Renowned Jazz Critic and Historian Dan Morgenstern to Speak at Satchmo Summerfest

By Fred Kasten

New Orleans –

The ninth annual Satchmo Summerfest - set for July 30th - August 2nd, 2009 in and around the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter - celebrates the life and influence of Louis Armstrong with live performances of traditional and contemporary jazz and brass band music - children's programming - and an extensive slate of seminars featuring nationally renowned speakers. Among those speakers this year is jazz critic and historian Dan Morgenstern. WWNO'S Fred Kasten picks up the story...

For more information on the Satchmo Summerfest - please click here .
To find out more about Dan Morgenstern and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers - please click here .