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Few
icons of the Roaring Twenties embody the decade's spirit of verve and invention
as much as Louis Armstrong, who came of age while playing the jazz clubs
of Chicago's Black Belt and living here (door on the left) from 1925 to
1929. Armstrong was born in New Orleans and started his career playing
clubs there and in St. Louis. His mentor, Joe "King" Oliver, convinced
Armstrong to join him in Chicago in the early twenties. It was here that
Armstrong switched from cornet to trumpet and, by bringing his New Orleans
brand of jazz up the Mississippi River, helped establish the city's South
Side as a jazz mecca. -NB
-More about
the Louis Armstrong House from ChicagoTribute.org
-More about
Louis Armstrong from PBS'
"Jazz," the Smithsonian,
and RedHotJazz.com.
-More
about the Sunset Cafe from the Chicago Landmarks Division |
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