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Satchmo
Title: Satchmo
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2319 | Pages: 9.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Satchmo
Satchmo
The top trumpet virtuoso of the early jazz era was without a doubt Louis Armstrong. Armstrong, given the name “Satchmo” for his wide grin and burly voice, changed the face of jazz and popular music as we know it today. His style and manner of playing is second to none and probably will never be matched by another.
Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in the Storyville District of New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 4, 1901, he always celebrated his birth as July 4, 1900 because that is what …showed first 85 words of 2319 total…
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Louis Armstrong’s last recording was “The Night Before Christmas” in 1971. He passed away in his Corona home on the 6th of July, 1971. Many others have put it much more eloquently than I am able to but I feel we all, especially those lovers of the music called Jazz, owe much to this man, not only as a pioneer of Jazz trumpet and vocals, but also as a very genuine human being. He truly remains the 'King of Jazz'.
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