LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the age of 11, Armstrong began to develop an interest in music, harmonizing on street corners and playing a toy horn. Arrested for disturbing the peace, on New Year’s Eve, 1913, he was remanded to the New Orleans Colored Waif’s Home for Boys.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1922, King Oliver sent for Armstrong to join his band in Chicago. Armstrong and Oliver became the talk of the town with their intricate two-cornet breaks and started making records together in 1923. By that point, Armstrong began dating the pianist in the band, Lillian Hardin.
Detailed explanation-3: -In June of 1924, Armstrong moved to New York to join the band of Fletcher Henderson and recorded frequently with the Henderson band.
Detailed explanation-4: -The early 1920s saw Armstrong’s popularity explode as he left New Orleans for Chicago to play with “King” Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, and then moved on to New York, where he influenced the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with improvisation and a new musical vocabulary.