louis armstrong-major accomplishments, obstacles?

Answer 1

Louis Armstrong was born poor in New Orleans in about 1900, surrounded by brothels and music, the opposite of someone born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His parents abandoned him early. Music was in his blood and in the air. Even as a lad he must have participated in the musical funeral processions the Big Easy is famous for. He started with the cornet and moved to the trumpet. Everyone who heard him as a young man immediately recognized that Louis was a revolutionary trumpet-player, producing music from it that no one had heard before. He moved to Chicago in the Twenties, to play with King Oliver's band, creating a sensation. Bix Beiderbecke must have heard him in those years, and even though Bix played the trumpet with an originality all his own, he must have been inspired by Louis. He then moved to New York, and went on to conquer the world. Jazz has some claim to be America's best musical export, and Louis its first citizen. The white handkerchief was his trademark and he might go through several of these at a concert, always very well-attended. When he could not play the trumpet because of emphysema, he took to singing, in a voice one perceptive critic thought sounded like an elephant tearing up a tree by its roots, such was its awesome power. He was of course a master of the blues but he could turn even tawdry popular songs into inimitable jazz. He is said to have been an important influence on Bing Crosby's singing. He did not relish modern jazz, which he called "that ju-jitsu music". You can either see this as the honest response of an indisputable master or as the limitation of a man no longer open to the new. Even though he was clearly proud of being black, he generally stayed away from organized opposition to racism, thuugh he criticized Eisenhower for his lukewarm respone to segregation and, later, assisted Martin Luther King financially. His contribution to the "race" was to make music as no one else could. Anyone who saw him and heard his music (he performed all over the world) fell under his spell and could never forget him.

Answer 2

Louis Armstrong Accomplishments

Answer 3

Louis Armstrong Achievements

Answer 4

Armstrong's accomplishments on the trumpet and with his voice were all forging the new American music style called "jazz."

Armstrong faced obstacles surrounding his race... he was African American. This caused ridicule and oftentimes outright rejection despite his amazing talent. Armstrong overcame his struggles by simply doing his thang... he sang about the wonderful world... and he kept his upbeat style and let others grow to accept him.

He's truly an American hero.

Answer 5

Her was a very accomplished trumpet player

Answer 6

he was cool