As we recently learned from a Lexicon Valley podcast, the Oxford English Dictionary defines the heebie-jeebies as “a feeling of discomfort, apprehension or depression … the jitters.” In 1923, the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. De Beck’s reduplication was propelled to national recognition when Louis Armstrong recorded his ...

In 1926, while recording a song about a craze for the heebie-jeebie dance, Louis Armstrong lost, forgot, or ignored the lyrics, and substituted “scat” vocals. That recording became one of the most ...

Disc 1: 1. Sugar Foot Stomp 2. Cake Walkin' Babies From Home 3. Pickin' On Your Baby 4. Heebie Jeebies 5. Willie The Weeper 6. Potatohead Blues 7. West End Blues 8. Basin Street Blues 9. Beau Koo Jack ...

Camp Heebie Jeebies will enter its 16th summer season Sunday. Seventy young people will take classes and make music for a week at Camp David Jr. on Lake Crescent. The public is invited to hear the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. By exploring Armstrong’s offstage struggles and tensions, “A Wonderful World” wants to shatter the image of an entertainer who was far more than just affable. Louis Armstrong ...

Louis Armstrong's undeniable influence on jazz and popular culture has been the subject of many books, essays, and articles throughout the years, so one wonders will another biography add ...