Louis Armstrong

Hurricane Ida destroys Jewish family’s home where Louis Armstrong stayed

The family bought Armstrong’s first trumpet, with the repayment being Armstrong would ride on the wagon for a year and blow the whistle. The famed jazz musician was reputed to wear a Magen David.

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.
TOMMASO WITH ARMSTRONG On Daily Express, 1968

From Satchmo with love