Louis Armstrong And Jazz : Comparison

Jazz takes its beginnings in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. After large amounts of immigration in the 19th century, New Orleans was one of the most

Chicago has a history steeped in growth of infrastructure, devastating natural disasters, and everything in between. It first was settled in the late 1700’s and has been growing exponentially ever since. It’s a city of commerce and opportunity for many incoming immigrants and settlers to start a fresh life. This place became one of the most desirable cities in America to live and became the new home for many people from the south, including African Americans. Many European immigrants also tagged along with these black people coming from the southern states and made Chicago very culturally diverse over time.

Jim Crow ruled in the south keeping African Americans subjugated to whites. Things like lynching or the burning of black businesses and towns due to them being more successful than their white competitors. Influential blacks such as WEB Dubois and Ida B. Wells advocated for blacks to move north and west. Things like racist memorabilia and movies such as The Birth of a Nation which helped revive the Klan. The movement was slow at first, only a few African Americans moved to the north and west at the time, slowly more and more were moving, then it became waves upon waves of blacks moving north and west, this became known as The Great Migration. As The Birth of a Nation reached number two on the charts, a renaissance was beginning in Harlem, New

“Jazz music came to seem not merely an annoyance but a threat,” (“Roaring Twenties”). The 1920’s was when Jazz became a hit: it was being played in roadhouses, dance halls and places all over the country. It’s a very fast paced sound that was different than what people had heard of before. Louis Armstrong was a very well-known jazz musician during this time. He played the trumpet and was a very good jazz musician. He was in many bands, played in Broadway and traveled playing jazz for people (Wenning).

Jazz emerged as a particular form of black folk music from the rural South. Black migration out of the South resulted in an increase in urbanization, innovation in

Eventually, music has changed since the time of Joe “King” Oliver. He influenced Louis Armstrong who then influenced Ma Rainey.Artist are being influenced by artist from the past. like Donna Summer influenced Selena Quintanilla, who had a different music style than any other female artist. Selena Quintanilla like the other artist, she was also a very influential person for people of today. For example she influenced singers like, Daddy Yankee, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Ricky Martin, she even influence Beyonce. She was someone that took something from the artists from before and made her own style, Tejano music. It started from a man who was a master, to a woman who had influence people of different music genres, and not just Latinos but people from other places that combine English music with Spanish music. For example; Mark Anthony who was influenced for her, he now sing music on Spanish and English.

At the mention jazz music, that person will first think of is likely to be a great figure with a clown image, nicknamed Satchmo. The man was Louis Armstrong. He is a husky singer, often with a trumpet in his hand. He played dramatic works of simple structure in Orleans jazz style and with the accompaniment of Dick jazz music. Each of the books on jazz music will mention his name. Louis Armstrong was to jazz music what Bach is to classical music, Presley is to rock music (Berrett 230). This essay will have an introduction of the king of jazz music -- Louis Armstrong and his great influence on jazz history.

Between 1914 and 1923 the great migration, the rise of new jobs in cabarets and threatens, and the emergence of the phonograph as a home entertainment medium, all helped to transform the black music that was now calling itself jazz. That transformation varied in the three jam or black musical centers. New Orleans lost local musicians to the national musical world. The sound of the crescent City was carried too much of the country and was changed in the process, while musical opportunities within New Orleans declined slightly. A strong New Orleans infusion in Chicago added to a rapidly growing musical scene of cabaret and theater jobs and created a wide spectrum music’s. Part of this spectrum was documented at the end of the period with the

Louis Armstrong, a man of many talents and skills his occupation ranging from singer, film star, soloist, comedian, bandleader, and most importantly a jazz trumpeter with his thrilling performances; being recognized as one of the greatest jazz artist in history. Louis Armstrong is considered one of the most influential jazz artists capturing the people’s attention with his “daring trumpet style and vocals”. Developing his skills from play in small time clubs to making grand appearances on Broadway and creating jazz hit songs such as “Stardust”, “La Via En Rose”, and “What a wonderful world”. “His sense of rhythm and timing took jazz from a staid 2/4 beat to a languid, more sophisticated 4/4 feel, paving the way for swing and soloist to take center stage” (The Trumpeter). Therefore, Louis Armstrong is such an important part of jazz, because of his influence on people and musicians.

The south side of Chicago played a large role in the development of Jazz in the 1910’s and 1920’s. The more exact timeframe for jazz was through 1918 to 1926, as stated by Alain Locke. A large part of this is due to African-American entrepreneurs, who are often not acknowledged for their contributions to Jazz. This is thanks to their cabarets and dance halls that allowed jazz artists perform. There were also a few aspects that attempted to hinder the development of jazz during this time. Through the aspects that hinder jazz, and the aspects that support it, jazz was an important community in Chicago’s south side.

According to the lecture notes, Louis Armstrong was able to revolutionize the role of the soloist in jazz by incorporating the musical element of scat singing. An example of such is the song “Heebie Jeebies” by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five. Additionally, the textbook states that Armstrong had instrumental virtuosity, in other words, skills that were levels above the other trumpeters of his generation. Moreover, Armstrong emphasized logical brilliant solo improvisation that created coherent musical relationships that conveyed them with dramatic depth and pacing. Also from the text, Armstrong possessed and uncanny ability to generate swing in his playing. This was accomplished by the use of certain techniques. These techniques included unequal

One cannot speak about music especially in America with referencing Jazz or the Blues. The two genres of music are synonymous with the American music scene originating from Southern America. Their similar point of origin has caused much confusion in distinguishing the two mainly due to the way today’s artists’ music crossover. Both Jazz and Blues, are two independent genres that formed concurrently in the 20th century and were produced at the same time.

One of the most representative artists in music history, talking about Louis Armstrong is to talk about jazz musician who played for presidents and kings and was the delight of millions of music lovers. His unique ability to bring people together with his wonderful music was needed at these times to help break the invisible boundaries. Many other artists also contributed during these times in other works such as poetry, I choose Louis Armstrong because I am a fan of his song, “What a wonderful world”. I do not believe you have to be an artist or poet to truly understand these great works of art. In Langston Hughes's "The Weary Blues," he describes a blues singer who sings a song about how he "Ain’t got nobody in all this world, Ain’t got

Even with her personal problems she was still a major star in the jazz world she even appearing in the 1947 movie New Orleans with jazz icon Louis Armstrong. In that same year she suffered from major set back in her career due to her drug and alcohol addictions she was also arrested for possession of drugs.

Several events occurred to help bring the idea of Civil Rights to the forefront. One of the several events being the Great Migration. According to the article “African Americans and World War I” by Chad Williams, “roughly 500,000 black southerners packed their bags and headed to the North… the Great Migration would reshape black America and the nation as a whole… southern migrants experienced a new sense of freedom” (Williams). With their new found freedom, African Americans were free to practice their culture. They expressed their culture in many ways such as art, music, and literature. The Great Migration marked a significant step towards cultural acceptance for African Americans.