Jazz became revolutionary starting in unexpectedly by most people, and has developed rapidly since the 1960’s. As jazz gained status around the globe as a music representing freedom, musicians have freely integrated jazz elements into their own music. Jazz became to be a form of escape for many African Americans. While listening to a jazz tune, ones mind would drift off into harmonious thoughts filled with happy moments. This type of music brought about so much joy for everyone. It filled up the empty dreams many people had, and started to represent hope and freedom. The sound of the instruments and vocals gave inspiration to African Americans. The popularity of jazz music became so huge that jazz clubs all about the states starting to open. The clubs would have live bands playing while jazz lovers listened and mingled with each other. Jazz clubs became to be known as the place to be. Loving jazz music turned out to be a great way for people to socialize amongst each other.

One of the most known Jazz artists of all times is the one and only Louis Armstrong. Heroes are needed in the world to give people something to look up to, and someone to follow. Louis Armstrong over came such adversities such as poverty, a lack of a good education, and racism to become one of the greatest jazz player not just of the 1920s but of the 20th century. Armstrong was one of the creators of Jazz and was one of the most popular entertainers from the 1920s. Starting out at a young age he never knew that one day he would be such a popular jazz player, and also not knowing that one day he might even be a hero. During the 1920s there were very few black jazz players that were making it big in the music business. Even though Armstrong was young during his early career, he was looked up to by many black people. To them he was a hero not only because he sang and played the trumpet better than anyone else, but more so because he had made it big and for the most part, no one cared what color his skin was. His influence can be found all through out the jazz scene even today. Many modern musicians have been influenced by his work even when his career spanned a time in history when Black people were being discriminated against in all parts of society. Armstrong seemed to be able to bridge this gap of hatred with his love of music. Overall, his influence was tremendous. He set the tone not only for all future jazz musicians, but for other genres of music, most notably modern classical music. No one has done more for jazz than Louis Armstrong. Armstrong had invented a type of singing called “scat singing”. It was a type of wordless singing sounding like a mix of blues and jazz (Green). Even though he was extremely popular over here, he was even more popular in Europe because they weren’t as concerned with

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