“You can’t play anything on a horn that Louis hasn’t played,” Miles Davis said. “He is the beginning and end of music in America,” Bing Crosby once said. One of dozens he played through his five decades of performing, it came to life when Armstrong played it. “Satchmo,” as he was known, was not only one of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he also helped steer jazz to a new direction-one of inventive soloing, done with a heart that connected to millions.īlending popular song with the blues and an unerring assurance and tone, Armstrong is credited with helping shape the distinctly American art form. One of the standout musical artifacts to go on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture when it opens this fall is the elegant 70-year-old brass trumpet from Louis Armstrong.
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