"Very few of the men whose names have become great in the early pioneering of jazz and of swing were trained in music at all. They were born musicians: they felt their music and played by ear and memory. That was the way it was with the great Dixieland Five."

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About Louis Armstrong

American trumpeter and vocalist who was a foundational figure in jazz. His influential recordings and performances helped shape 20th-century popular music.

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