Презентация на тему Louis Armstrong

“Satchel Mouth,” Louis Armstrong was one of the greatest

jazz musicians of the 20th century. He was famous as both a trumpet player and a singer.

1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a young boy

Louis earned small amounts of money by singing and dancing with other street children in New Orleans' Storyville district. His nickname at this time was Dippermouth.

Eve, he was sent to the Colored Waifs' Home

for Boys in 1913. There he learned to play cornet in the school band. As a teenager Louis learned music by listening to the jazz artists of the day, including the leading New Orleans cornetist, King Oliver. Armstrong developed rapidly. While he was still a teenager he replaced Oliver in an influential band led by Kid Ory.

riverboat dance bands. He got his first big break

when King Oliver invited him to Chicago in 1922, to join his band as second cornet. Oliver's Creole Jazz Band featured several outstanding musicians. One of them was the pianist Lil Hardin, whom Armstrong married. He recorded his first solos as a member of the Oliver band in such pieces as "Chimes Blues" and "Tears."

seek fame in New York City. There Armstrong joined

Fletcher Henderson's band for a year. During his time with this big New York band his music developed beyond the traditional New Orleans style.

large orchestras and created his most important early works:

the Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. These were done between 1925 and 1928, and they proved that Armstrong was a great solo performer. By this time Armstrong was playing the trumpet, and his technique was superior to that of all his competitors

Chicago to New York City and performed in the

theater review Hot Chocolates. He toured America and Europe as a trumpet soloist accompanied by big bands. At this time Armstrong moved beyond his roots in the blues, and he started performing the best popular songs of his day, by such composers as Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin, and Duke Ellington.

of his recordings in a low, rough voice that

was very distinctive. He became one of the inventors of scat singing, or singing with nonsense syllables.

on television and was often featured as a good-humored

entertainer. In 1940 he formed the Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, a Dixieland band composed of six players. For most of the rest of his life, he toured the world with this group and enjoyed his greatest popularity. He produced such hit recordings as "Mack the Knife" and "Hello, Dolly!" and outstanding albums, including tributes to W.C. Handy and Fats Waller.

Armstrong performed less on the trumpet but continued as

a singer. His last film appearance was in Hello, Dolly! in 1969. His autobiographies include Swing That Music (1936) and Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954). Louis Armstrong died on July 6, 1971, in New York City.  

era in jazz. He made his greatest impact on

jazz itself, which Armstrong raised to the level of a fine art. Most trumpeters, trombonists, and saxophonists were influenced by his style and attempted to reach his level of technical skill. His music influenced singers ranging from Billie Holiday to Bing Crosby.