Louis Armstrong
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Imani Perry’s Blue Notes February 06, 2025
The story goes that the lyrics to “Black and Blue,” the jazz standard popularized by Louis Armstrong, were written at gunpoint. ...
When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago February 06, 2025
If you want to understand 20th century American music, you really must start with Louis Armstrong.Armstrong changed the entire pulse of commercial music—inventing rhythmic phrases nobody had heard before. This allowed him to create new melodies, whic...
