Louis Armstrong’s Influential Career Louis Armstrong was the most successful and talented jazz musician in history. His influence and expansive career continues to make waves in the jazz world. That is what made him become what he is to many today – a legend. Born on August 4, 1901, in the poorest section of New Orleans, Armstrong grew up with his grandparents due to his parents’ separation. On January 1, 1913 he made a mistake which turned out to …showed first 75 words of 1285 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1285 total…Without this American genius music would not be what it is today. Bibliography Works Cited Bergreen, Lawrence. Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life. New York: Broadway, 1997. Boujut, Michel. Louis Armstrong. New York: Rizzoli, 1998. Brown, Sandford. Louis Armstrong. New York: Watts, 1993. Collier, James Lincoln. Louis Armstrong: An American Genius. New York: Oxford, 1983. Crouch, Stanley. “Louis Armstrong.” Time 8 Aug. 1998: 170. Sadie, Stanley. ed. “Louis Armstrong.” The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 6th ed. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1995.