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Louis Armstrong Music Was Celebratory To Black Culture

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Louis Armstrong’s music was celebratory to black culture
Louis Armstrong’s music was celebratory to black culture because of two main reasons which one them is that he broke down a barrier for those that weren’t allowed to play music neucase they were seen as people who shouldn't play just because of their color. Which is unfair because they treated those with a different skin color differently compared to those but when Armstrong started making music it became a safe haven for him and for other Africa American jazz players, they weren’t ever allowed to just play music in a public place but then he decided to play music discreetly so he can be free. Armstrong played music to have an escape from the life of poverty he had with his mother so …show more content…

Louis then started getting into trouble which sent him to a troubled home for colored people and that’s when one of his professors realized that Louis had a gift for music that grabbed the attention of the professors which he then startec to igbe lessons to Louis because he had a gift that needed to be shared with the world. Louis had a gift that was remarkable to the world and needed to be shared with others because no one knew yet how much of a difference the music Louis was so impressive that it could the attention of a professor who would then give Louis lessons and proper education so Louis can reach his true ability of becoming one of the most famous jazz musicians of his time. Later on the took Louis away from his mother so the became a safe haven for him with music because they couldn’t take his music away like they took away his mother from him because they voted that she wasn’t suitable be to take care of him. Louis’s music was influential to him since that was his escape from everything bad in the world so playing music gave him the gift of inner peace. If Louis hadn’t became a musician who knows where he could’ve been, he could’ve gotten into more trouble later on because he was sent to a juvenile home which means he could’ve easily been influenced by other but he wasn’t because music saved him from falling into the wrong

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