EditorialJazz musician Louis Armstrong's Esquire All-American 1946 Award is seen at the Louis Armstrong Center extension to his House Museum in the Queens borough of New York City
EditorialFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plays drums for the trumpeter Chris Botti at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Drums Competition and Gala Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sept. 23, 2012. (Evelyn Hockstein/The New York Times)
Editorial Musicians perform during the grand re-opening event for David Geffen Hall in New York on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)