birth name: Louis Daniel Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
“Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.” ~ Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio recordings made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, charted a future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged improvisation. ~ Allmusic: Louis Armstrong ~ retrieved July 4, 2013 © Allmusic
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By virtue of the role he played in its evolution during the first quarter of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong is regarded as the most influential jazz musician in history. This distinction is coupled with his stewardship of jazz around the world over the next five decades as the earliest and greatest ambassador of America's first true musical art form. ~ All about Jazz: Louis Armstrong ~ retrieved August 2, 2013 © All About Jazz
Louis Armstrong ~ Inducted in the 2006 Long Island Music Hall Of Fame ~ His “scat” singing transformed vocal tradition; Armstrong used his horn like a singer's voice, and his voice like a musical instrument. ~ retrieved December 18, 2014 © Long Island Hall Of Fame
In 2001 two Louis Armstrong songs made it to the RIAA Top 365 Songs Of The Century ~ #84 What A Wonderful World ~ #13 When The Saints Go Marching In