Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth4 August 1900
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
cat people lines
A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
music african-american jazz
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.
music memories night
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.
music blow soul
My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.
music heart jazz
Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
chinese chinese-music bebop
[Bebop is] Chinese music.
cat trying fundamentals
You see, pops, that's the kind of talk that's ruining the music. Everyone's trying to do something new, no one trying to learn the fundamentals first. All them young cats playing their wierd chords. And what happens? No one's working.
music play way
Never play anything the same way twice.
music play way
Never play a thing the same way twice.
music needs
I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.
marijuana firsts lost
At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner..
blow two everyday
Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.
music rocks rock-and-roll
If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.
music half kind
Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast.