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Vor einem Tag · On February 4, 1924, Armstrong married Lil Hardin Armstrong, King Oliver's pianist. She had divorced her first husband a few years earlier. Armstrong's second wife helped him develop his career, but they separated in 1931 and divorced in 1938. Armstrong then married Alpha Smith.
Vor 9 Stunden · Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in a poor, predominantly African American neighborhood of New Orleans known as "The Battlefield." His mother, Mary Albert, was a 16-year-old girl who worked as a maid, and his father, William Armstrong, was a factory worker who abandoned the family shortly after Louis‘ birth.
7. Mai 2024 · One of the few to break through those barriers was Lillian Hardin Armstrong. She demonstrated as early as the 1920s that jazz women could do more than sing, in her case by playing the piano, composing, arranging, and leading the band. Even so, if history recognizes her at all it is as Satchmo’s second wife, musical enabler, and all ...
Vor 5 Tagen · On November 12, 1925, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five met up at the Okeh studio in Chicago, Illinois. They were to record their first tunes for Okeh Records. The record label had wanted to put together a band of New Orleans musicians to buy into the recent success of New Orleans-style music. Having heard.
19. Mai 2024 · Louis Armstrong, emerged from the tough streets of New Orleans known as The Battlefield, “and yet it was his artistry that opened America’s ears and souls to the magnificence of his music...
10. Mai 2024 · Louis Armstrong, affectionately known as “Satchmo” or “Pops,” was not just a pivotal figure in the world of jazz but a symbol of American culture whose influence reverberated across racial, national, and generational lines. Born in New Orleans in 1901, Armstrong’s life was a journey of monumental artistic achievements ...
4. Mai 2024 · Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America with their music—and were financially exploited because of their race. BY Larry Tye. May 4, 2024, 3:00 AM PDT. "The Jazzmen...
