Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was the protege of King Oliver and one of the best loved musicians of the Twenties. He was an all-star virtuoso, and came to prominence in the 1920s playing cornet and trumpet with an excitingly new and improvisational style. His charismatic stage presence impressed not only the jazz world but all of popular music.
He joined his idol King Oliver in his Creole Jazz Band at the Royal Gardens in Chicago. As a trumpet virtuoso, he was highly imaginative, and sought after by many great artists and bands.
Armstrong recorded hit songs for five decades, and his music is still heard today on television and radio and in films. Some of these songs are "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "What a Wonderful World", and "Bout Time". His rendition of Edith Piaf's "La vie en rose" is also very popular.
He composed dozens of songs that have become jazz standards and performed an average of 300 concerts each year, with his frequent tours to all parts of the world earning him the nickname “Ambassador Satch,” and became one of the first great celebrities of the twentieth century.
By the time of his death, he was widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of Jazz and is considered one of the most influential artists in Jazz history.
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He joined his idol King Oliver in his Creole Jazz Band at the Royal Gardens in Chicago. As a trumpet virtuoso, he was highly imaginative, and sought after by many great artists and bands.
Armstrong recorded hit songs for five decades, and his music is still heard today on television and radio and in films. Some of these songs are "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "What a Wonderful World", and "Bout Time". His rendition of Edith Piaf's "La vie en rose" is also very popular.
He composed dozens of songs that have become jazz standards and performed an average of 300 concerts each year, with his frequent tours to all parts of the world earning him the nickname “Ambassador Satch,” and became one of the first great celebrities of the twentieth century.
By the time of his death, he was widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of Jazz and is considered one of the most influential artists in Jazz history.
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