Louis Armstrong
Grew up in the poorest quarter of New Orleans and changed what a soloist was — the reason improvisation sits at the center of American music. Every trumpet player after him is answering him.
Black excellence, on the record
The RecordThey made it impossible to look away
Grew up in the poorest quarter of New Orleans and changed what a soloist was — the reason improvisation sits at the center of American music. Every trumpet player after him is answering him.