On July 29, the Louisiana State Museum, in conjunction with the Louis Armstrong House Museum, will exhibit “Satchmo: His Life In New Orleans” at the Old U.S. Mint on Esplanade Avenue.
The exhibit coincides with the 100-year anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s very first professional gig. Louis Armstrong got a job playing cornet at Henry Ponce’s Honky Tonk, but a feud between Ponce and ...