![]() ![]() The author's note includes a detailed biography and resources to learn more about Louis Armstrong and jazz. This is a joyful tribute to the virtuoso musician and buoyant personality who introduced much of the world to jazz. Armstrong was the first African-American man to host a national radio show, and the first jazz musiciain to write an autobiography. He played with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and other jazz greats of his day. Ultimately, he was to travel the world from Chicago to Paris and would transform jazz through his improvised singing ("scatting") and masterful trumpet playing. But after a run-in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school’s revered marching band. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe "King" Oliver. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. He was born "Black, poor, and lucky." The glowing story of "Satchmo"-the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. Download or stream Just a Lucky So and So (2016) with Arnell Powell, Dreamscape Media, LLC, Lesa Cline-Ransome for free on hoopla. ![]()
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