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Armstrong avidly typed or wrote on whatever stationery was at hand, recording instant takes on music, sex, food, childhood memories, his heavy "medicinal" marijuana use, and even his bowel movements, which Armstrong gleefully described.
Louis Armstrong and Henry "Kid" Rena were just two of the boys who returned to practice with Davis and the band, according to Rena's brother Joe Rene. Armstrong recalled, "Mr. Davis made the boys play a little of every kind of music." [6] With the assistance of Davis, Armstrong joined the band playing in parades and at picnics around New ...
Little Satchmo is a 2022 documentary film about Louis Armstrong's secret daughter, Sharon Preston-Folta. The film is distributed by PBS International [1] and won an EMMY Award (2023 Outstanding Historical Documentary, Southeast). [2] It is directed by John Alexander [3] and produced by Lea Umberger and JC Guest.
The success of their association caused other jazz musicians to join Glaser and his agency known as the Associated Booking Corporation which "was formed in 1940 by Joe Glaser and Louis Armstrong". [6] The relation of Glaser and Armstrong has been represented as a prominent element in Terry Teachout's theater play Satchmo at the Waldorf.
An early colleague of Louis Armstrong, Williams is referred to in Armstrong's autobiography and helped look after Armstrong during his childhood. Sidney Bechet talks about Black Benny Williams in his autobiography, as does Jelly Roll Morton in his Library of Congress interviews.
The Tony winner opens up to PEOPLE about playing the music icon on stage, sharing that he found "a definite connection" withe the late star
Brandon Louis Armstrong, the music giant’s great-great nephew, makes his Broadway debut playing multiple parts in a new musical about […]
Photo of Armstrong in 1936. The Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions were recorded between 1925 and 1928 by Louis Armstrong with his Hot Five and Hot Seven groups. . According to the National Recording Registry, [1] "Louis Armstrong was jazz's first great soloist and is among American music's most important and influential figu