Saturday 20 April 2013

Classical Music/Jazz

Jazz, Louis Armstrong
His hometown is New Orlando, USA. One of the most important commercial states in America in the 20th century due to its ideal location on the longest river in the united states which is the Mississippi river. By the 1900s Jazz was born. Louis Armstrong was born on 4th of august 1901, almost as jazz its self. He started singing in the streets to gain money. Once he was caught when he accidentally shoot a gun. Furthermore, during his stay in prison he played music and made something good out of bad situation. During that period of time Cruises employed jazz musicians to entertain clients and he had his shot at that too. His first band was Original Tuxedo Jazz band, Armstrong stayed with them until 1922 during ww1. His mentor was King Oliver, the man that Louis Armstrong had made his first recordings with.

Barak Alkhaldi

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