100 Years Of Satchmo.(Louis Armstrong)(Brief Article)

From: Ebony | Date: July 1, 2000 | Copyright information

THEY called him Satchmo, Satch, Dippermouth, Pops and Sweet Papa Dip, among others. He was, as his musical descendant Wynton Marsalis has noted, the Thomas Edison of jazz--an innovator of unparalleled imagination who pioneered a universally recognized and revered musical language. A dirt-poor kid from New Orleans, he grew into a trumpet-playing virtuoso whose instrumental wails and improvisational vocal warblings forever changed the way American music was played and sung. Even today, we hear the echo of his influence in contemporary song. For he not only helped lay the foundation ...

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