Louis Armstrong
Harlem Renaissance
Interesting Facts
Birth: August 4, 1901 Death: July 6, 1971
Music Type: Jazz
Created the song "Heebie Jeebies"
He is important to the Harlem Renaissance because he created scat and was the most famous jazz musician
Louis Armstrong and his Contributions
Louis Armstrong affected the world in many ways. One way he affected the world was with scat. Scat is an improvised style of jazz also when you sing using the voice in imitation of an instrument. When you sing scat you don't use any words. Armstrong is best know for being the most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century. If Louis Armstrong was never born it would have affected many artists back in the day because scat was a big style of music.
MLA
Cook, Eddie, "Armstrong, Louis" world book student World Book, 2015 Web.17 Mar, 2015
"Louis Armstrong." Contemporary Heroes and Heroines. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1992. Biography in Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
Louis Armstrong - When You're Smiling