Ricky Riccardi

Ricky Riccardi is Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum, and author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years and Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong . In 2022, he won a GRAMMY Award for Best Album Notes for The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Studio Sessions 1946-1966 . He has delivered lectures on Armstrong at venues around the world and has taught Armstrong courses for Jazz at Lincoln Center's...See more

Ricky Riccardi is Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum, and author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years and Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong . In 2022, he won a GRAMMY Award for Best Album Notes for The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Studio Sessions 1946-1966 . He has delivered lectures on Armstrong at venues around the world and has taught Armstrong courses for Jazz at Lincoln Center's Swing University and at Queens College, CUNY. Riccardi has a degree in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers University. See less