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"Louis Armstrong", 2001
Nicknamed "Satchmo," "Pops" and, later, "Ambassador Satch," Louis Armstrong transformed jazz with his improvised trumpet solos and unique vocals.
Along with his bands, the Hot Five and Hot Seven, he released some of the most influential records in jazz history. His career lasted 5 decades, from the 1920's to the 1960's.
A New Orleans native.
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Armstrong grew up in a neighborhood so dangerous it was known as "The Battlefield". He dropped out of school in the fifth grade, and–after being arrested–was sent at age 11 to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys. Despite this inauspicious beginning, he went on to learn how to play the cornet, and earned the notice of Joe "King" Oliver, who invited Armstrong to join his band, both in New Orleans and Chicago.
Between 1925-1928 Armstrong and his band released more than 60 records.
By the end of the decade, the popularity of the Hot Fives and Seven bands was enough to send Armstrong back to New York, where he appe