They are 12 seconds that changed the course of jazz—the opening of Louis Armstrong’s 1928 trumpet ... remembered the kindnesses shown him by the Karnofskys, a family of Lithuanian Jews he ...
(JTA) — Hurricane Ida flattened the New Orleans home where a youthful Louis Armstrong spent ... Starting at about age 5, Armstrong was friends with the five Karnofsky sons and the family would ...
We talk with author Ricky Riccardi about how Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star and provided the foundation of improvisation for other musicians. Riccardi's book is Stomp Off, Let's Go.