Louis Armstrong - Biography
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Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio recordings made with his Ho... More »
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Louis Armstrong biography. A history of Jazz before 1930. This site contains over 1000 songs from this era in Real Audio 3 format, as well as hundreds of biographies and discographies of Jazz musicians. ... Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians. Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz.
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Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the birthplace of jazz. He is considered the most important improviser in jazz, and he taught the world to swing. ... Wynton Marsalis, musician; Reflections on Louis Armstrong; (Audio Excerpt from JAZZ A Film by Ken Burns)
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"Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about." -- Wynton Marsalis ... From a New Orleans boys' home to Hollywood, Carnegie Hall, and television, the tale of Louis Armstrong's life and triumphant six-decade career epitomizes the American success story. His trumpet playing revolutionized the world...
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Louis Armstrong in 1931 ... ; Louis Armstrong; With dazzling virtuosity on the trumpet and an innovative singing style, Satchmo was the fountainhead of a thoroughly original American sound; By STANLEY CROUCH; Intro: Technology Shaped the Show;
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