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click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on :-
Louis Armstrong & Danny Kaye, "When the saints go marching in"
Louis
Armstrong - Hello Dolly Live
Louis
Armstrong - The Best Of A Wonderful World (Full Album)
Louis Armstrong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong's stage personality
matched his cornet and trumpet playing.
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Background information
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Born
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August 4, 1901
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died
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July 6, 1971 (aged 69)
Corona, Queens, New York City, U.S. |
Occupation(s)
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Musician
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Instruments
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Years active
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c. 1914–1971
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Associated acts
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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.
