a renowned multimedia artist with numerous accomplishments including creating album covers for musicians such as Duke Ellington and book covers for poet Langston Hughes. Alston was the first ...

Glass covers the white table clothes ... In one booth, legends such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington smile from their signed promo shots. Another features Lawrence Welk, the ...

Glass covers the white table clothes ... In one booth, legends such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington smile from their signed promo shots. Another features Lawrence Welk, the ...

We are having Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis come out as ... We are having Betty Carter, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Duke Ellington [playing] the set before Ella. And then, with her full and entire ...

Duke Blues Machine competes in International ... which is why this charming record has covers from Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, but also Van Morrison and John Lennon. Relish the version ...

In 1899, blues guitarist and singer Lonnie Johnson was born in New Orleans. More respected for his playing than his singing, Johnson developed his distinctive style as early as 1927 when he recorded ...

One of life’s greatest joys is music discovery: uncovering an artist, album, or song that might change your ... she shared bills with such colossal stars as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Cab ...

By the 30s, she was working as a freelance arranger, writing charts for Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, and, later, Duke Ellington ... ranging from Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman to Billie Holiday ...

Album covers can sometimes make or break the appeal of an album. These five super-cool album covers from the 1990s only made the music within their sleeves even better. Let’s take a look at just ...

We’re ranking all 40 of his studio albums by the quality of the cover art. We’ve left out archival discs like the Bootleg Series and hits collections: It’s relatively easy to pick a stellar ...

Digitas Chicago/NERDS In the commercial, Shaboozey also adds some twang to a cover of Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.” “I have this deep resonating tone, and Louis' voice is so ...