Virtual Exhibits

Hi readers, this is Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Normally I’m the one digging through the Archives to post the “Virtual Exhibits” that… Read more

If you happened to be watching Jeopardy! last night, February 25, 2026, you would have seen the following Louis Armstrong-related clue: The timing of that clip could not have been… Read more

Milan Schijatschky passed away this week at the age of 95. You might not recognize that name, but he was a Swiss dentist by trade, in addition to being a… Read more

A scratchy record can be heard faintly in the background. It’s “Stranger in Paradise,” but it’s not Tony Bennett’s hit recording, it’s an obscure Italian pop singer, Ray Martino. After… Read more

Last week, the 1956 film High Society, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong, was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Since most of… Read more

Happy New Year and welcome to the first “That’s My Home” post of 2026….and the tenth (and final!) in this ongoing series inspired by the centennial of the first Louis… Read more

Hello folks and welcome to our final post of 2025! It’s been an exciting year as we’ve covered a lot of different stories here on the Louis Armstrong’s “That’s My… Read more

Happy Holidays, folks! Here’s a bit of a surprise installment of our Hot Five series, something to sit back, relax, and listen to while hopefully taking some time off at… Read more

Welcome back to the next installment in our series of posts inspired by the first Louis Armstrong Hot Five recording session of November 12, 1925. We’ve come along way since… Read more

Last time out, we told the story of George Avakian, who, while still a 21-year-old student at Yale, was hired by Columbia Records oversee a series of jazz reissue albums…. Read more