Sunday August 4th, 2019 Satchmo SummerFest
Grammywinning artist, composer, and prodigious multiinstrumentalist Nicholas Payton both defies and embraces parallels to the man he cites as “the first pop star.” In conversation with musicologist Melissa A. Weber, Payton will discuss Armstrong’s enduring influence both on his work and as an architect of American culture and Black American Music.