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- Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians. Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz. His amazing technical abilities, the joy and spontaneity, and amazingly quick, inventive musical mind still dominate Jazz to this day. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on the history of Jazz as Louis Armstrong did.
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Quote of the Month by Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD) Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and one of the pivotal and most influential figures in jazz music.
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St. James Infirmary Blues St. James Infirmary on tenor sax. St. James Infirmary Blues, sometimes known as Gambler's Blues, is an American folksong of anonymous origin, though sometimes credited to the songwriter Joe Primrose (a pseudonym for Irving Mills). Louis Armstrong made it famous in his influential 1928 recording.
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- Location: in hiding :). Both stories have a lot of elements of truth. Louis Armstrong was connected to and heavily influenced by the Lithuanian-Jewish family, the Karnofskys. They did arrange for him to have his first Coronet musical instrument. In fact later in his life he wrote a book about the Karnofksys and his connection to them. He did wear a Star of David the remainder of his life in tribute to them. You can see that Star of David in some photographs of Mr. Armstrong.
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Louie Bellson Louie Bellson. Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), known by the stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling, although he is often seen in sources as Louis Bellson), was an American jazz drummer.
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Driving licence in Australia 1 You must have held a learner's permit for a minimum of six (6) months. 2  While practicing with your learner's permit, the adult with you must have been licensed for 1 year and must be 21 years of age or older.
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Armstrong, Louis [Dippermouth; Papa Dip; Pops; Satchelmouth; Satchmo] Armstrong idolized king Oliver, reputedly the best cornetist in the city, who reciprocated by giving the boy lessons and recommending him for gigs. Oliver left New Orleans for Chicago in early 1919, ceding his place in the highly regarded Kid Ory Band to his protege. protégé
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Louis Armstrong Biography Back in Chicago, OKeh Records decided to let Armstrong make his first records with a band under his own name: Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five. From 1925 to 1928, Armstrong made more than 60 records with the Hot Five and, later, the Hot Seven.
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- His tombstone is a red granite, emblazoned simply Satchmo Louis Armstrong with a beautiful white trumpet figure laden on top. Buried with him is his last of four wives, Lucille Armstrong who died in 1983. Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Long Island Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Jazz Legend Louis Armstrong's Civil Rights Activism Revealed in New Musical “To me, this is an ode to Louis Armstrong and to the guy that he was,” Churchill said. “There was a lot of complexity to him that most people are not aware of.”. The show is produced by Making Books Sing, which is dedicated to promoting literacy through the performing arts.
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Musicians Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) One of the most famous musicians of the Harlem Renaissance was Louis Armstrong. Having come from a poor family in New Orleans, Armstrong began to perform with bands in small clubs, and play at funerals and parades around town in New Orleans. He wasn't a small band man for long, though.
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Louis Armstrong: Born on the Fourth of July? Unbeknownst to some, a large elephant turns up at the party when New Orleans celebrates the birthday of its native son, the late, great Louis Armstrong at the Satchmo SummerFest held in early August. For his entire life, the legendary trumpeter and vocalist declared his birthday to be July 4, 1900 and he along with friends and fans worldwide observed that date.
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- xxx National Eagle Scout Association 2008 Eagle Scout Directory Neil Armstrong First man on the moon Willie Banks Olympic athlete, former world-record holder in triple jump and long jump Michael Bloomberg Mayor of New York City Guion “Guy” S. Bluford Jr.
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Louis Armstrong On February 4, 1924, Louis married Lil Hardin Armstrong, who was Oliver's pianist and had also divorced her first spouse only a few years earlier. His second wife was instrumental in developing his career, but in the late 1920s Hardin and Louis grew apart.
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Louis Armstrong In 1922, Armstrong joined the exodus to Chicago, where he had been invited by his mentor, Joe King Oliver, to join his Creole Jazz Band and where he could make a sufficient income so that he no longer needed to supplement his music with day labor jobs.
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Louis If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.. - Vocalist Mahalia Jackson. The early years. Louis was born in the Battlefield, a poor section of New Orleans, in August 1901. As a boy, he released his energy in a variety of ways ~ez_mdash~ not always socially acceptable.
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- He invented the regenerative circuit while he was an undergraduate and patented it in 1914, followed by the super-regenerative circuit in 1922, and the superheterodyne receiver in 1918. Armstrong was also the inventor of modern frequency modulation (FM) radio transmission. Armstrong was born in New York City, New York, in 1890. He studied at Columbia University where he was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Theta Xi Fraternity. He later became a professor at Columbia University.
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Miles Davis Insults Nancy Reagan? Miles Davis was the most widely recognized jazz musician of his era, an outspoken social critic and an arbiter of style—in attitude and fashion—as well as music. His album Kind of Blue is the best-selling album in the history of jazz music.
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Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Oakland, California and raised in nearby Rodeo, the youngest of six children of Andrew Andy Armstrong and Ollie Jackson. His father worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway Inc. to support his family.He died of esophageal cancer on September 10, 1982.aised in Rodeo, California, Armstrong developed an interest in music at a young age, and recorded his first song at the age of five. He met Mike Dirnt while attending elementary school, and the two instantly bonded over their mutual interest in music, forming the band Sweet Children when the two were 15 years old.
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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong is also referred to in The Trumpet of the Swan along with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. Three siblings in the film are named Louis, Billie, and Ella. The main character, Louis, plays a trumpet, an obvious nod to Armstrong.
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Louis Armstrong The most important and influential musician in jazz history, and one of the leading singers and entertainers from the 1920s through the '50s. Read Full Biography. 1  Overview 2  ↓. Biography 3  ↓. Discography 4  ↓. Songs ↓.
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Louis Armstrong (I)  (1901â1971) Soundtrack | Actor | Music Department. Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. He was 13 when he celebrated the New Year by running out on the street and firing a pistol that belonged to the current man in his mother's life. At the Colored Waifs Home for Boys, he learned to play the bugle and the clarinet and joined the home's brass band. They played at socials, ...
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- Louis Armstrong not only demanded to be treated fairly, but his music broke through many of these social barriers too. When Armstrong played it did not matter who you were, you knew something special was happening. He was behind the push away from collective improvisation and into a world of jazz soloing.
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- In memory of this family and until the end of his life, he wore a star of David and said that in this family he had learned how to live real life and determination.. You might recognize his name. This little boy was called Louis Satchmo Armstrong.
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Billie Joe Armstrong Early life. Billie Joe Armstrong was born and raised in Rodeo, California, a town 24 miles north of Oakland, as the youngest of six children. His father, Andy Armstrong, was a jazz drummer and truck driver for Safeway to support the family.He died of cancer on September 10, 1982 when Armstrong was 10.arly life. Billie Joe Armstrong was born and raised in Rodeo, California, a town 24 miles north of Oakland, as the youngest of six children. His father, Andy Armstrong, was a jazz drummer and truck driver for Safeway to support the family.
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- Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential artists in the history of music. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 4, 1901, he began playing the cornet at the age of 13. Armstrong perfected the improvised jazz solo as we know it.