Louis Armstrong

worn to try again. When one looks at the life of Louis Armstrong, they will be motivated to follow their dreams. Armstrong was a jazz player who shaped musical history and the history of African-American civil rights. Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong took physical, psychological, and social risks that…

Louis Armstrong is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential jazz musicians of all time. Coming into prominence in the 1920s, his fame stretched across decades through his unique style of trumpet playing, playing in bands of some of the more influential jazz musicians, being mentored by influential jazz musicians and becoming a nationwide cultural icon, not just in the view of the entertainment industry, but in the view of all of America (Megill, 76). His inventiveness,…

Louis Armstrong was one of the greatest Jazz Musicians of all times. Louis Armstrong had defined what it was to play jazz, throughout his amazing abilities, his joy and spontaneity which allowed him to be quick on creating inventive music, which still allows him to dominate jazz today. Jazz is a form of music that has been consistently defining itself among the music industry and the African-American culture. Jazz music has also become a major tradition throughout America, where it has grown and…

Armstrong was born into a life of poverty; he was the son of slaves in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong learned how to play the cornet while he was a child in school. Although he did not have the prodigious talent like Biederbecke, he constantly listened to jazz bands, with Joe “King” Oliver being his favorite. At the age of eleven, Armstrong dropped out of school to pursue his music career. Louis Armstrong did not have the resources that Biederbecke had; therefore Armstrong did what he…

always asked to do is “Wonderful World” in the style of Louis Armstrong. That is the karaoke part of this article.…

Two realities of human society always threaten to depress and confound us: many of us face daily violence and prejudice from those around us, and the collective conscious is slow to adopt positive change, i.e., we can hope that tomorrow we will stop fighting amongst ourselves and recognize the common humanity shared by all of us, but such an accomplishment is a far away goal with no end in sight. What then can we do? We must be the best citizens possible. Only then can real, albeit slow,…

Influential jazz figures started to increase in numbers, in particular Louis Armstrong, recognized by his powerful swings and way of using his voice. Born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Louis Armstrong changed the 1920s by giving jazz an identity. Louis…

The Soul of American Jazz Name: Louis Armstrong Born: New Orleans Died: New York August 4th, 1901 July 6th, 1971 (age 69) Mention of jazz music, the first people to associate people, is likely to be a clown image, nicknamed Uncle Satchmo (Uncle Satchmo), little cute. He is a husky singer, with a small hand often. His New Orleans jazz style, in Dick Dixieland peiqu, playing the advantages of simple structure, dramatic works. This is Luis Armstrong. He is a huge jazz musician that everyone…

realized that I had grown up listening to Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong my whole life. With that said, I decided to explore more on what lead to Louis…

Louis Armstrong was a jazz band player. Louis played the cornet. It's a type of trumpet. He was born August 4,1901. Louis grew up in a poor African American neighborhood in New Orleans. He had siblings. Louis married Lucille Wilson,1942. Louis died July 6,1971 because of a heart attack. Character Traits Louis lived with his younger sister and his mother. His father had left the family when Louis was just a boy. Louis was a black boy and he worked really hard to have a roof over his family's head…