Louis Armstrong Accomplishments

Louis Armstrong was a legendary jazz icon who learned to master the trumpet and gained massive success across different decades. Louis Armstrong was a composer, trumpeter, singer, and even an actor. Armstrong was known beyond the jazz community, and into the more known popular music. Armstrong came from a very poor neighborhood and basically grew up without his parents. Armstrong’s financial situation did not stop him from having long life dreams of emerging in the music industry. Joe “King” Oliver, one of the most important figures in early jazz was said to hold a father image in Armstrong’s life. Oliver gave Armstrong his very first cornet that he played in small gigs throughout the years. It was not until 1922 that one of his biggest aspirations came true, Oliver offered Armstrong to play for his band Creole Jazz Band, which later became a sensation in Chicago. Armstrong had accomplished to bring his New Orleans music style to Chicago and integrate it within its people.

Louis Armstrong only spoke out once against segregation and this brought him a lot of negative criticism among the African American community. Armstrong did not give in to all the negativity and continued to transcend as one of the greatest jazz artists of all time, disregarding color or race his music was enjoyed by both the whites and blacks. Armstrong was one of the very few to have success as a solo jazz player. It is said that one of his finest albums is the ‘Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy’, which contains some of his greatest hits of all time. Armstrong’s fame reached beyond the United States and all over the world, particularly with his 1967 hit ‘What a Wonderful World’ that placed #1 in many countries across the European continent. Louis Armstrong continues to hold a very important place in the history of jazz music, and will forever remain a jazz