Louis Armstrong
his life and times...
Satchmo....Pops....The Father of Jazz
Early Life
- Born July 4, 1900.....really 1901 (now proven) in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Was surrounded by music as a youth
- Sang with friends on the street for money
- The courts sent him to reform school - shooting a blank gun into the air
- Joined their band - played in parades and at picnics
- Started playing his favorite instrument - the coronet
- Went back home after 2 years at Colored Waif's School
- Mom worked 10 hour days at coal yard
Playing his trumpet
Louis on the cover of Time Magazine (1949)
His Music
Some of Satchmo's Recorded Works
His first hit:
"Heebie Jeebies" (some nonsense words)
Later works
"Mack the Knife" (1956)
"West End Blues" (1928)
"Hello Dolly" (1964)
"What a Wonderful World" (1968)...Mrs. Slagle's personal favorite!
"I've got the World on a String"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzrABouyeE
Works Cited
Armstrong, (Daniel) Louis "Satchmo".” Encyclopedia. World News Digest. Infobase Learning, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.
Cook, Richard. "Top of the Pops." New Statesman [1996] 21 Aug. 2000: 29. Literature Resource Center. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.
O'Hern, Kerri, and Gini Holland. "Graphic Biographies: Louis Armstrong." Weekly Reader Graphic Biographies: Louis Armstrong. 2006: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 22 Sep. 2015.