THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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magnificent trumpet playing
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series of books about the 1920s
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being an athlete in the 1936 Olympics
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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: -That all changed when he heard and studied the music. “I love him, ” Marsalis says of Armstrong. “And being a trumpet player, it was not hard to study the greatest trumpet player ever. “If you love jazz, you have to love him, ” he says.
Detailed explanation-4: -Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed “Satchmo", “Satch", and “Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz.