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Luis Armstrong was one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.
=== Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in August 4, 1901 Louis Armstrong was a jazz trumpeter and soon became an American Jazz legend. Born into a very poor family in New Orleans, he was the grandson of slaves. Armstrong began playing in New Orleans clubs and saloons in his early teens. By the 1920s, Louis was touring the country and leading his own band, the 'Hot Five' which later became the Hot Seven. ===

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= = ====Armstrong had many nicknames. "Satchmo" was an abbreviation of "satchelmouth," a joke about the size of his mouth. ====

= Armstrong was one of the first popular African-American entertainers, whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in America, that was still racially separate. It allowed him socially-acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. =

At the age of 20, he could read music and he started to be featured in extended trumpet solos, one of the first jazzmen to do this. He learned to create a very unique sound and also started using singing and patter in his performances. As he started to become well known, he was challenged into a cutting contest by horn man trying to embarrass the popular musician by who could blow two hundred C's in a row.

Louis Armstrong had a very happy personality. Greatly since he had a habit of telling tales about his childhood and how with his hard work and love for music, became what he was.

 He was an extremely generous man, who was said to have given away as much money as he kept for himself. He performed often for a wide range of charities, and tried to give back for some of the huge fortune and fame that he amassed over his lifetime. Louis Armstrong, the legendary trumpeter, died short after a heart attack on July 6, 1971.



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