swing in the tradition of Louis Armstrong. New Orleans trumpet player and local legend Kermit Ruffins performs classic jazz and swing in the tradition of Louis Armstrong. 12:19 AM from LongIsland.com Read more »
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Sassy, savvy jazz/blues singer Catherine Russell a walking history book
It pertains to skin color. The song can be found on YouTube, and I think it speaks for itself. Q What do you remember about Louis Armstrong? A I went to Mr. Armstrong's house when I was about 4 years old with my parents. He was having a party, and I remember 6/18/13 from Contra Costa Times Read more »
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Louis Armstrong was the First Man to Walk on the Moon . . . or Why You Should Do the AP Grading
from across the country. You can laugh at the AP cartoonist’s cartoons (inspired by lines from students’ essays, like “Louis Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon,” or “Upton Sinclair wrote ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’”). If you’re interested, go here from Religion in American History Read more »
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PARAMOUNT HOME MEDIA DISTRIBUTION CELEBRATES THE DANNY KAYE CENTENNIAL WITH THE PREMIERE OF THE FIVE PENNIES, ON THE DOUBLE, THE COURT JESTER AND KNOCK ON WOOD NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES
talents in this success-tempered-with-tears biopic of jazz great Red Nichols, which features legendary performances by Louis Armstrong, along with big band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne. In On the Double Kaye stars as Ernie Williams, a G.I. from Smartcine.com Read more »
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SS Bigwin returns to Lake of Bays
those long-ago summers, the sturdy wooden steamship is said to have ferried Louis Armstrong, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable to the Bigwin Inn, a luxurious summer resort on an island in Lake of Bays. When the resort closed in the ’60s, the ship was a half-submerged from Toronto Star Read more »
