Probing the conflicted life of Louis Armstrong in 'Satchmo at the Waldorf'
Watching "Satchmo at the Waldorf," Terry Teachout's fascinating one-man (three character) fantasia about Louis Armstrong - now in its Midwest permiere at Court Theatre, where Barry Shabaka Henley is delivering a tour de force performance - a story told to me many years ago by a jazz musician and composer came racing back to mind. The post Probing the conflicted life of Louis Armstrong in ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf…