Co-star Michael Potts (who the band calls Slow Drag) shared a memory of something Boseman and his character Levee have in common: playing the trumpet. The music featured in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is incredible, and one of the sources of contention between Viola Davis’ Ma and Chadwick Boseman’s Levee is deciding who made the better arrangement of the song. Levee is a great trumpet player, and it turns out Boseman was as well. He loved playing the trumpet, and always had a good time on set. Here’s what Potts shared:
