Louis Armstrong also known as "Satchmo," "Pops" and "Ambassador Satch," came to prominence in the 1920’s. He influenced many artists with his unique and daring trumpet style and vocals. In 1922 louis joined king oliver’s Creole Jazz Band on second cornet, also with oliver he eventually made his first recordings on April 5th, 1923. On that day he got his first recorded solo on “Chimes Blues.” In the year of 1924 Armstrong joined Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, and immediately made his presence felt with a series of solos. Eventually Louis left Henderson, nevertheless he went back to chicago when Okeh records let him make his first records with a band under his name. Armstrong made more than 60 records with the hot five who later became the hot…
Firstly, one interesting fact I found was that his birth name was actually James Louis Johnson, but that he was often referred to as Jay Jay Johnson. Secondly, I learned that Jay Jay is considered one of the first trombone players to embrace bebop music and one of the leading trombonists of the post-swing era, thus having a great influence on other jazz musicians. Thirdly, I also found it interesting how trombone was not the first instrument that he played, and that he began with piano lessons at age eleven, then played baritone saxophone at school for a short time before beginning to play trombone at fourteen years old because his classmates needed a trombone player to form an amateur band. Fourthly, similar to many other jazz musicians of his generation, Jay Jay consumed heroin and became so absorbed into the culture and lifestyle that in 1952, he decided to leave music and became a blueprint inspector for Sperry Gyroscope, a military contractor. In addition, to his concert and jazz music, Jay Jay also composed for movies and television in 1970, but had limited success using racism as the principal motive. Finally, I thought it was interesting that he retired from active performing and touring at the end of 1996, because that means that he performed until he was 72 years…
The movie Oliver Twist is about a 10 year old boy named Oliver Twist and he is living in an terrible orphanage because his mother dies after giving birth to Oliver. Oliver’s father also dies too but no one knows his death occurred. Ten years later, Oliver is being abused and treated like a animal by people which are Mr.Bumble and Mrs.Corney. Mr.Bumble gets angry whenever the orphans disobey him or just do little things, for example talking to each other when their supposed to be quiet. Oliver is usually tortured by Mr.Bumble because he stands up for himself and he could care less of how Mr.Bumble treats him.…
Louis Armstrong was one of the most famous trumpeters to ever live. He was born on August 4th, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a factory worker and he abandoned Louis after his birth. His mother left him with his grandmother and was always in prostitution. He married died on July 6th, 1971 in Corona, Queens, New York. He went to school at the Fisk School for Boys and the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. His nicknames all his friends and fans gave him was “Pops”, “Satchmo”, and “Ambassador Satch. In 1981, he replaced Oliver in Kid Ory’s band, which was the most popular in New Orleans. In his early life, he joined Creole Jazz Band on second cornet in Chicago. In Chicago, he was allowed to make his own band and called it, “Armstrong…
Buddy Rich (1917-1987), was one of the greatest legendary Jazz drummer and band leader. According to his Biography, he began to play drums when he was 18 months old and performed regularly on Broadway when he was four. He received a lot of award such as The Downbeat Magazine Hall of Fame Award, the Modern Drummer Magazine Hall of Fame Award and the Jazz Unlimited Immortals of Jazz Award . There was much more…
Louis Armstrong was considered one of the most influential artists in Jazz history. He was a trumpeter, band leader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. He had an instantly recognized voice. Armstrong demonstrated great dexterity as an improviser while bending the lyrics and…
I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.”, and “If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” Those are all quotes he used all throughout his life. Louis Armstrong developed a way of playing jazz as an instrumentalist and a vocalist which had an impact for all musicians to follow today. Louis Armstrong was also the only black Jazz musician to publically speak out against school segregation in 1957. He also was in different groups such as the Hot Five and the Hot Seven were his recording groups for his records. He also played in many movies such as Cabin in The Sky, Going Places, Dr. Rhythm, A Song is Born, Young Man with a Horn, Satchmo the Great, and so much…
between white man's law and moral law. Douglass tells a story of his personal experience,…
For William the Conqueror, success was a way of life. During his reign as king of England, William conquered three locations. The first was in Pevensey in the South of England, after, he went toward Hastings and Fought at Senlac Hill, lastly he took England. William the Conqueror was one of the most influential men in history.…
Thomas Paine was an self educated Englishman. Thomas Paine was always influenced by French Revolution in the 1789, when he was growing up in his childhood. Thomas Paine was the son of Joseph Paine and Frances Cocke. Thomas Paine wasn’t the only child. Thomas Paine also has six brothers and sisters it you count him too. Thomas Paine grew up in Thetford. Thetford was a important town, they always were good for farmers markets, in the Raul Norfolk, England.…
There he got his feet with musical instrument the cornet and began to fall in love with music. In 1914, he was released from the home, and he immediately began to dream of making music and becoming a professional jazz musician. Although, he still had other various side jobs such as selling newspapers and hauling coal to the city’s famed red-light district, he began to earning himself a reputation of as a fine blues player. Around that time one of the greatest cornet players around, Joe “King” Oliver, began acting as a mentor to the, at the time, young Louis Armstrong.…
I am going to make a huge impact and a difference in this world. My name Henry King will never be washed from the surface of the earth. The kind of legacy I want to leave on earth will surpass greats such as Albert Einstein, Williams Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Aristotle, and Charles Darwin. My dream is massive, and I am sure I will achieve it before I die. I want to be remembered as someone who contributed significantly to the science of mankind. I want to be a stepping stone for modern science.…
Born in Eisleben, Germany, back in 1483, Martin Luther went ahead to become one of the most prominent figures in the entire Western history. Luther spent the early years of his life in relative anonymity serving as a monk and a scholar. However, in 1517, he was able to pan a document that was attacking the Catholic Church for practicing corrupt practices that involved selling “indulgences” to absolve sin. Through his “95 Theses,” he was able to pronounce two central beliefs that sparked the Protestant Reformation; hence leading to the thesis that Martin’s writing created unending divisions in the Catholic Church ever while his ideas shaped the Protestantism that emerged later. The paper analyzes the issues that Luther presented for the debate…
Oliver Cromwell was born on the 25th of April 1599 to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward, a family of minor gentry. He had been educated at Huntingdon Grammar School and Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge. Cromwell was famous for being both skilled militarily, creating the famed Ironsides cavalry platoon, and politically, becoming the First Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. He held extremely strict Puritan religious beliefs.…
The similarities that bind together Marc Antony’s Friends, Romans, and Countrymen speech and Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail are unreal; seemingly orchestrated. King’s letter is written upon a structure of a strong pathological appeal combined with a powerful use of repetition and moving language. Likewise, Antony’s speech demonstrates an emotion appeal with a firm directing address to his audience and a sinewy use of verbal irony. The strong use of pathos, repetition, and a few other various rhetorical devices come together to assert Mark Antony’s funeral speech and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail as two public addresses of great similarity.…