Louis Armstrong And The Creole Jazz Band

Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in a very poor part of the city which was called “The Battlefield.” Louis Armstrong’s dad left his family a little bit after he was born and his mom was a prostitute, so he went to live with his grandma. When he was in fifth grade he had to quit school to get a job as a newspaper boy. On New Year’s Eve in 1912 he took his stepdad’s gun and fired it into the air then was arrested and sent to Colored Waif’s home for boys. While he was there he learned how to play the trumpet and started to love music. In 1918 Louis Armstrong married a prostitute named Daisy Parker and he adopted a three year old boy named Clarence. Clarence was mentally disabled and lived with Armstrong his whole life. While all of this was going on he was also becoming a very popular jazz player throughout New Orleans. Louis Armstrong later moved to Chicago to join Oliver Kings band called the Creole Jazz Band. On April 5, 1923 he got his first solo record deal where he played the song “Chimes Blues.” …show more content…
Armstrong also got married to the pianist of the band after he left Daisy. She told Louis Armstrong that she thought he should leave Oliver Kings band and start his own band. So he quit and joined the Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra band. While he was in the band some of the other band members made fun of the stuff he wore and how he talked. Also the owner of the band said that he couldn't sing in the band. Soon after he quit and went to play for his wife's band called the Lil