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Apple Original Films has green lit its Louis Armstrong documentary feature, Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong with Imagine Documentaries producing the documentary. The documentary, which is produced under Apple’s first-look agreement with Imagine Documentaries, will be directed by Emmy-nominated Sacha Jenkins , and produced by Jenkins, Julie Anderson, Sara Bernstein and Justin Wilkes.

Iconic recordings from Janet Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Marlo Thomas, Kool & the Gang, Labelle, Connie Smith, Nas, Phil Rizzuto, Jimmy Cliff and Kermit the Frog are among the latest aural treasures inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has named these and 15 other recordings as worthy of preservation this year, picked because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic importance to America's sound heritage.

Janet Jackson’s socially conscious album “Rhythm Nation 1814,” Louis Armstrong’s jazzy “When the Saints Go Marching In” and Nas’ debut release “Illmatic” are among 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.

LOS ANGELES -- Janet Jackson’s socially conscious album “Rhythm Nation 1814,” Louis Armstrong’s jazzy “When the Saints Go Marching In” and Nas’ debut release “Illmatic” are among 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that Labelle’s song “Lady Marmalade” and Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” are some of the titles tapped for preservation this year.

Louis Armstrong in a self-financed biopic about the late jazz legend’s life.That’s according to Jermaine Fowler, who in promoting his new film Coming 2 America told NME that is co-star is currently working on the biopic.When asked if he thinks Morgan is an under appreciated actor owning to his “whackier” roles, Fowler responded: “I do. I would love to see him do something dramatic.

Beyoncé, Prince, Lil Wayne, and Frank Ocean plus emerging Black artists you may not know yet.Consider it your soundtrack for February.Songs for Black History Month: Old & New Classics Black artists have dominated the music industry throughout history with their artistry and influence.Going as far back as Billie Holiday, Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, James Brown, and B.B. King, Black artists have given us music that will always be remembered and used for

Emmet Cohen, "Future Stride” (Mack Avenue Records)Stride provides a starting point on jazz pianist Emmet Cohen's new album. The opening cut, “Symphonic Raps,” is a New Orleans ragtime tune recorded by Louis Armstrong nearly a century ago, and Cohen plays it as though his piano is rolling downhill, accelerating until he leaves the rhythm section behind.That momentum sends Cohen on an exploration of other jazz stylings, with stride as an antecedent and recurring reference point.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has signed 14-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter Angelina Jordan, who won “Norway’s Got Talent” as an eight-year-old and will release her first single, “Million Miles,” self-written and produced by hitmaking duo Stargate (Beyonce, Rihanna, Sam Smith), on Friday.A musical prodigy, Jordan began studying classic singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong at the age of five.

Christine McGuiness has posted a touching tribute to her twins Penelope and Leo on Instagram to mark their seventh birthday. Paddy McGuinness’ 32 year old wife shared a loving montage of her children, showing photos of them throughout the years as they grow from babies to toddlers and then children while the song What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong played in the background.

Paddy McGuinness has shared a rare video of his daughter Felicity as she sang to him on a walk.The Top Gear host shared the 'special' moment with his Instagram followers and gushed over his daughters positivity in what is difficult times.In the clip three-year-old Felicity, who is the youngest of Paddy and wife Christine's children, giving her own rendition of What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong as he pushed her along the street in her pram.Paddy captioned the video: "I know how hard being

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films (“Maria By Callas,” “Portrait of A Lady On Fire”) has pulled out of “Louis Armstrong: The Cause of Happiness,” after the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation said they were not collaborators on the project, as previously indicated.MK2 Films announced on June 23 during the virtual Cannes market that it was handling international sales on the film.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films (“Maria By Callas,” “Portrait of A Lady On Fire”) has come on board “Louis Armstrong: The Cause of Happiness,” a feature documentary exploring the many faces of the jazz music icon, and set against the backdrop of the social, cultural and political milestones of U.S.

AG Rojas' Godchild, a short film about Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, is set for a digital release via Park Pictures after the Smithsonian Institute's Men of Change exhibition was disrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Park Pictures will make the film available starting June 4 as an exclusive one-month run on Rojas' website before the Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit, which featured Godchild, can resume.

The early history of rock 'n' roll is a story of segregation -- and Little Richard, who died of bone cancer at 87 on May 9, was a key player in the fight to destroy it.Because of Jim Crow laws, and racism in general, African-American musicians from Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker to Motown revues traveling through the South spent much of the 20th century relegated to black hotels and black restaurants, denied entrance even to hotels where they were headlining.

Oscar “Sonny” Cohen, former owner and president of Associated Booking Corp., died on April 10, 2020. The 92-year-old passed away in Boca Raton, Florida following a brief illness. During a colorful career that spanned more than 65 years from the 1940s through 2010, Cohen represented some of the biggest names in jazz, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and reggae from Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday to Rod Stewart, Bob Marley and Mary J. Blige.

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes joined the “One World: Together at Home” special from self-isolation in Miami.

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes were both performers during tonight's big Together at Home concert, and they opted to sing together. The couple did a gorgeous cover of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." The two sat together on the piano during the performance and focused on their singing.

By Jem Aswad

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have teamed up for a performance.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello invited fans into their cozy piano room for a beautiful rendition of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" during Saturday night's (April 18) One World: Together at Home benefit concert.

Suzy Delair, the French chanteuse and actress who found fame in the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 102.

The name's Eilish. Billie Eilish.

Billie Eilish is joining one of the most exclusive musical clubs in the world.What do Louis Armstrong, , Adele, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Duran Duran, and Tina Turner have in common? They've all performed Bond songs: the iconic singles that traditionally open James Bond movies. And now Eilish, who , will have one in her catalog.