... a true entertainer He was hired by various cabarets throughout the city, as well as for picnics, dances, and funerals. In June of 1914, Armstrong was free to leave the Waifs' Home. He returned to the old neighborhood living with his father amongst chaos of gambling, pimps, prostitutes and drug dealer stand. He worked selling papers, unloading boats, and selling coal from ... a cart, not once picking up the instrument he fell in love with at the Waif Home. He left the home at age fourteen on his father's request and for all practical reasons his childhood was over. He moved back in with ...

• Word Count: 1911
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... York that experienced the biggest immigration of musicians and it was these two cities that would have the most influence on Jazz in this new Jazz Era. Chicago created a good home for these migrating musicians for several reasons. In Chicago, there was a growing African-American population due to good paying stockyard and steel mill jobs. Also, with Prohibition in full swing ... also in Chicago nightclubs that small three or four man groups were playing much the same kind of music played in New Orleans before the closing of Storyville. Chicago was home primarily for New Orleans traditio...

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... weren't as concerned with racism. Up until the 50's he still sang and play the trumpet. On July 6th two days after his birthday he died in his sleep at home in Queens, New York. He was 71 years old. His contributions, and music legacy is immeasurable. Louis Armstrong truly is the jazz legend. In his own unobtrusive way, Armstrong was ... ...

• Word Count: 1887
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... imitators. She seemed to add dazzle to scatting and clearly defined it, as a vocal improvisation using phonetic sounds similar to the instrumental sounds of jazz. Ella Fitzgerald's recording of "Flying Home" was thought to be her first scat-based recording ! which was released in nineteen forty-seven. She introduced variations of scat, which showcased a segment of songs made famous by other ... ...

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... people flocked to the jazz clubs and venues to experience the jazz sensation: After studying medicine in Washington, D.C., for five years, the radiologist and novelist Rudolf Fisher returned to his home in Harlem. Going to his favorite cabaret, he had the odd experience of being one of the few African Americans in a crowd of whites where formerly he had rarely seen ... ...

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