WaterTower Theatre hasa nnounced casting and creative details for the one person play SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF by Terry Teachout, starring Sam Henderson, directed by Feleceia Wilson. This is the third ...

It’s March 1971 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and LOUIS ARMSTRONG has just played one of the final performances of his extraordinary career. Unwinding backstage, he recounts events that transformed ...

Louis Armstrong's crowd-pleasing public persona got him called an Uncle Tom and worse. In Satchmo at the Waldorf, playwright Terry Teachout mounts a modest if effective defense of the jazz trumpeter ...

In March of 1971, one of the greatest music legends the world would ever know was performing the final set of shows he would ever play at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. But the audiences who adored ...

Louis Armstrong was a prolific letter writer and he recorded many of this thoughts and conversations on reel-to-reel tapes. Collages he made on the covers of the boxes that stored the tapes were ...

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (1901-1971) is widely considered to be one of the 20th century's most brilliant and influential jazz musicians. Embraced by white audiences, he lived a life of privilege ...

Larry Murray: Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong was born in 1901 and played the trumpet just about all his life, right up until the day he died in 1971. For most of us, myself included, his playing was about ...

Whether he’s writing, directing, or performing, jazz is a part of Sam Henderson’s life. Miles Davis’ music, in particular, stands out as an important part of the Baylor assistant professor of theater ...