Saturday, October 11, 2008
Google image/ 1901- 1971 Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker has signed on to play the great Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong in an upcoming film about the musician’s extraordinary life. Born on August 4, 1901, in a poor section of New Orleans called “The Battlefield,” Armstrong rose to fame as a singer and trumpet virtuoso. Armstrong was the first important Jazz soloist and his style shaped and influenced […]