Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz during the 1920s. He was born in 1901 in New Orleans, where he learned to create a unique sound and incorporate singing and patter into his performances. In the early 1920s in Chicago, Armstrong's band was among the most influential jazz bands of the time, helping establish Chicago as the center of the jazz universe. Armstrong had a significant impact on jazz in the 1920s through his emotional and expressive playing that others emulated, and his popularity grew such that his band became the most famous in the United States.

1. Louis Armstrong
By Olivia Obligado

2. Early Life
● He was born on August 4th in 1901 in New Orleans,
Louisiana, U.S

3. Who was he?
● He was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and
occasional actor who was one of the most influential
figures in jazz during the 1920s.
● He had learnt how to create a unique sound and also
started using singing and patter in his performances.

4. His career/Important facts
● He began his career-long pastime of writing nostalgic
letters to friends in New Orleans.
● His band was among the most influential jazz bands in
Chicago in the early 1920s, at a time when Chicago was
the center of the jazz universe.
● Armstrong also played with Erskine Tate's Little
Symphony, which played mostly at the Vendome
Theatre. They furnished music for silent movies and live
shows, including jazz versions of classical music, which
gave him experience with longer forms of music and
with hosting before a large audience.

5. His Impact on the 1920s
● His band was among the most influential jazz bands in
Chicago in the early 1920s, at a time when Chicago was
the center of the jazz universe.
● The other members of his band quickly took up his
emotional and expressive pulse. Soon his act included
singing and telling tales of New Orleans characters.
● As his reputation grew, he was challenged to
instrumental "cutting contests" by hornmen trying to
displace him.

6. His impact on the 1920s
● The recording was so popular that the group became
the most famous jazz band in the United States.
● Young musicians across the country, black or white,
were turned on by Armstrong's new type of jazz.
● Armstrong played at the Sunset Café for Al Capone's
associate Joe Glaser in the Carroll Dickerson
Orchestra.

7. Memorable Date
● He died at the age of 69 in 1971 in Corona, Queens,
New York.

8. The End
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