LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Question
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Which of the following did Armstrong NOT do?
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Play the trumpet
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Compose music
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Play piano
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Marty Napoleon, a jazz pianist best known for his many years with Louis Armstrong, died on April 27 in Glen Cove, N.Y. He was 93.
Detailed explanation-2: -This 1946 Henri Selmer B-flat custom-made and inscribed trumpet belonged to Louis Armstrong. Armstrong had been playing an earlier version of a Selmer trumpet since 1932.
Detailed explanation-3: -Louis Armstrong is rightly celebrated as a master jazz trumpeter, but his distinctive gravelly-voiced singing also had a huge influence on later artists. 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.
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