Louis Armstrong  August 04, 1901- July 06, 1971

 

 

Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians. Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz. His amazing technical abilities, the joy and spontaneity, and amazingly quick, inventive musical mind still dominate Jazz to this day. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on the history of Jazz as Louis Armstrong did. Like almost all early Jazz musicians, Louis was from New Orleans. He was from a very poor family and was sent to reform school when he was twelve after firing a gun in the air on New Year’s Eve. At the school he learned to play cornet. After being released at age fourteen, he worked selling papers, unloading boats, and selling coal from a cart. He didn’t own an instrument at this time, but continued to listen to bands at clubs like the Funky Butt Hall.

 

 

 

If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.

                                                                                                 – Louis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong was a trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. He is considered one of the most influential artists in jazz history.”

 

 

Louis Armstrong › Albums, Discography

 
Louis Armstrong on PBS

From Armstrong 101, an educational publication produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center: www.jazzatlincolncenter.org.

 

 

 

Louis Armstrong House Museum

34-56 107th Street

Corona, NY 11368 
718-478-8274

 

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Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107th Street
Corona, NY 11368 
718-478-8274

 

 

Filmography

  • Ex-Flame (1930)
  • A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932) (short subject)
  • I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (1932) (short subject)
  • Pennies from Heaven (1936)
  • Artists & Models (1937)
  • Every Day’s a Holiday (1937)
  • Dr. Rhythm (1938)
  • Going Places (1938)
  • Cabin in the Sky (1943)
  • Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
  • Jam Session (1944)
  • Atlantic City (1944)
  • Pillow to Post (1945)
  • New Orleans (1947)
  • A Song Is Born (1948)
  • Young Man with a Horn (film) (1950)
  • I’m in the Revue (1950)
  • The Strip (1951)
  • Glory Alley (1952)
  • The Road to Happiness (1953)
  • The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
  • High Society (1956)
  • Satchmo the Great (1958) (documentary)
  • The Night Before the Premiere (1959)
  • The Five Pennies (1959)
  • The Beat Generation (1959)
  • La Paloma (1959)
  • Kærlighedens melodi (1959)
  • Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1960)
  • Paris Blues (1961)
  • Auf Wiedersehen (1961)
  • When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
  • Hello Dolly! (1969)

 

God Rest Your Soul and Thank You For the Legacy

 

 

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