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Hace 1 día · Partly as a response to the profusion of hyphenated styles and the constant, commercially driven pursuit of newness, partly as a matter of the natural aging process of the music and the need to memorialize its progenitors— Louis Armstrong died in 1971, Duke Ellington in 1974 —prominent jazz musicians, critics, and other cultural mediators worked hard in this era to establish permanent ...
Hace 6 días · A couple of months before his death on July 6, 1971, beloved jazz trumpeter and popular entertainer Louis Armstrong made what turned out to be his final recording.
Hace 3 días · During his time in Chicago during the 1920s, Armstrong would prove instrumental in the development of modern jazz, placing an emphasis on solo performance rather than big band improvisation.As the decade progressed, Armstrong gained a reputation as the greatest trumpet player within the scene – a reputation which, for the most part, stuck with him until his death in 1971.
Hace 2 días · Some very sad news from Houston. Jewel Brown, jazz singer extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 86. Jewel was born and raised in Houston's Third Ward and later sang in Louis Armstrong's ...
Hace 3 días · The Super Bowl VI halftime show was themed as a "Salute to Louis Armstrong" (Armstrong, a New Orleans native, died in July 1971). Headlining the show were jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald , actress and singer Carol Channing , trumpeter Al Hirt and the U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team. [21]
Hace 3 días · Jewel Brown played with Louis Armstrong in the the '60s. But Brown's parents were old and in poor health, so in 1971 she retired from singing, moved back to Third Ward and opened a salon.
Hace 5 días · Book Sources: Louis Armstrong. A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library. Click the title for location and availability information. Off campus access instructions (for e-books) Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History by Robert Walser. Call Number: ML3507 .K4 1999.
