A Louis Armstrong relative steps up to help portray the music icon on Broadway
Brandon Louis Armstrong, the music giant's great-great nephew, makes his Broadway debut playing multiple parts in the musical ...
How Broadway’s James Monroe Iglehart Got Louis Armstrong’s Signature Gravelly Voice Just Right in ‘A Wonderful World’
James Monroe Iglehart reveals how he nails Louis Armstrong's signature growl eight times a week, plus what he fought for as a ...
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Trumpeter Alphonso Horne On Channeling Louis Armstrong in Broadway's A Wonderful World
On June 21, 1929, the New York Times reviewed a “noisy, high spirited, fast moving” musical revue at the Hudson Theatre ...
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‘A Wonderful World’ on Broadway tries to sum up the whole of Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong, variously nicknamed “Satchmo” and “Pops,” is the subject of “A Wonderful World,” a musically rich if ...
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A Louis Armstrong relative steps up to help portray the music icon on Broadway
In an act of casting kismet, the piano player is Brandon Louis Armstrong, the music giant's great-great nephew. “That moment always feels like I get to — as Brandon — speak to my great-great ...
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A Louis Armstrong relative steps up to help portray the music icon on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — The new stage musical about Louis Armstrong on Broadway opens with the jazz icon in a rehearsal room alongside an anonymous piano player. Keep an eye on the guy on keys.