2. Louis Armstrong A man who defined Jazz

3. Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians. He was born in a poor section of New Orleans on August 4 1901. By 1917 he was playing in dive bars all over New Orleans CSUN Page 1

4. Accomplishments Louis Armstrong developed a way of playing jazz, as an instrumentalist and a vocalist He recorded hit songs for five decades, and he is still listened to today

5. Happy birthday, Louis! “On my sixty-ninth birthday, all of the kids in Corona where I live came in front of my home and wished me a Happy Birthday. Saying carry on until you’re a hundred years old. I have seen three generations come up in the block that I live. Many kids grew up, married, and brought their children to visit my wife Lucille and I.

6. And those kids grew up-Satchmo fans. Just want to say that music has no age. Most of your great composers- musicians-are elderly people, way up there in age-they will live forever.” Louis Armstrong, Esquire Magazine, December 1969

7. Suggested Readings My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong, 1954. Swing That Music by Louis Armstrong,1936. Louis Armstrong by Hughes Panassie, 1971. Louis by Max Jones and John Clinton,1971 Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life by Laurence Bergreen, 1997.

8. Remarkable Achievement’s Recorded hit songs for five decades, and his music is still heard today on television and radio and in films Wrote two autobiographies, more than ten magazine articles, hundreds of pages of memoirs, and thousands of letters Appeared in over 30 films as a gifted actor with superb comic timing and an unabashed joy of life Composed dozens of songs that have become jazz standards

9. Performed an average of 300 concerts each year, with his frequent tours to all parts of the world earning him the nickname “Ambassador Satch” Became one of the first celebrities of the twentieth century. Despite his fame and wealth, Satchmo lived a simple life in a working class neighborhood