Louis Armstrong: American Myth, American Master Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of all time. He dazzled audiences with his stunning high notes, gorgeous melodies and soul-stirring rhythms. Ground-breaking recordings such as “West End Blues” changed the face of music. But by all accounts, his live performances were even more amazing. Both as a trumpet player and a singer, Armstrong routinely performed musical feats that no other musician could match. His charismatic stage presence
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Louis Armstrong In the early twentieth century, a new style of music was being created in New Orleans. This style of music, known as Jazz, was performed with the audience in mind. It was heavily influenced by ragtime and washboard bands. Jazz is also highly competitive since the musicians wanted to stand out from the rest of the crowd. Their differences were accomplished through the use of timbres, improvisation, and many other characteristic of Jazz. Louis Armstrong’s version of “(What Did
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Lance Armstrong Confesses Lance Armstrong is an American road-racing cyclist; Lance has won the tour de France a record breaking 7 consecutive times. Armstrong met Kristin Richard in June 1997. They married in May 1 1998 and had three children, Luke David and twins Isabelle Rose and Grace Elisabeth. The couple later filed for divorce Born on September 18, 1971, in Plano, Texas, his mother, Linda, in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas, raised Lance Armstrong; Armstrong was athletic from an early
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Louis Armstrong American Jazz Icon Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) one of the renown fathers of American jazz music. One cannot think of American jazz and not think of the huge smile and the puffy cheeks of the one affectionately called “Satchmo”. Few can hear the songs “Hello Dolly!” (Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart – 20th Century fox 1964) and “What a Wonderful World” (Geroge Weiss & Bob Theile 1968) not hear the deep raspy voice of this beloved icon. With his incredible energy and joy for life
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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong, ‘Satchmo’ being his nickname, is a name that is known worldwide. He made a name for himself, not only with his music, but his personality and aura in a holistic sense. Through display of his uniqueness and unapologetic independence, Armstrong’s success and influence in the music world helped develop the genre of jazz and changed its traditional norm forever. Louis Armstrong came into the world August 4, 1901 in the Story Ville district of Louisiana. He grew up
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we think of great men like, Martin Luther King or A. Philip Randolph. However, Louis Armstrong must be considered as one of our countries leaders. Being an innovative musician he not only pioneered jazz but overcame barriers set by racism. He saw the musician, not the color of the musician. Louis patented his own style of music which became known and loved the world over. David Stricklin’s book Louis Armstrong gave us a detailed description of Armstrong’s life. By cracking open the pages of history
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already stripped of all his medals, won from the Tour De France. He was also banned from competitive professional cycling for life, and was dismissed from his charity organization, Livestrong, founded by him in 1997 (MacLaggan). Who is Lance Armstrong? Lance Armstrong is a well-known biker famous for his major success in the professional cycling world. Lance was born September, 18, 1971. He did his first triathlon at age 16, and joined professional cycling in 1992. He first cycled for the Motorola Professional
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style into a completely different form of jazz. Louis Daniel Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana in a very poor neighborhood. His father, a laborer, abandoned the family when he was young, and his mother was an irresponsible single parent. She left Armstrong and his sister in the care of their grandmother(Source C). Armstrong was taken out of school in fifth grade to begin working. On New Year's Eve in 1912, Armstrong fired his stepfather's gun in the air during a celebration
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Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Very soon after his birth, Louis’ father left him, his mother, and his sister. So Louis and his sister were forced to move to his grandmother. Louis and his sister moved back with his mother when Louis was five. Soon after, he was enrolled in the Fisk School of Boys and helped his mom by delivering newspapers and hauling coal. When Louis was eleven, he dropped out of school, joined a quartet of boys that sang on the streets, just
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unique vocals” (Louis web). Louis armstrong became a influence musicians from a simple intrest in music. Louis Armstrong was born august 4, 1901 In New Orleans Louisiana (Louis Web). Armstrong's father left at his birth (Mcdonough 5). For most of his childhood he lived in a section of new orleans so poor it was nicknamed “The Battlefield” (Louis web). Armstrong lived with his grandma Josephine for days at a time while his mother worked (Mcdonough 7). Armstrong left school in search of work after
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