Armstrong
Historic Museum Opens in New York October
16, 2003 - In the Ken
Burns PBS Jazz series a few years ago he was called the father of Jazz. It
seems fitting that Louis Armstrong would have a historical museum in his honor.
His home in Queens, New York was officially reopened to the public as a museum
yesterday. Armstrong lived in the house with his wife from 1943 until his death
in 1971. A ribbon surrounding the house was cut with a giant pair of scissors
followed by a huge party to celebrate. The house has undergone a 1.6 million dollar
U.S. renovation and restoration. Review
- Ken Burns-Jazz The Story Of American Jazz(5 CD Box Set)
Verve/Columbia
- Filmmaker Ken Burns say's for a lot of us exploring
history is like reading the phone book. He has a point, I still get flashbacks
of trying to understand or at least remember the facts of High School History.
We seem to be a society who lives in the present, we worry about the future, but
we have very little time for the past. Interestingly when we talk with someone
who's been there or at least has a passion for history it seems to wake us up
and we listen. Ken Burns who scored big points making history more than just palatable
but essential with his PBS series on Baseball & the Civil War has returned
with the final part of his Americana trilogy JAZZ. Read
more.
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October
16, 2003 - In the 
Verve/Columbia
- Filmmaker Ken Burns say's for a lot of us exploring
history is like reading the phone book. He has a point, I still get flashbacks
of trying to understand or at least remember the facts of High School History.
We seem to be a society who lives in the present, we worry about the future, but
we have very little time for the past. Interestingly when we talk with someone
who's been there or at least has a passion for history it seems to wake us up
and we listen. Ken Burns who scored big points making history more than just palatable
but essential with his PBS series on Baseball & the Civil War has returned
with the final part of his Americana trilogy JAZZ. 
