Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (4 August 1901 – July 6, 1971) also known by the nicknames Satchmo, for "satchel-mouth", and "Pops") was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional dance music into a popular art form.
Between 1925 and 1927, Armstrong's performances with his bands The Hot Five and Hot Seven improvised several instrumentals and songs on vinyl records, all playfully rendered with a lot of creativity. Several of these recordings have become classics: West End Blues, Potatohead Blues, Heebie Jeebies,... World famous and popular, Armstrong appeared in several Hollywood musicals and performed all over the planet. Later in his career he became more famous as a singer, with songs like Hello Dolly (1963) and What A Wonderful World (1967) becoming hits. He also collaborated with other jazz greats, like Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald. Armstrong influenced thousands of jazz musicians, becoming one of the most significant 20th-century musical artists.
In 1977, Carl Sagan included Armstrong's Melancholy Blues on the Voyager Golden Record, a special record sent into outer space featuring sounds and music that would give potential extraterrestrials an idea of life on Earth.
Frank Zappa and Louis Armstrong
During "The Blackouts" on The Lost Episodes an Armstrong concert is mentioned.
Louis Armstrong was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [1]
