To start off, have you ever heard of the most famous Jazz musician ever known who changed history? Well his name was Louis Armstrong. There were a lot of different opinions on how Armstrong did it. Louis Armstrong was born on on August 4th, 1901 and grew up in New Orleans. He had a nickname which was Satchmo or Satch. Armstrong was an American composer, singer, trumpeter, and was sometimes even an actor. Louis started to perform in groups but then he eventually started to do solo performances. He became a very influential figure throughout his career. Louis Armstrong changed the Harlem Renaissance with jazz music by growing up with liking jazz music, performing the song “What a Wonderful World”, how he changed jazz music for good, how he felt about racial discrimination happening in the 1960s, and the awards he had gotten.
First, Louis Armstrong started to like jazz music when he was a child. “Many people had couraged Armstrong to play music” (Cogswell). When Louis was little he had a difficult time growing up since his father left and his mother would do bad things. So Armstrong had to drop out of school in fifth grade
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“Louis Armstrong not only changed the way jazz music was formed but also the culture and identities of Americans” (Ryan). Armstrong’s music gave people hope, especially the ones who lived in poverty. Louis Armstrong became a hero with life since he helped many people get through the hard times. He was also a hero with his love for music since it became so inspirational. “Louis Armstrong’s style of playing, an approach never before seen by other jazz artists, made him famous” (Ryan). Armstrong put a lot of emotion into his music and many people say they could feel the emotion when listening to it. With the few songs Armstrong performed, it all related to what was happening in the 1960s. Many singers performed the song “What a Wonderful World”, but most people thought Armstrong performed it the