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Louis Armstrong Armstrong in 1953 Born Louis Daniel Armstrong [1] August 4, 1901 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Died July 6, 1971 (aged 69) New York City, U.S. Burial place Flushing Cemetery Other names Satchmo Satch Pops Louie Education Colored Waif's Home for Boys, Fisk School for Boys Occupations Musician singer Spouses Daisy Parker m.div. Lil Hardin Armstrong m.div. Alpha Smith m.div ...
Jul 2, 2024 · Louis Armstrong, the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. He was also a bandleader, singer, film star, and comedian. With his great sensitivity, technique, and capacity to express emotion, Armstrong led in the development of jazz into a fine art.
Nov 17, 2020 · What A Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong. (C) 1967 ABCLyrics:I see trees of greenRed roses tooI see them bloomFor me and for youAnd I think to mys...
Jan 17, 2024 · Louis Armstrong was an internationally famous jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and singer known for songs like “What a Wonderful World” and “Hello, Dolly!”
Biography. Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901. He was raised by his mother Mayann in a neighborhood so dangerous it was called “The Battlefield.”. He only had a fifth-grade education, dropping out of school early to go to work. An early job working for the Jewish Karnofsky family allowed Armstrong to make ...
Many scholars call Louis Armstrong the first great jazz soloist. Louis Armstrong’s improvisations permanently altered the landscape of jazz by making the improvising soloist the focal point of the performance. From the beginning of his career as a bandleader, Armstrong created ensembles to showcase his spectacular trumpet playing.
Aug 18, 2020 · How Louis Armstrong Revolutionized American Music. "Satchmo" became an international star known for his jaunty personality and popular tunes as "What a Wonderful World" and "Hello Dolly." But his ...
Jul 6, 2005 · Louis Armstrong's trumpet playing revolutionized the world of music, and he became one of our century's most recognized and best loved entertainers.
Louis Armstrong was born in a poor section of New Orleans known as “the Battlefield” on August 4, 1901. By the time of his death in 1971, the man known around the world as Satchmo was widely recognized as a founding father of jazz—a uniquely American art form. His influence as an artist and cultural icon is universal, unmatched, and very ...
Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy. "Louis Armstrong's station in the history of jazz is umimpeachable. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be any of us." Dizzy Gillespie, 1971. Armstrong was born in one of the poorest sections of New Orleans on Aug. 4, 1901. "He was a prodigy," says art historian and curator Marc Miller, "a hard-working kid ...
