“The first couple of episodes happened to be about Louis Armstrong, and I just thought, ‘that makes so much sense,’” he says. “Louis Armstrong. Music. Musical. Broadway. I’m on Broadwa ...
Louis Armstrong, the iconic trumpeter with a voice that could melt glaciers, wasn't just a legend in the music world. He was also a man with a taste for the finer things in life, and that included ...
A large part of this musical depicts the ups and downs of Armstrong’s life and four marriages. Of course, a musical about Louis Armstrong is going to include a lot of fantastic vocal performances.
They also built warships for rival navies all over the globe at a shipyard on the Tyne. The trade mushroomed, but Armstrong lost interest and a strike on Tyneside in 1871 added to his disillusionment.