The Success of an Artist
A little fact about Louis Armstrong was he got arrested at age 11 because he fired his stepfather’s pistol for a New Year’s celebration where in prison he developed his passion of jazz.(Top 10 Facts) He was born on August 4, 1901 which he came from a poor family in New Orleans which he spent his childhood in poverty. Armstrong started to love music when he was in prison and he was considered one of the most influential artists in Jazz history.(Biography) Louis Armstrong’s enthusiastic way of defining jazz made him an idol to America.
Jazz became known as the son of Louis Armstrong just from the way he had interpreted his point of view on jazz. Amazing performances Armstrong had led Jazz to become well-known and popular. “The next few years were enormously significant in the history of jazz because of Armstrong's inspired improvisations.”(UXL Biographies) Jazz became popular during the 1920s due to Armstrong’s enthusiastic performances. Armstrong had a brilliant way of playing the trumpet and it led him to always be center stage. Unique style in music gave Louis Armstrong reputation of the most influential man. “His versatile trumpet playing and rich, gravelly voice inspired many younger musicians while thrilling his adoring fans.”(UXL Biographies) Fanatic style that Louis Armstrong had for music gave younger musicians the purpose and meaning of jazz. Even with Armstrong’s voice being rough, his voice still created a rhythm that still got his fan’s attention. A key to success of becoming an amazing musician is creating your own creative style of music, which is why he became known for Scat Singing. Louis Armstrong was able to create a meaning for Jazz using different musical methods. Armstrong had redefined the saying, “Actions speak louder than words.” “His virtuosic abilities awed jazz enthusiasts and word quickly spread.”(Longwood) The lyrics to Armstrong’s songs was not the only reason why he was considered a symbol to Jazz. Fantastic passion to sing and his fluent voice created a friction between him and his fans which created his fame. With his perspective of Jazz, Louis is able to get himself more help on how making his music stand out …show more content…
Greatness from a dominant figure of the 20s made is known to be the most important artists of the Harlem Renaissance. “He influenced and created a new kind of Jazz with his recordings.”(Blogspot) Instead of using words in some of his songs, he would often use an improvised singing that contain just syllables which is called scat singing. Satchamo, which was his nickname, was known for bringing a “soloist’s art” into Jazz and he was known for his voice that wasn’t like any other musician. Enthusiastic behavior towards the most important parts about his own life, it leads him to become the most popular musician during the Harlem Renaissance and was also known to be a founding father of the Renaissance. “His style of playing was the start of a new way of performing. And his new form of singing, Scat singing, started a new form of music.”(Sites Google) Credited to be the mastermind behind the creation of Scat singing, which was using syllables instead of lyrics which unleashed a new form of Jazz. Wonderful hits from Armstrong had topped the charts around the world which made him a popular figure. Louis Armstrong still managed to pull off an amazing career in Jazz while becoming the most respected musician of the
A little fact about Louis Armstrong was he got arrested at age 11 because he fired his stepfather’s pistol for a New Year’s celebration where in prison he developed his passion of jazz.(Top 10 Facts) He was born on August 4, 1901 which he came from a poor family in New Orleans which he spent his childhood in poverty. Armstrong started to love music when he was in prison and he was considered one of the most influential artists in Jazz history.(Biography) Louis Armstrong’s enthusiastic way of defining jazz made him an idol to America.
Jazz became known as the son of Louis Armstrong just from the way he had interpreted his point of view on jazz. Amazing performances Armstrong had led Jazz to become well-known and popular. “The next few years were enormously significant in the history of jazz because of Armstrong's inspired improvisations.”(UXL Biographies) Jazz became popular during the 1920s due to Armstrong’s enthusiastic performances. Armstrong had a brilliant way of playing the trumpet and it led him to always be center stage. Unique style in music gave Louis Armstrong reputation of the most influential man. “His versatile trumpet playing and rich, gravelly voice inspired many younger musicians while thrilling his adoring fans.”(UXL Biographies) Fanatic style that Louis Armstrong had for music gave younger musicians the purpose and meaning of jazz. Even with Armstrong’s voice being rough, his voice still created a rhythm that still got his fan’s attention. A key to success of becoming an amazing musician is creating your own creative style of music, which is why he became known for Scat Singing. Louis Armstrong was able to create a meaning for Jazz using different musical methods. Armstrong had redefined the saying, “Actions speak louder than words.” “His virtuosic abilities awed jazz enthusiasts and word quickly spread.”(Longwood) The lyrics to Armstrong’s songs was not the only reason why he was considered a symbol to Jazz. Fantastic passion to sing and his fluent voice created a friction between him and his fans which created his fame. With his perspective of Jazz, Louis is able to get himself more help on how making his music stand out …show more content…
Greatness from a dominant figure of the 20s made is known to be the most important artists of the Harlem Renaissance. “He influenced and created a new kind of Jazz with his recordings.”(Blogspot) Instead of using words in some of his songs, he would often use an improvised singing that contain just syllables which is called scat singing. Satchamo, which was his nickname, was known for bringing a “soloist’s art” into Jazz and he was known for his voice that wasn’t like any other musician. Enthusiastic behavior towards the most important parts about his own life, it leads him to become the most popular musician during the Harlem Renaissance and was also known to be a founding father of the Renaissance. “His style of playing was the start of a new way of performing. And his new form of singing, Scat singing, started a new form of music.”(Sites Google) Credited to be the mastermind behind the creation of Scat singing, which was using syllables instead of lyrics which unleashed a new form of Jazz. Wonderful hits from Armstrong had topped the charts around the world which made him a popular figure. Louis Armstrong still managed to pull off an amazing career in Jazz while becoming the most respected musician of the