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Jazz Musician of the Day: Louis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong

All About Jazz is celebrating Louis Armstrong's birthday today!

By virtue of the role he played in its evolution during the first quarter of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong is regarded as the most influential jazz musician in history. This distinction is coupled with his stewardship of jazz around the world over the next five decades as the earliest and greatest ambassador of America's first true musical art form.

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