His vocal improvisations and the powerful feeling of swing that he brought to everything he sang loosened up the more formal style of his contemporaries. "I'm not going to do it, I'm just thinking about it. Find an answer to your question what made Armstrong's jazz style special and influential? So, I feel as though it's my duty to shine light on these fashion icons. His improvisations drew on the styles of earlier New Orleans cornet and trumpet players like Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard, and especially Joe “King” Oliver, who gave Armstrong informal tutoring on the instrument and eventually helped to launch his career in Chicago. With his 1926 recording "Heebie Jeebies," he introduced a true jazz vocal style, dependent on mastery of pitch and time as well as fast reflexes and imagination. As a young boy in New Orleans, Armstrong formed a vocal quartet with his friends and performed on the street for tips. I was spoiled rotten. Frustrated with what he saw as Eisenhower’s overly cautious response to Faubus, Armstrong lashed out at the federal government, sending an angry letter to Eisenhower criticizing his decisions. This personally inscribed trumpet is one-of-a-kind and was not mass-produced.In the 1950s, Armstrong used his fame to speak out in support of school desegregation.Trumpet owned by Louis Armstrong, 1946, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureDespite being widely criticized as behind the times, one of the most important moments of Armstrong’s later career came when he spoke out in support of the Civil Rights Movement. Although they admired his playing, younger jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis expressed embarrassment at his antics. Singing remained an important part of his stage persona from the beginning of his professional career. (Plus, I found out which of my exes were my favorite based on who answered. History. I think you get the idea.
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Before Armstrong virtuoso performers were primarily classical musicians. His singing was as influential as his trumpet playing Louis Armstrong is rightly celebrated as a master jazz trumpeter, but his distinctive gravelly-voiced singing also had a huge influence on later artists. I got the exclusive look into the love lives of three lovely couples on their marriage journey through a pandemic.As most teenage girls right now, I love TikTok.