Yoshio Toyama coming to you live from Snug Harbor on the eve of Satchmo SummerFest 2018 as we close out the festival preview week at WWOZ! The annual Satchmo SummerFest honors the late, great Louis Armstrong on the weekend of his birth. 

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Catch Yoshio Toyama & the Dixie Saints' set at Satchmo SummerFest 2018 on Saturday, August 4 from 1:30-2:40p.

Yoshio Toyama plays classic New Orleans jazz. His wife Keiko plays banjo & piano while Toyama plays trumpet and sings like his idol, Louis Armstrong. Toyama fell in love with the music of "Pops" as a teenager, and he and Keiko came to New Orleans to learn to play jazz in 1968. They were newlyweds living in a little apartment above Bourbon Street, learning from such masters as Percy Humphrey and "Sweet Emma" Barrett. They went home to Japan in 1973, and they’ve been playing traditional jazz ever since.

More info on this year's Satchmo Summer Fest, happening August 3-5, can be found at the link.

See the rest of this year's Satchmo preview series here.