Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong ~~~~~~~~Memories
Our is pasts are filled with the memories
of the great tunes we’ve heard on the radio
from our own collections of song and music
either our parents or others have listened to.
The following is a bio of one of those “GREATS
out of the past.” Mr. Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong.
I am sure we all have heard his music over the years.
I hope you enjoy his short romp through the past
Louis Armstrong’s Musical Beginnings
August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971
Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901 to an unmarried fifteen-year old mother. He and his mother lived in the poorest and most crime ridden neighborhood known as, “The Battlefield.” At the age of twelve, Armstrong was arrested for delinquency and sent to the Colored Waif’s Home. While there, he joined the brass band and played the cornet.
From the beginning, it was apparent that Armstrong was a natural. After his release, he continued to play the cornet. He was too young to join the cabaret, so he played in the streets. Finally, at sixteen he received the opportunity from Edward “Kid” Ory to sit-in for his absent cornet player Joseph “King” Oliver. After this experience, Armstrong received the opportunity to play in Fate Marable’s Kentucky Jazz Band, which performed on a Mississippi riverboat.
In 1922, Armstrong moved to Chicago to play second cornet in Oliver’s band. The pianist, Lil Hardin, a Fisk University graduate, immediately liked Armstrong. She convinced him leave Oliver’s band, taught him how to act and dress, and then married him. Armstrong and Hardin moved to New York City where he joined the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra.
Personality
The nickname Satchmo or Satch is short for Satchelmouth (describing his embouchure). In 1932, then Melody Maker magazine editor Percy Brooks greeted Armstrong in London with "Hello, Satchmo!" shortening Satchelmouth (some say unintentionally), and it stuck.
Early on he was also known as Dippermouth. This is a reference to the propensity he had for refreshing himself with the dipper (ladle) from a bucket of sugar water which was always present on stage with Joe Oliver's band in Chicago in the early nineteen-twenties.
The damage to his embouchure from his high pressure approach to playing is acutely visible in many pictures of Louis from the mid-twenties. It also led to his emphasizing his singing career because at certain periods, he was unable to play. However, after having set his trumpet aside for a while, he amended his playing style and continued his trumpet career. Friends and fellow musicians usually called him Pops, which is also how Armstrong usually addressed his friends and fellow musicians (except for Pops Foster, whom Armstrong always called "George").
Louis Armstrong Changes Jazz
In 1925, he returned to Chicago where he and other musicians recorded the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. It was on these recordings that jazz history was changed. Armstrong introduced the jazz soloist as the focal point and scat singing. The recordings featured Armstrong playing the trumpet in such hits as “Muggles,” “Potato Head Blues,” “Hotter than Hot,” and “Wild Man Blues.”
While the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings garnered attention, it was not until 1929 that Armstrong became famous. His performance of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” in the Broadway show Hot Chocolates pushed his career to new heights. In the 1930s and 1940s, Armstrong had parts in over fifty films, a radio show, and he toured America and Europe as a solo trumpet player accompanied by big bands. His recordings not only featured him playing the trumpet but also him singing the lyrics in a husky voice that became his recognizable trademark. Such works included, “Body and Soul,” “Star Dust,” Hobo, and “You Can’t Ride This Train”
Louis Armstrong in the 1960s
Armstrong’s career continued into the 1960s with film appearances, popular hits, and a world tour with All-Stars sextets. His popular hits included, “Hello, Dolly,” “Blueberry Hill,” and “Mack the Knife.” His last film appearance was in Hello, Dolly! in 1969. On July 6, 1971, Armstrong died of heart failure. Some Of
His QUOTES
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
Louis Armstrong
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
Louis Armstrong
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
Louis Armstrong
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
Louis Armstrong
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them.
Louis Armstrong
There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind.
Louis Armstrong
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.
Louis Armstrong
A couple of Satchmo’s Hits
Just Click on the song title
When the Saints Go Marching In
What a Wonderful World
Summertime / Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
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leprichaun_magic
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Oct 23 @ 7:51PM
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.  ,,lovely ,, such a Happy man ,,"What a..Wonderful world" nobody does it like Satchmo!
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sweetxy
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Oct 23 @ 7:59PM
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Immortal song What a wonderful word, 
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vinnytmd
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Oct 23 @ 8:32PM
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IB - refreshing blog. Thanks.
Satchmo was a close friend of cousins of mine in NOLA. The Karnofskys, Russian Jewish immigrants gave him his first job and Coronet. They remained friends for years. I met him at Storyville when I was a boy.
What a personality.He was just a great guy.
While many remember his singing and entertaining way he was a GREAT Trumpeter. Amazing range and feel.
The funny thing about Armstrong was that he was considered an innovator in Jazz yet he thought little of New Jazz, like Charlie Parker and Miles and would go out of his way to belittle what they were doing to the music.
I never understood that about him.
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Tiramisu4u
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Oct 23 @ 9:13PM
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Oh, goody..a *non-political* blog...and about a true legend of our time... 
What a sweet man...
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dallas1995
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Oct 23 @ 9:34PM
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absolutely...Pops rocks 
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albertafire
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Oct 24 @ 1:26AM
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WOUNDERFUL, AND THANK YOU,
 GREAT BLOG IB..
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