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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A famous trumpet player who influenced the development of jazz.
A
Duke Ellington
B
Louis Armstrong
C
Neil Armstrong
D
Tiny Tim
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His improvisations drew on the styles of earlier New Orleans cornet and trumpet players like Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard, and especially Joe “King” Oliver, who gave Armstrong informal tutoring on the instrument and eventually helped to launch his career in Chicago.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arguably, Louis Armstrong is the most important musician in American music. He not only defined the art of jazz trumpet, but took the instrument itself (regardless of style) to heights never before attained.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Buddy Bolden – Bolden had a magnetic personality and a musical gift that combined ragtime and the blues. His career defined jazz and he was crowned the first jazz trumpeter.

Detailed explanation-5: -That’s because in jazz, all roads lead back to one man – Louis Armstrong. Not only one of the best jazz trumpeters of all time, Armstrong was one of the greatest musical improvisers ever and his innovations helped jazz to evolve into what it is today.

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