After he died in 1971, Lucille began to envision this mass of material as an archive, making plans for its preservation. The Louis Armstrong Archive, the world's largest for any single jazz ...

Forming "Louis Armstrong and His All Stars," he continued ... jazz and American culture cannot be overstated. Even after his death in 1971, his music continues to inspire generations of musicians ...

Once, more than 60 years ago, Jewel Brown was in the middle of a bidding war between two of the most legendary names in jazz: Louis Armstrong ... a stroke and died. Armstrong offered the job ...

Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who nearly died this spring, is happily back practicing for his eventual return to work, shown in the upstairs den of his Corona, New York home on June 23, 1971.

“Louis: A Silent Movie with Live Accompaniment ... Marsalis, who was 9 when Armstrong died, says he’s glad he never met him before he really understood Armstrong’s life and legacy.