The “later years” of Louis Armstrong lasted almost a quarter century, from the first performance of his new small group at Town Hall in New York on May 17, 1947, until his death in his modest ...

When Louis Armstrong recorded “What a Wonderful World” in 1967, America was in upheaval. The Vietnam War was in full swing, and Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a battle for civil rights.

The shapeless and meandering new show “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical” opened Monday at Studio 54, ... He is an author of several books on the entertainment industry, ...