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Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was a trumpet player, singer, bandleader, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in the history of jazz.
Armstrong was born and raised 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 never traveled 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 rhythm and more improvisation, and Armstrong’s role was mostly backup. Slow to promote himself, he was eventually persuaded by his wife 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, trumpeter 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 raised 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 never traveled 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 rhythm and more improvisation, and Armstrong’s role was mostly backup. Slow to promote himself, he was eventually persuaded by his wife 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, trumpeter 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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La Vie En Rose
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A Kiss to Build a Dream On
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Mack the Knife
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Blueberry Hill
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Hello Dolly
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Cabaret
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When the Saints Go Marching In
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Dream a Little Dream of Me
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Basin Street Blues
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Jeepers Creepers
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When it's Sleepy Time Down South
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On the Sunny Side of the Street
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Kiss of Fire
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Shoutbox
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AlderXX wrote:
best trumpet
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MaharAbuHamad wrote:
GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT SUPERB. love his music
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rockadam wrote:
Hello! Join new group for student and adults We Don't Need No Education !!!
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ReSval wrote:
What a Wonderful World! ;)
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Hamin7Feliz wrote:
EXELENTE, FENOMENAL.
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Banache wrote:
JAZZ RULLLLLLEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8998ap wrote:
The first I heard as jazz and at the end he still gets me right "there".
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athaiya wrote:
what a wonderful voice!
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temptated_angel wrote:
dream a little dream of me..thats wonderful :)
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Silencer22 wrote:
I love too for the same reason what you guys xD
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yu00 wrote:
Haha Hklti36Fljf, I love this song for the same reason :)
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jplovecraft wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/group/Jazz+en+Espa%C3%B1ol
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sugarstomp wrote:
I'm surprised Louis doesn't have more scrobbles.
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Hklti36Fljf wrote:
A Kiss to Build a Dream On is my favourite because it's used in Fallout: )
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masi2000 wrote:
einfach nur super
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pureorange wrote:
very romantic
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beatjunkie1-mil wrote:
stardust "sometimes i wonder why i spend such lonley night, oh very lonely night.. dreaming of a song melody memory.. and i was once again with you" ah loui
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Hazeyville wrote:
Maybe I can dance to this one day with a lady and sing along softly
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bigjackd wrote:
love song for lovers the man is a classic..............
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artebreve wrote:
De lujo!
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