Lil Hardin Armstrong

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American jazz pianist arranger bandleader composer human jazz musician pianist songwriter

Lil Hardin Armstrong was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and early collaborator who helped shape Louis Armstrong’s career during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Lillian Hardin Armstrong 1

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instanceOf American jazz pianist ⓘ
arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
birthName Lillian Hardin ⓘ
collaboratedWith Louis Armstrong ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Armstrong ⓘ
Hardin ⓘ
fieldOfWork jazz composition ⓘ
music ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
givenName Lillian ⓘ
helpedShapeCareerOf Louis Armstrong ⓘ
influenced development of Louis Armstrong’s career ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
memberOf King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
movement Chicago jazz ⓘ
early jazz ⓘ
name Lil Hardin Armstrong self-link ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most important women in early jazz ⓘ
notableRole early collaborator of Louis Armstrong ⓘ
notableWork Doin’ the Suzie-Q ⓘ
Just for a Thrill ⓘ
My Heart ⓘ
Struttin’ with Some Barbecue ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
playedWith King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five ⓘ
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Louis Armstrong ⓘ

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subject surface form: Flushing Cemetery
this entity surface form: Lillian Hardin Armstrong
Louis Armstrong → spouse → Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
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subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
Louis → spouse → Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong