... creator of jazz music. Others think that Louis Armstrong was a great musician that helped make jazz popular. Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story by James Lincoln Collier is the story of Louis Armstrong's life. Collier's book tells how Louis Armstrong lived a poor childhood without enough money to buy a ... very shy. Louis was afraid to come up to the front of the band and solo. King Oliver, a jazz musician, asked Louis to play in his band in Chicago and Louis reluctantly agreed to play. James Collier's book Louis Armstrong an American Success Story, gave me an idea of Louis Armst...

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... Davis tutored him in music. Louis had some background in harmony singing, as a natural ability, and the experience of singing on the streets, but under Mr. Davis he began to study music. First learning vocals, and then percussion, then he became the home bugler, and finally cornet. He would play to Taps to wake the boys up and for them to ... he would listen bands at clubs like the Come Clean Dance Hall, Funky Butt Hall, and Mahogany Hall, in Storyville. Louie's favorite band was the Kid Ory Band because Joe "King" Oliver was his mentor. By 1917 Louis was playing in different groups at ...

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... ; he was admitted to the city's Colored Waif's Home for Boys. In this home he began his tutorship of Peter Davis who was the music instructor there. He began to study music, first vocal, and then percussion, then he became a bugler, and finally began to play a cornet. The music he played was very structured, mostly marches and other ensemble music. Armstrong ... sold coal from a horse and cart. Soon later he began listening to bands at clubs like the Come Clean Dance Hall, Funky Butt Hall, and Mahogany Hall, in Storyville. Joe "King" Oliver with the Kid Ory Band was his favorite. In 1917...

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... the streets Louis began to make a name for himself in jazz clubs (Armstrong 1). His mentor "King" Oliver, a well-known cornetist, asked for Louis to join his King 2 Creole Jazz Band (Armstrong 2). Armstrong joined " King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. This would help Louis get exposed to the public in the northern states ... . Louis became the lead singer and cornetist in the band. Louis did not know it but " King " Oliver wanted him to take his place in the Kid Ory's band. During the summer Armstrong worked on the Fate Marable's riverboat. While ... Armstrong was singing in the studio and...

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... band. He stayed in the Jones home for approximately a year in a half. After leaving the home, Armstrong supported himself by playing with pick-up bands and in clubs with Joe "King" Oliver who was his mentor. At the time there were very few musicians in New Orleans. During this time Joe Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Sidney Bechet were creating a different ... Armstrong returned to Chicago. He was the head liner in jazz clubs, radio, and records. Audiences were very amazed by the way he played his trumpet. Many musicians began to study his recordings to hear what a horn was able to do. A...

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... to have made a respectable art form out of jazz. Somewhat similarly, Paul Whiteman. Playing jazz influenced dance music, was billed as the King of Jazz (History of Jazz 2001). The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians like Joe"King" Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton formed small bands, that took the music of these older men and increased the complexity ... became an outstanding cornet player while a teen-ager in New Orleans. In 1922, he moved to Chicago to join the Creole Jazz Band that was led by his teacher Joe "King" Oliver (World Book 1986). The late 1920's and early 1930's...

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... music business. Although Louis didn't have an instrument at the time, he enjoyed listening to "The Hot Style Band", and his favorite musician was Joe King Oliver, who acted as the Louis" father and teacher. Joe King Oliver gave Louis his first cornet, and in Chicago in 1922, Louis was part of his favorite band. During this time, Louis met Lillian Hardin ... form his own band. Louis hired Joe Glaser as his manager, and Joe took care of everything, leaving Louis to focus on his music. They hired the musicians from Joe King Oliver's Group, and renamed the band "Louis Armstrong and His Orch...

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... music business. Although Louis didn't have an instrument at the time, he enjoyed listening to "The Hot Style Band", and his favorite musician was Joe King Oliver, who acted as the Louis" father and teacher. Joe King Oliver gave Louis his first cornet, and in Chicago in 1922, Louis was part of his favorite band. During this time, Louis met Lillian Hardin ... form his own band. Louis hired Joe Glaser as his manager, and Joe took care of everything, leaving Louis to focus on his music. They hired the musicians from Joe King Oliver's Group, and renamed the band "Louis Armstrong and His Orch...

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... and the forefront leader of the jazz world. Duke didn't always have music on his mind though. Duke, Born Edward Kennedy Ellington was born April 29th ,1899 the son of James William Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. They lived In Washington, moving out of the deep south just prior to Dukes birth to escape failing agriculture and the implementation of the ... ...

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... artist for the Q-R-S Company. Before 1930 Fats would have already performed as the pianist for great blues singer Bessie Smith. The advantage that Fats had growing up, was his tutor, James P. Johnson, better known as the founding father of stride piano. Waller learned most of his characteristics of his style of playing, which was characterized as light and springy' from Johnson ... ...

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... his live before he became a great musician. His talent and his willing to learn from other musicians made him a great musician. He learns so much about jazz music from Joe "king" Oliver. Louis Armstrong changed the musical landscape at his time. He was the first jazz artist who combined trumpet and an original musical vision with an entertainer's sense of presence ... Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after, he also inspired singer like Billy Holiday and Nat "King" Cole. As a singer, he was one of the origi...

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... New Orleanians Sidney Bechet and Jellyroll Morton, and the blues singer Bessie Smith a native of Memphis Tennessee.(Morrison 49) The first Big Jazz Band came about 1923. It was called King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. Within Oliver's Band many musicians came to surface like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. Armstrong was known for ... a composer and director. Armstrong is known for the invention of Triton substitution. He produced two generations of jazz singers including Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Jord...

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... , he accepts his fate and its situation in relation to white people) and to not leading on their unchanged expectations. He was an investor support for the activist Martin Luther King, Jr. and other militants, although he always wanted to work on these issues in a reserved manner and owing to the fact that he had a neutral opinion in politics, was a bit ... ...

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