The Washington Post, July 3rd, 1995
Jazz trumpeter Hannibal Peterson's "Diary of an African American," staged at the Lansburgh Theatre over the weekend, concerns the past, a "long journey from dark to light," but it's a brief glimpse into the future that proves most telling. Early on in the jazz-powered play, Peterson recounts confronting his mother on Christmas Day 1965, after she presented him with a brand-new trumpet. Just 14 years old at the time, Peterson wanted to know why his mother would spend nearly $300 on an instrument when the family was living hand-to- mouth. "Son, you've got great work to do," she said. Her prescie...
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