Essays on Louis Armstrong

Jazz music has gone through multiple changes that have led to its overall development as a music style. Jazz has had various musical backgrounds including folk music and popular music influence the enlargement of distinct styles that may be found in the music form. The...

When it comes to the development and innovation of jazz, few names carry as much weight as Louis Armstrong. His contributions comprise many of the distinguishable elements of jazz, including scat singing, improvisation, solos, and swing style. A unique vocal timbre, and strong character allowed...

Jazz music and the Civil Rights Movement are directly linked to one another because in the world of jazz, only the ability to play one’s instrument mattered, while everything else was irrelevant. Jazz music was insanely popular and appealed to the masses despite differences in...

Louis Armstrong has been one of the most prominent figures in jazz, with his unique techniques, lively performances, and unmatched talent, enabling him to develop a large following. On August 14, 1901, Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong’s family was very poor...

In the early month of August 1901, Luis Armstrong was born in Louisiana, home of the Saints. His mother raised him in a neighborhood that suffered the effects of poverty and discrimination of race. This neighborhood was labeled ‘The Battlefield. ‘ Louis held a grim...

“There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad, I play the good kind. ” ~ Louis Armstrong One of the arts that transcends culture is the art of music. Louis Armstrong was an individual who took the art of music, specifically jazz,...

The Harlem Renaissance was an African American culture during the 1920s. It embraced music, theatrical and visual arts. The artist of this time wanted to avoid the moral values that brought shame about their ethnicity, seen by the whites. This included the movement of the...

“What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong depicts that one should appreciate everything that life gives you. Finding those little things that bring joy can help through times of hardship and struggle, which was most likely Armstrong’s intention. Due to the fact, that during this...

Trumpet melodies could be heard all over the city of New Orleans in the early 1900s, and it changed the course of music forever. Inconceivable musicians emerged from this era such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Ella Fitzgerald; they created a new world of...