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Louis Armstrong

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2008 - Fundamentals
2002 - The Best Of Louis Armstrong
1999 - I've Got the World on a String / Louis Under the Stars
1999 - Blues for Yesterday
1999 - Oh Didn't He Ramble
1998 - Creole Jazz
1998 - Jeepers Creepers
1996 - Louis Armstrong Greatest Hits
1996 - Louis Armstrong meets Duke Ellington
1996 - Christmas Through the Years
1994 - Louis Armstrong
1994 - We Have All the Time in the World
1993 - Hello Dolly
1991 - West End Blues 1926-1928
1990 - C'est si bon
1990 - The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions
1988 - What a Wonderful World
1986 - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
1970 - Louis Armstrong and His Friends
1968 - Disney Songs the Satchmo Way
1968 - What a Wonderful World
1964 - Hello, Dolly
1963 - The Great Reunion
1961 - American Freedom
1961 - Recording Together for the First Time
1958 - Louis and the Good Book
1957 - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
1957 - I've Got the World on a String
1957 - Ella and Louis Again
1957 - Porgy & Bess
1956 - Ella and Louis
0 - Blueberry Hill

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1 Male

Origin
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Genre
Jazz

Style
Blues

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Born

1901

Active
--- 1971

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Alternate Name
Satchmo, Pops

Most Loved Tracks
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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man.


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