Meer albums van Louis Armstrong
![Luister naar 'Satchmo in Style (Bonus Track) [with Gordon Jenkins]' van Louis Armstrong](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music124/v4/04/86/25/048625bb-80b4-a0e1-2ab0-ec27c17855b3/06UMGIM06926.rgb.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Luister naar 'Satchmo in Style (Bonus Track) [with Gordon Jenkins]' van Louis Armstrong")
![Luister naar 'Louis And The Good Book (Expanded Edition) [feat. Sy Oliver Choir & The All Stars]' van Louis Armstrong](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/31/ff/73/31ff73ab-f0c8-911e-a9de-e362d06ec7ab/06UMGIM07578.rgb.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Luister naar 'Louis And The Good Book (Expanded Edition) [feat. Sy Oliver Choir & The All Stars]' van Louis Armstrong")
Populaire muziekvideo's van Louis Armstrong
![Bekijk de videoclip voor Louis Armstrong (Live in Australia) [Mack the Knife] van Louis Armstrong](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video52/v4/43/d9/cc/43d9ccd6-0df7-6c0d-9da2-4d30a3d47448/Chapter01.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Bekijk de videoclip voor Louis Armstrong (Live in Australia) [Mack the Knife] van Louis Armstrong")
![Bekijk de videoclip voor Louis Armstrong (Live in Australia) [When the Saints Go Marching In] van Louis Armstrong](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video51/v4/78/f2/43/78f24316-9b6b-7a08-a837-9e3ddb9fbfb0/Chapter01.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Bekijk de videoclip voor Louis Armstrong (Live in Australia) [When the Saints Go Marching In] van Louis Armstrong")
Over Louis Armstrong
Biografie van artiest
Born in 1901 in New Orleans, the cradle of jazz, Louis āSatchmoā Armstrong is the most important figure to emerge from the musically rich city. He first made his mark in the band led by cornetist Joe Oliver, whom he followed to Chicago in 1922, cutting his first records with the group the following year. Armstrongās growing fame and feverish creativity led him to form his own groups, The Hot Fives and The Hot Sevens, between 1925 and 1928. Early on he embraced the contrapuntal style of early jazz mastered by Oliverās Creole Jazz Band, but he soon pioneered the jazz solo, an extended improvisation gliding through the chord changes of each tune. His devastating technical mastery eclipsed that of his peers, and his brilliantly melodic, inherently bluesy, and rhythmically inventive playing paved the way to the swing quality that so largely defines the music. He used his raspy, avuncular singing to forge a second weapon on par with his horn work in both originality and influence, transforming scat singing into an art form, and rode it to mainstream success. By the ā30s he was a pop star, touring in Europe, appearing in Hollywood movies, and leading a buoyant big band. Adapting to the declining appeal of swing orchestra, in 1947 Armstrong debuted a smaller, more nimble all-star band. He endured on the pop charts despite changing tastes, scoring pop hits in the ā50s (āMack the Knifeā) and the ā60s (āHello, Dolly!ā and āWhat a Wonderful Worldā). Given his iconic status and international fame, he was enlisted as a cultural ambassador by the U.S. State Department. He died in 1971, but the magnetism and power of his work remain undiminished, the product of a lifelong elevation of jazzās bawdy roots into one of Americaās finest cultural achievements.
Woonplaats
United States of America
Genre
Jazz
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