Showing posts with label Louis Armstrong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louis Armstrong. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Louis Armstrong


Please click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on :-


Louis Armstrong & Danny Kaye, "When the saints go marching in"

How Jazz Was Born - Danny Kaye


Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly Live

Louis Armstrong - The Best Of A Wonderful World (Full Album)

Louis Armstrong

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong's stage personality matched his cornet and trumpet playing.
Background information
Born
August 4, 1901
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died
July 6, 1971 (aged 69)
Corona, Queens, New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instruments
Years active
c. 1914–1971
Associated acts
Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971),[1] nicknamed Satchmo[2] or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and an influential figure in jazz music.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for men of color.