Louis Armstrong

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

Louis Armstrong grew up poor in New Orleans and learned to play the cornet in a home for boys. King Oliver became his mentor and brought him to Chicago in 1922. After a period in New York with Fletcher Henderson, Armstrong made the recordings of his Hot Five and Hot Seven between 1925 and 1928. On them the solo became the heart of jazz: long, logical lines with a big tone and a free treatment of the beat. On West End Blues (1928) he opens with a cadenza that musicians still study. With his raw voice and his scat singing he was also a hugely influential singer. Later he became a worldwide star.

Listening

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  West End Blues · Louis Armstrong, 1928
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  Potato Head Blues · Louis Armstrong, 1927
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  Struttin' with Some Barbecue · Louis Armstrong, 1927
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  Heebie Jeebies · Louis Armstrong, 1926
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  Black and Blue · Louis Armstrong, 1929
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  My Heart · Louis Armstrong, 1925
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  Muskrat Ramble · Louis Armstrong, 1926
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  Weather Bird · Louis Armstrong, 1928

Discography

Studio albums

• 1941Louis and Earl
• 1947Paris 1934
• 1954Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
• 1955Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller
• 1956Ella and Louis
• 1957A Day With Satchmo
• 1957Ella and Louis Again
• 1957Ella and Louis Again, Volume Two
• 1957Louis and the Angels
• 1957Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
• 1957Porgy & Bess
• 1958Louis and the Good Book
• 1958Louis Under the Stars
• 1958Satchmo in Style
• 1960Bing & Satchmo
• 1960I’ve Got the World on a String
• 1960Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland
• 1961Recording Together for the First Time
• 1963The Great Reunion
• 1964Hello, Dolly!
• 1966Satchmo Sings Evergreens
• 1968Disney Songs the Satchmo Way
• 1968I Will Wait for You
• 1968What a Wonderful World
• 1970Louis ‘Country & Western’ Armstrong
• 1970Louis Armstrong and His Friends
• 1970The Definitive Album by Louis Armstrong
• 1988Satchmo and the Dukes of Dixieland
• 1990Satchmo
• 1999Louis Armstrong na Disney
• 2001Armstrong Alumni Allstars
• 2002Bunk & Louis
• 2004American Music Legends
• 2004Bourbon St. Parade
• 2004Limehouse Blues
• 2004Ultimate Jazz & Blues
• 2005Louis Armstrong - Great Moments 8
• 2008Ella & Louis (and Oscar Too)
• 2018Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums
• ?Ella Et Louis
• ?Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

Other work

• 1925–1928Hot Five & Hot Seven
• 1928West End Blues

In School of Rock

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• Jazz Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 1: The Origins of Pop Music^NL Reader
• Mixtape 10: Women in Pop Music^NL Reader
• Mixtape 12: The Hit Factory^NL Reader
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 4^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 1^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 2^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 4^NL Reader
• Magazine: Van Bessie tot Ella^NL Magazine
• Magazine: Rent parties en stride^NL Magazine
• Magazine: Jazz as a Secret Weapon^NL Magazine
• Magazine: We Didn't Start the Fire^NL Magazine

Mentioned in other articles

• Chicago jazz GenreKing Oliver played with his Creole Jazz Band at the Lincoln Gardens and in 1923 recorded for the label Gennett the first series of important records by Black New Orleans musicians, with the young Louis Armstrong on second cornet.
• Vocal jazz GenreJazz singing begins with the blues singers and with Louis Armstrong, who in 1926 scatted on Heebie Jeebies: improvising with sounds without words.

See also

• Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
• Louis and the Angels
• Hello, Dolly!
• Louis ‘Country & Western’ Armstrong
• Louis Armstrong and His Friends
• Chicago jazz
• New Orleans jazz
• Vocal jazz
• Swing and big band
• Harlem Renaissance
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Earl Hines
• Coleman Hawkins
• Billie Holiday
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Django Reinhardt
• Roy Eldridge
• Lester Bowie
• Hugh Masekela
• Wynton Marsalis