Louis armstrong biography timeline organizer
Louis armstrong biography
The Timeline of Louis Armstrong: Jazz Legend and Cultural Icon...
Louis Daniel Armstrong is born in New Orleans, Louisiana to William Armstrong and Mary "Mayann" Albert.
He grows up in poverty and begins working at a young age to support his family. With his natural musical ability, he soon becomes interested in the burgeoning jazz movement and begins singing in a boys' quartet.
Louis armstrong biography timeline organizer
Armstrong is arrested for firing blanks during a New Year's Eve celebration, and sent to the Colored Waif's Home as a juvenile delinquent. While living at the home, Armstrong learns to play cornet and falls in love with music.
He teaches himself music by listening to leading jazz musicians, including cornetistJoe "King" Oliver, who becomes Armstrong's hero.
Armstrong marries Daisy Parker, a prostitute, thus commencing a violent and stormy union and the first of Armstrong's