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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.