Guardian Music — Jazz drummer who performed with Basie, Ellington and ArmstrongThe drummer Butch Ballard, who has died aged 92, was one of a handful of African-American jazz musicians who performed with both the Count Basie and Duke Ellington orchestras. Having also ... more info

Guardian Music — As his silent Louis Armstrong movie premieres in London, director Dan Pritzker reveals he has another treat for jazz fansTo Bolden go…Billionaire Dan Pritzker premieres his charming silent jazz movie Louis tonight at the Barbican, with live orchest... more info

Guardian Music — Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and its live score opened Dan Pritzker's eyes to the possibilities of silent movies. But was choosing Louis Armstrong as his subject a step too far?I was working on a screenplay about Buddy Bolden, "inventor" of jazz, wh... more info

Guardian Music — As the My favourite album series concludes, we look back at the highlights and see what readers had to say about our choicesAs the My favourite album series closes with Peter Robinson on Now That's What I Call Music 11, it seemed like a good opportun... more info

Guardian Music — (Reprise/Rhino)Wynton Marsalis says he wanted last April's Lincoln Centre blues collaborations with Eric Clapton "to sound like people playing music they know and love, not like a project". Marsalis knew all too well that such a meeting could sound l... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Jon Wilde explains how Louis Armstrong's music pulled him back from the brink …Even though Louis Armstrong ultimately changed my life, I came to jazz l... more info

The Telegraph — Grammy-winning Jazz musican John Chilton, who was Louis Armstrong's biographer, enjoys a new 10-CD boxset that showcases a musical master. more info

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Guardian Music — (Universal, 10 CD box set)On musical grounds alone, a 10-disc collection of Louis Armstrong's best work from the 1920s to the 1960s can't help walking off with a five-star rating. The only reservation about this unstintingly luxurious, memorabilia-la... more info

The Telegraph — This is as good a compendium of the genius of Louis Armstrong as anyone could wish for. more info