Armstrong returned to New York, in 1929, where he played in the pit orchestra of the musical Hot Chocolate, written by Andy Razaf and Fats Waller.
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- Louis Armstrong Creative: colleague Andy Razaf
Armstrong returned to New York, in 1929, where he played in the pit orchestra of the musical Hot Chocolate, written by Andy Razaf and Fats Waller.
Razaf was an African American composer, poet, and lyricist of such well-known songs as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose".
The trumpeter and singer is widely credited with starting modern jazz.