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Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree hits US No 1 – 65 years after release

At 78, Lee becomes oldest person to top US singles chart, beating record held by Louis Armstrong since 1964

The Guardian - UK

‘Fela Kuti was always in his pants’: legendary music photographer Val Wilmer’s greatest shoots

She ate fried chicken with BB King, gave Jimi Hendrix a lift home from a gig and accidentally worked for MI6. The pioneer recalls her favourite subjects – and the ones like Miles Davis she’d rather forget

The Guardian - UK

‘A Wonderful World’ offers great song and dance, but the telling of Louis Armstrong’s story needs some polish

Theatrical imagination comes up short in new musical boasting a dynamic, increasingly complex lead performance by James Monroe Iglehart.

Chicago Sun-Times

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New musical has a tall task: covering Louis Armstrong’s amazing lifetime of miracles

‘A Wonderful World’ attempts to sum up an inventive and daring career in jazz that started in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago Oct. 5-11: The Mix

Bonnie Raitt’s post-Grammy victory tour, a Broadway-bound Louis Armstrong musical and the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns are among this week’s entertainment highlights.

Chicago Sun-Times

Guide to Chicago’s 2023 fall theater lineup

The local theater scene has something for everyone this fall. Here are some of the offerings across the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stock market fanfare plays for Round Hill Music in £375 million deal

Star-studded back catalogue including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and Louis Armstrong to go private

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Fall theater in Chicago a powerhouse mix of old favorites and world premieres

Here are highlights of the upcoming season on Chicago-area stages.

Chicago Sun-Times

US Open order of play and Thursday’s tennis schedule

Home hero Coco Gauff is one step away from the US Open final and faces Karolina Muchova in the semi-finals

The Independent UK

John Goto obituary

Photographic artist and teacher who felt himself part of the European tradition, with echoes of Russian constructivism in his work

The Guardian - UK

Biz Markie was the "essence of hip-hop"

Director Sacha Jenkins on Showtime doc "All Up in the Biz" and how the artist influenced Rakim and Big Daddy Kane

Salon

Louis, lounges and left-field covers: How New York’s jazz scene is getting more accessible

Tamara Hinson checks out the new home for Louis Armstrong’s 60,000-piece archive, alongside the Big Apple’s coolest jazz bars and clubs

The Independent UK

Flying with weed? It’s still very much illegal – just ask Gigi Hadid

After the supermodel was fined for travelling to the Cayman Islands with ganja, Kevin E G Perry explores why taking cannabis on a flight can still land you in hot water, even if it was bought legally

The Independent UK

Flying with weed? It’s still very much illegal – just ask Gigi Hadid

After the supermodel was fined for travelling to the Cayman Islands with ganja, Kevin E G Perry explores why taking cannabis on a flight can still land you in hot water, even if it was bought legally

The Independent UK

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Bangkok Post

Glimmer of hope for foot soldiers

There was encouraging news for Bangkok's pedestrians last week when the city governor announced that during the coming year there would be a major upgrade of pavements in the Big Mango. It was promised that some pavements might even become "walkable". Well, best of luck with that.

WEKU

Louis Armstrong's dazzling archive has a new home — his

Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block.

Cycling Weekly

Lance Armstrong plays astronaut on reality TV show; does he have the right stuff to win?

Lance Armstrong, the disgraced pro cyclist, is one of 12 celebs competing for the title ‘brightest star in the galaxy’ on Fox' Stars on Mars

Chicago Sun-Times

Gerald Sims, Chess Records session guitarist heard on Jackie Wilson’s ‘Higher and Higher,’ dead at 83

Beside playing with many blues, soul greats, he also owned a music school and store near 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue where he gave Howlin’ Wolf guitar lessons.

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The Muppets Mayhem is out today, and here's everything we know about who the band members are based on

The Muppets Mayhem has arrived to Disney+, and we take a look at the real people and musicians the band members are based on.

The Guardian - US

‘We have to be part of the solution’: building the Black Wall Streets of tomorrow

How activists and visionaries across the nation are designing the new hubs of Black commerce

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Beetlejuice,’ ‘Company,’ ‘Lehman Trilogy’ among Broadway in Chicago’s upcoming season

Season subscription renewals are currently on sale.

WEKU

What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery

For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The secret may lie in subtle nuances in a soloist's timing.

Tribune News Service

Mineta? SJC? Airport rebrand aims to show the way to San Jose while still honoring namesake

New York has John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C. has Ronald Reagan, and New Orleans has Louis Armstrong.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The holiday music playlist you need, want and deserve

Holiday music is a big business that generates $170 million a year, according to Billboard.

Tribune News Service

Here are 12 cool new Christmas albums for the season

Do you ever get tired of hearing Nat King Cole croon about “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” during the Christmas season?

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