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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong: "Everybody's Louie" by ...  Dec 5, 2014 ... I also changed one date, as Louis said he signed up with Glaser in ... After four marriages, reform school, international fame and personal ... When I played Africa in ['60] that cat was so nice to me. .... Louis Armstrong's first professional gigas a substitute cornet ... Taught me about blowing trumpet, too.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Mar 27, 2010 ... He 1st played the cornet in a reform school "Waifs' Band" & took up the trumpet in 1924. Would this be Louis Armstrong? Reply . Report Abuse...
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Gambit: July 30, 2012 by Gambit New Orleans - issuu  Jul 30, 2012 ... The reason for the delay? viguerie says Head wanted to polish up on ... Badly Needed Reforms hen he was a candidate for mayor in late ...... Ory often took a backseat to Armstrong's loud and energetic trumpet playing, McCusker says. ... the 12-year-old cornet player was leading the Colored Waifs Band...
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Chapter 6: Louis Armstrong and the First Great Soloists | Jazz: W. W. ...  He received his first cornet from the immigrant Jewish family that owned one of the ... but only until they heard his originality, blues feeling, and rhythmic drive. ... In 1926 Armstrong was asked to be the feature soloist with the Carroll ... By 1929, a number of musicians were following Armstrong's example of the starring soloist.
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Chapter 15: The Avant-Garde | Jazz: W. W. Norton StudySpace  Although it had changed many of the musical characteristics of swing, bop still had a strong ... to typical jazz instruments, symphonic and world music instruments were used. ... In the later 1940s he heard Charlie Parker and loved his innovations. .... trained Buell Neidlinger on bass and self-taught Dennis Charles on drums.
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Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia  Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901  July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an .... Armstrong developed his cornet playing skills by playing in the band of the New Orleans ..... The nicknames Satchmo and Satch are short for Satchelmouth. ... It was used as the title of a 2010 biography of Armstrong by Terry Teachout.
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Louis Armstrong - Trumpet Player, Singer - Biography.com  May 20, 2016 ... Love, baby - love. ... Armstrong's charismatic stage presence impressed not only the jazz world but all ... Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, ... 1923; that day, he earned his first recorded solo on "Chimes Blues. ... "Fatha" Hines, assimilated Armstrong's ideas into his piano playing.
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the jazz age and ohioago - Lincoln Park High School  Apr 10, 2014 ... start. The Chicago Defender, the city's African-American news- paper ... Fletcher Henderson's big dance band, a sophisticat- .... house band at Harlem's Cotton Club, where he developed .... (('Di: Track 35) and soon began a series of radio broadcasts .... and even noble. Every time this man puts his trumpet.
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King Oliver facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Get information, facts, and pictures about King Oliver at Encyclopedia.com. ... Around 1899 he joined a children's brass band, formed by a Walter Kenehan, and ... 1916-17; King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, 1922-25; recording artist 1923-31; ... Oliver, known for his good nature and generosity, became a father figure to his...
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Louis Armstrong | About Louis Armstrong | American Masters | PBS  Jul 6, 2005 ... Born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901, Louis Satchmo Armstrong ... 1913, he was remanded to the New Orleans Colored Waif's Home for Boys. ... He left the Waif's Home in 1914, and began to play the cornet around New Orleans. ... He began playing with the large bands that were popular at the time,...
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Sousa Band Roster - Dallas Wind Symphony  ... roster, check out Paul Bierley's The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa. .... bass, 1900; August Helleberg Jr., bass; John H. Helleberg, tuba, 1904-10; August...
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Benny Goodman - Jazz Rhythm  OH, LADY BE GOOD -- The Benny Goodman Trio, 1935 ... I'M A DING DONG DADDY -- The Benny Goodman Quartet, CBS Radio, 1938 ... His success made it the most popular instrument for other bandleaders like .... In 1939 his autobiography, The Kingdom of Swing was published . . . one month before his 30th birthday.
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The Bebop Revolution - College of Fine Arts  In the beginning, bebop was revolution whose repercussions brought turmoil to the jazz ... Not only were the fast, technically, but it all had meaning, and they swung! .... Started playing alto saxophone as a freshman in high school and started ... 1950 - release of Charlie Parker with Strings, Bird became the first jazz artist to...
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Traditional New Orleans Jazz | Entries | KnowLA, Encyclopedia of ...  Mar 27, 2013 ... The trumpeter Louis Armstrong and trombonist Kid Ory both learned to read ... music characterized by a front line usually consisting of cornet (or trumpet), ... 1920 as a jazz brass band), usually consisted of ten to twelve instruments: ... and the shifting musical fashion apparent in the rise of big bands whose...
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Wynton Marsalis facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  By 1975, Wynton was a trumpet soloist with the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra; ... A gifted trumpeter and expert classical musician, Wynton Marsalis rejects .... Great Performances, featuring Wynton with sopranist Kathleen Battle on the ... for voice and solo instrument may have been close to today's modern jazz,...
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The music man - Advisor&Chronicle  After 34 years as a Suzuki method violin instructor in Marshall and Battle ... his revolutionary way of teaching young children the violin in Japan after World ... Suzuki believed children should start playing the violin by age 3 and learn the instrument the ... of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, the first piece children are taught to play.
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Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia  Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901  July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an .... He also became second trumpet for the Tuxedo Brass Band. ... Armstrong made his first recordings on the Gennett and Okeh labels (jazz records ..... Armstrong was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence.
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Instruments in Depth - The Guitar - Bloomingdale School of Music  The first guitarist to emerge within the jazz field was Eddie Lang (1902-1933), ... bridged the gap into amplified guitar playing was Charlie Christian (1916-1942). ... one of the earliest exponents of electric guitar playing, encouraged Christian to...
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To Really Appreciate Louis Armstrong's Trumpet, You Gotta Play it ...  May 23, 2016 ... Made by Henri Selmer of Paris, Armstrong's trumpet now in the collections ... As Armstrong put it: When I pick up that horn, that's all. ... He tooted a tin horn working on a junk wagon, before earning enough money to play his first horn. .... Like when you take care of somebody else's kids, you're going to be...