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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) was a massively influential American {{jazz}} musician and singer. Born in New Orleans, he learned how to play the trumpet and cornet in his teens, and engaged in a fifty-year career in music. He is considered the {{Trope Codifier}} for many of the basic elements of jazz, including improvisation and {{scat singing}}.
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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 1901[[note]]Although he always claimed that he was born on July 4, 1900[[/note]] – July 6, 1971) was a massively influential American {{jazz}} musician and singer. Born in New Orleans, he learned how to play the trumpet and cornet in his teens, and engaged in a fifty-year career in music. He is considered the {{Trope Codifier}} for many of the basic elements of jazz, including improvisation and {{scat singing}}.
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* AffectionateNickname: He was often called "Dippermouth" or "Satchel Mouth", because of the odd shape of his mouth. The latter would later be shortened to his most well-known moniker, "Satchmo". He also liked going by "Pops".
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* LargeHam: Enjoyed clowning it up in front of the camera.
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** Louis enjoyed clowning it up in front of thecamera.camera.
** This is even reflected in his trumpet playing. While other trumpet players played straightforward melodies with subdued melodies, Louis improvised brand new melodies with intense volume and a manic vibrato.
** Louis enjoyed clowning it up in front of the
** This is even reflected in his trumpet playing. While other trumpet players played straightforward melodies with subdued melodies, Louis improvised brand new melodies with intense volume and a manic vibrato.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: While his influence on jazz is undeniable, most audiences are familiar with his '50s/'60s crooner-era where he mostly sang crossover traditional pop and R&B ballads; his trumpet solos during this era also tended to be slower and simpler. It can be quite a shock for these audiences to listen to his more acclaimed '20s/'30s work, where he played fast-paced Dixieland jazz, mostly playing {{instrumentals}} with an occasional vocal here or two. His trumpet and cornet playing was also a lot faster and more intense around this period.
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* GutturalGrowler: Armstrong's singing voice was famously gravelly, but no less expressive for that. It was less so when he was a young man – his 1928 wordless vocal duet with the clarinet in "West End Blues" will convince anyone that he was a great singer.
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No real chance of any misconceptions
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Not to be confused with [[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist the muscle-bound Strong-Arm Alchemist whose skills were]] ''[[MemeticMutation passed down through the Armstrong line for generations!!]]'' Also, he is not related to UsefulNotes/NeilArmstrong or Lance Armstrong. (For the record, the latter's real surname is actually Gunderson.)
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* {{Jazz}}: Synonymous with the genre.
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* {{Jazz}}: Synonymous with the genre. If you can only name one Jazz musician, it's very likely him. Also massively influential in the genre - Music/TheloniousMonk once said, in tribute to Armstrong "No him, no me."
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Real Life troping; Cool Old Guy is a narrative trope and deemed NRLEP because of that
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* CoolOldGuy: In 1964 he kicked Music/TheBeatles out of the #1 spot with "Hello Dolly!" He was 63! ''[[Music/TheBeatles The]] '''[[Music/TheBeatles BEATLES!]]'''''
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Addiction was an epidemic within jazz music circles. Many succumbed to alcoholism, or turned to even harder drugs like heroin. Armstrong, however, was addicted to ''laxatives''.[[note]]He famously carried a jar of Swiss Kriss laxative pills around with him, and urged them on everyone he met. Downplayed in that they don't seem to have done him any harm; his enthusiasm for laxatives was regarded by people around him as an amusing personality quirk, not a serious health problem.[[/note]]
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Addiction was an epidemic within jazz music circles. Many succumbed to alcoholism, or turned to even harder drugs like heroin. Armstrong, however, was addicted to ''laxatives''.[[note]]He He famously carried a jar of Swiss Kriss laxative pills around with him, and urged them on everyone he met. Downplayed in that they They don't seem to have done him any harm; his enthusiasm for laxatives was regarded by people around him as an amusing personality quirk, not a serious health problem.[[/note]]
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* ExcitedShowTitle: Armstrong's cover version of "Hello, Dolly!" enforced this upon the musical from which that song came. The show was originally titled ''Dolly, a Damned Exasperating Woman'' but he had such a hit with "Hello, Dolly!" that they renamed the show after the song, before it opened.
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* CoolOldGuy: Well ''duh''. In 1964 he kicked Music/TheBeatles out of the #1 spot with "Hello Dolly!" He was 63! ''[[Music/TheBeatles The]] '''[[Music/TheBeatles BEATLES!]]'''''
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* CoolOldGuy: Well ''duh''. In 1964 he kicked Music/TheBeatles out of the #1 spot with "Hello Dolly!" He was 63! ''[[Music/TheBeatles The]] '''[[Music/TheBeatles BEATLES!]]'''''
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* ExcitedShowTitle: Armstrong's cover version of "Hello, Dolly!" enforced this upon the musical from which that song came. The show was originally titled ''Dolly, a Damned Exasperating Woman'' but he had such a hit with "Hello, Dolly!" that they renamed the show after the song, before it opened.