LOUIS ARMSTRONG

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG

NICKNAMED “SATCHMO”, “SATCH”, AND “POPS”, WAS AN AMERICAN TRUMPETER AND VOCALIST. HE WAS AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN JAZZ. HIS CAREER SPANNED FIVE DECADES AND SEVERAL ERAS IN THE HISTORY OF JAZZ. COMING TO PROMINENCE IN THE 1920S AS AN INVENTIVE TRUMPET AND CORNET PLAYER, ARMSTRONG WAS A FOUNDATIONAL INFLUENCE IN JAZZ, SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF THE MUSIC FROM COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION TO SOLO PERFORMANCE.

NAME OF SITE	DESCRIPTION	CITY	STATE
LOUIS ARMSTRONG BIRTHPLACE	HOUSE – 727 SOUTH BROAD ST. NEW ORLEANS LA 70119	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISANA
MUSEUM	NEW ORLEONS JAZZ MUSEUM	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
EDUCATION	HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
EDUCATION	FISK SCHOOL FOR BOYS	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
EDUCATION	ONE-ROOM SCHOOL ON PERDIDO STREET	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
SALOON	THE LITTLE GEM SALOON	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
RIVERBOAT	STEAMBOAT NATCHEZ RIVERBOAT	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
STATUE	LOUIS ARMSTRONG PARK	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
KARNOFSKY SHOP AND RESIDENCE- WORKED WITH MOTHER & SISTER -HOME USED TO BE -EMPTY LOT	427 S. RAMPART ST. NEW ORLEANS LA 70112	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
KIDNEY AND HEART PROBLEMS	BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL	NEW YORK CITY	NEW YORK CITY
COLORED WAIFS HOME (LATER MILNE BOYS HOME) -MUSICAL TRAINING	HOME – 431 CITY PARK AVE. NEW ORLEANS LA 70119	NEW ORLEONS	LOUISIANA
HOUSE	PRIVATE RESIDENCE	CHICAGO	ILLINOIS
FLETCH ANDERSON RECORDS	RECORDS	NEW YORK CITY	NEW YORK
WALDORF ASTORIA –	HOTEL – MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE ATTENDED HIS 84TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL.	MANHATTAN	NEW YORK CITY
DEATHPLACE	LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM	QUEENS	NEW YORK CITY
BURIAL	FLUSHING CEMETRY	QUEENS	NEW YORK CITY
FUNERAL CHURCH	CORONA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH	CORONA	NEW YORK CITY