Report From New York: Satchmo At The Waldorf Hits A High Note Without Playing A Bar Of Music
Satchmo at the Waldorf triumphs with very little music and none of it created live by the brilliant John Douglas Thompson's resurrection of the jazz great. Instead, Thompson summons up Louis Armstrong reminiscing near the end of his life after a performance at the titular hotel. The evening is an incisive character study not a greatest hits concert.