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New Orleans, United States (1901 – 1971)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was a trumpet player, singer, and bandleader, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in the history of jazz.
Armstrong was born and brought up in New Orleans, a culturally diverse town with a unique musical mix of creole, ragtime, marching bands, and blues. Although from an early age he was able to play music professionally, he didn’t travel far from New Orleans until 1922, when he went to Chicago to join his mentor, King Oliver. Oliver’s band played primitive jazz, a hotter style of ragtime, with looser rhythms and more improvisation, and Armstrong’s role was mostly backing. Slow to promote himself, he was eventually persuaded by his wife Lil Hardin to leave Oliver, and In 1924 he went to New York to join the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. At the time, there were a few other artists using the rhythmic innovations of the New Orleans style, but none did it with the energy and brilliance of Armstrong, and he quickly became a sensation among New York musicians. Back in Chicago in 1925, he made his first recordings with his own group, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and these became not only popular hits but also models for the first generation of jazz musicians, trumpeters or otherwise.
Other hits followed through the twenties and thirties, as well as troubles: crooked managers, lip injuries, mob entanglements, failed big-band ventures. As jazz styles changed, though, musical purists never lost any respect for him — although they were sometimes irritated by his hammy onstage persona.
Armstrong was born and brought up in New Orleans, a culturally diverse town with a unique musical mix of creole, ragtime, marching bands, and blues. Although from an early age he was able to play music professionally, he didn’t travel far from New Orleans until 1922, when he went to Chicago to join his mentor, King Oliver. Oliver’s band played primitive jazz, a hotter style of ragtime, with looser rhythms and more improvisation, and Armstrong’s role was mostly backing. Slow to promote himself, he was eventually persuaded by his wife Lil Hardin to leave Oliver, and In 1924 he went to New York to join the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. At the time, there were a few other artists using the rhythmic innovations of the New Orleans style, but none did it with the energy and brilliance of Armstrong, and he quickly became a sensation among New York musicians. Back in Chicago in 1925, he made his first recordings with his own group, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and these became not only popular hits but also models for the first generation of jazz musicians, trumpeters or otherwise.
Other hits followed through the twenties and thirties, as well as troubles: crooked managers, lip injuries, mob entanglements, failed big-band ventures. As jazz styles changed, though, musical purists never lost any respect for him — although they were sometimes irritated by his hammy onstage persona.
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On The Sunny Side Of The Street
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Eko_White wrote:
Can somebody help me with namin the album. It has 23 tracks. I'm not sure, but it's likely to be a some kind of collection or "best of" It includes such tracks as: C'est Si Bon, Go Down Moses, What a wounderful world, kiss of fire, Skokiaan, St. James Infirmary,Cabaret, Shadrack,On The Sunny Side Of Street,La Vie En Rose,Georgia On Might, When The Saints Go Marching In and other.
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this dude is cool
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TO TEN CO WYLADOWAL NA MARSIE? NA STAROSC NAGRYWA?
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"West End Blues" is sublime.
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struttin' with some barbecue
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Take It, Satch!
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He is the best..It's difficult to describe him..I am just able to say he is the best musician ever..In Louis We Trust!
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A Kiss To Build A Dream On greatest song ever
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What a fuckin' world.
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His songs are so Great,Just As He Is !
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Hardcore guy! He's so awesome! X)
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JAZZ ON MAH BROTHER, BLACK PANTHERS STAND TALL!!!!!
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ukulelel wrote:
one of the greats
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Hey, Syrenius.. You left many jazz legends aside.
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WHERE DA FRIED CHIKEN AT??
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