Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life

Louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of This Century's towering cultural figures. The musical talents of satchmo - as armstrong became universally known - were prodigious and groundbreaking. After learning to blow his horn in the bordellos and honky-tonks of storyville, New Orleans's bustling red-light district, he honed his sound on a mississippi riverboat and later became a featured solo trumpeter in the nightclub bands of Chicago and New York, where his stunning musicianship, gravelly voice, and irrepressible personality captivated audiences and critics alike.

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