Lil Hardin Armstrong

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Lil Hardin Armstrong · Lil Hardin grew up in Memphis, studied music at Fisk University and moved to Chicago, where she demonstrated sheet music in a music shop. She became the pianist in King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and in 1924 married Louis Armstrong. She encouraged him to leave Oliver and build a career of his own, and played piano on the recordings of the Hot Five. She wrote pieces such as Struttin' with Some Barbecue and My Heart. After their divorce she led bands of her own, including in the 1930s for Decca. She kept playing in Chicago all her life and died in 1971 on stage, during a memorial concert for Armstrong.

Listening

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  Oriental Swing · Lil Hardin Armstrong, 1938
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  Just for a Thrill · Lil Armstrong, 1936
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  My Heart · Louis Armstrong, 1925

Discography

Studio albums

• 1953New Orleans in Paris

Other work

• 1923King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
• 1925–1927Hot Five
• 1936Just for a Thrill
• 1938Oriental Swing

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 1^NL Reader

See also

• Chicago jazz
• New Orleans jazz
• Swing and big band