Louis ArmstrongEssay Preview: Louis ArmstrongReport this essayOne of the greatest American jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), was born and raised in the “birthplace of jazz,” New Orleans. His neighborhood was called the “Battlefield” because of gang wars. Louiss father abandoned his mother, Mayann, soon after he was born. Because of this he lived in his grandmothers home for the first few years of his life. Eventually, he was returned to his mother and his little sister Beatrice. When Louis turned seven, he worked for the Karnofsky family before and after school collecting used bottles and rags and delivering coal. The Karnofskyss helped him get an old, beaten up cornet after he became attracted to music when heard it all around him.
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[i]When all is said and done,
The World is Watching You,
The Starlight is Shining
There is a Light.
It has brought
You closer in
Than we’ve ever seen before.
When you have the time, I will take you to
You in, with the light of your heart.