The show features a score of music originally performed by Louis Armstrong and others, with orchestrations and arrangements by Branford Marsalis.
[2] The musical tells an autobiographical account of the life of jazz musician Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), from the perspective of the four wives he had during his lifetime, Daisy Parker, Lillian Hardin, Alpha Smith, and Lucille Wilson.
[6] The project was developed and workshopped beginning in 2019 at Miami New Drama and was originally set to have its world premiere on March 5, 2020, running until April 5th, 2020.
[9] The musical held private readings in New York City in 2022 featuring James Monroe Iglehart as Armstrong, Krystal Joy Brown as Alpha Smith, Patrice Covington as Lucille Wilson, Jennie Harney-Fleming as Lillian Hardin, and Aisha Jackson as Daisy Parker.
Vanessa Williams serves as a producer on the project and Iglehart reprised his starring role as well as co-directed with Christina Sajous, who originally played Daisy in Miami.