How Did Louis Smith Influence The Jazz Party?

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She started singing in 1929 as a teenager at ‘Pod’s and Jerry’s’ a night club in Harlem, New York. Holiday was inspired and influenced by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Her vocal style was strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists. She was mostly known for her improvisational skills and she had a voice that captured the attention of everyone in the room.