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"It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong"
-- Tony Bennett
"I think that anybody from the 20th century, up to now, has to be aware that if it wasn't for Louis Armstrong, we'd all be wearing powdered wigs. I think that Louis Armstrong loosened the world, helped people to be able to say "Yeah," and to walk with a little dip in their hip. Before Louis Armstrong, the world was definitely square, just like Christopher Columbus thought."
-- South African trumpet legend Hugh Masekela
"If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original."
-- Duke Ellington
- Town Hall Concert (May 17, 1947 with Jack Teagarden)
- Group known as Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars, featured a rotating cast, which included Earl "Fatha" Hines, Barney Bigard, Edmond Hall, Jack Teagarden, Trummy Young, Arvell Shaw, Billy Kyle, Marty Napoleon, Big Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Tyree Glenn, Barrett Deems, Joe Darensbourg and Danny Barcelona
-Time Magazine (February 21, 1949, first jazz musician on the cover)
- Born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana, despite frequently stating the date of his birth as July 4, 1900.
- Spent his youth in an impoverished neighborhood of New Orleans, known as "the Battlefield", which was a part of the infamous Storyville district. This area was frequently associated with elements of the so-called "underworld".
- Dropped out of the Fisk School at age eleven and joined a quartet of boys singing in the streets for money.