Louis Armstrong
American musician Louis Armstrong, known as Satchmo, a virtuoso trumpeter and popular, gravelly voiced singer, greatly influenced the development of jazz.
Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Pops, a charismatic, innovative performer, improvised soloing, the main fundamental change, shifted focus from the collective to the player. Of the 20th century, he most famously first played cornet player and then reached best toward the end of his career.
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“Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you’ll never know.”
Louis Armstrong
“The Pope was such a fine little fella, you know.”
Louis Armstrong
“What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.”
Louis Armstrong
“Seems to me it ain't the world that's so bad but what we're doing to it, and all I'm saying is: see what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love, baby - love. That's the secret.”
Louis Armstrong
“There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.”
Louis Armstrong
“We all go Do, Re, Mi, but you've gotta find all the other notes yourself.”
Louis Armstrong
“The Bright Blessed Day, the Dark Sacred Night”
Louis Armstrong
“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.”
Louis Armstrong
“You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.”
Louis Armstrong
“If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong”
Louis Armstrong
“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.”
Louis Armstrong
“What we play is life.”
Louis Armstrong
“All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.”
Louis Armstrong