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    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). Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana (Woog, 15). He grew up in a very poor area nicknamed, “The Battlefield.” Armstrong’s

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    English 8: Jazz age 27, March 2017 The Jazz Age Louis Armstrong was one of the popular jazz musician that began in the Roaring 20s. During this time period, music was appreciated as a way to express opinions about politics, culture, and the world. Armstrong, also known as “Satchmo” or “Pops”, became the foundation of the 1920s jazz. African Americans were having a strong influence on music and began developing their own musical styles. Armstrong was such an example, having experimented with nearly

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    General Music 05/29/2015 Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Louis was a trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star, and also an comedian. He was the type of person who grabs everyone attention during the jazz industry. He did not only grabs the jazz world attention be grabbed all of the popular music attention as well. He also was giving the nickname "Pops" "Satchmo" "Ambassador Satch". Armstrong lived in a very poor neighborhood while

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    Louis Armstrong was born on August 4th 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandmother had raised him mostly because his father abandoned the family soon after he was born, and his mother had turned to prostitution. Armstrong left school in the fifth grade and began working. The Karnofsky’s gave young Armstrong a job collecting junk and delivering coal. They encouraged him to sing and often times would invite him into their home for meals. The year of 1912 Armstrong was arrested for firing his

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    Louis was born into a poor family on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, louisiana. He was the grandson of a slave spending his childhood in poverty in a rough neighborhood that was called the battlefield. His dad William Armstrong had abandoned the family when louis was young to be with another women. Then his mother Mayann left him and his sister Beatrice in the care of Josephine, which was his grandmother. Armstrong had fired his stepdad’s gun in the middle of a New Year celebration, which got him

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    created the first god of New Orleans and his name was Louis Armstrong. He was the god of music and the river. His instrument was the trumpet and he would play it often as he had no one else to converse with. He would sit next to the river all the time and waited for another star to collide with it. The land he stayed on was vast and empty, ready for a city to be built on top of it. After many years without anyone or anything to engage with, Louis played his trumpet to lure the stars into the river

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    Louis Daniel Armstrong was an American trumpeter born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901. He had a poor family, with his dad leaving him soon after his birth. His mom was constantly working and he quit school in fifth grade, so he could work. A jewish family with the last name of Karnofskys gave him a job of collecting junk and delivering. Then, on New Year’s Eve in 1912, he fired his stepfather's gun in the air, immediately getting him arrested. He was then sent to “Colored Waifs Home for

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    Summary: Louis Armstrong singing is remarkable. I can understand why he inspired so many people in the music industry. What I love about this album is his singing and his form in trumpet playing. Listening to Armstrong voice, as well as his lyrics, flushes away my sorrow when I listen to What a Wonderful World and Sittin’ in the Sun. These types of songs help me appreciate what I have. Armstrong duet with Bing Cosby is adorable. Gone Fishin’ song has humor, in addition, both man scats singing makes

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    Why I Chose Louis Armstrong I chose Louis Armstrong for many reasons. These are two of the many reasons I chose to learn and do a biography on the great Louis Armstrong. One of the reasons I chose Louis Armstrong is because I really like jazz and he was one of the greatest and influential jazz musicians of all time. Louis Armstrong was especially great at soloing. Even though he was not a founding father of jazz (although some people call him one).He made a lot of ways of playing jazz popular. For

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    Louis Armstrong: The King of JAzz Known as the King of Jazz, Louis “Stachmo” Armstrong was one of the most important figures in early jazz. He was said to have defined jazz music. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on jazz as Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was born on July 4, 1900 in New Orleans. He grew up singing on the streets of New Orleans at a young age and had a troubled childhood. At the age of twelve he was placed in the Waif’s Home For Boys for firing

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