Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong was an influential American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader whose innovative playing and distinctive gravelly voice helped shape modern jazz and popular music.
Aliases (5)
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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actor → bandleader → composer → human → jazz musician → singer → trumpeter → |
| activeYearsEnd | 1971 → |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s → |
| associatedAct |
Earl Hines
→
Ella Fitzgerald → Fletcher Henderson → King Oliver → Louis Armstrong →
surface form: "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five"
Louis Armstrong →
surface form: "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven"
|
| awardReceived | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → |
| birthDate | 1901-08-04 → |
| birthPlace |
New Orleans
→
surface form: "New Orleans, Louisiana, United States"
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| burialPlace | Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| deathDate | 1971-07-06 → |
| deathPlace |
New York City
→
surface form: "New York City, New York, United States"
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| ethnicity | African American → |
| familyName | Armstrong → |
| fullName |
Louis Armstrong
→
surface form: "Louis Daniel Armstrong"
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| genre |
jazz
→
swing → traditional pop → |
| givenName | Louis → |
| instrument |
cornet
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trumpet → |
| knownFor |
distinctive gravelly singing voice
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influence on modern jazz and popular music → innovative jazz trumpet playing → pioneering scat singing in jazz → |
| movement |
New Orleans jazz
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swing era → |
| nickname |
Pops
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Satch → Louis Armstrong →
surface form: "Satchmo"
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| notableWork |
Heebie Jeebies
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Hello, Dolly! → La Vie en rose → Stardust → West End Blues → What a Wonderful World → When the Saints Go Marching In → |
| occupation |
bandleader
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entertainer → musician → vocalist → |
| posthumousHonor | Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as an early influence) → |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
→
Decca Records → Okeh Records → RCA Records →
surface form: "RCA Victor"
Verve Records → |
| residence |
Queens
→
surface form: "Queens, New York City, New York, United States"
|
| spouse |
Alpha Smith
→
Daisy Parker → Lil Hardin Armstrong → Lucille Wilson → |
| vocalStyle | gravelly voice → |
Referenced by (76)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Clarence Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Satchmo"
this entity surface form: "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five"
this entity surface form: "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven"
subject surface form: "Louis Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Louis Daniel Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Louis Daniel Armstrong"
subject surface form: "Louis Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Louis Daniel Armstrong"
subject surface form: "Louis Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Louis Daniel Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Satchmo"
subject surface form: "Louis Armstrong"
this entity surface form: "Satchmo"
subject surface form: "Flushing Cemetery"
subject surface form: "Hello, Dolly! (song)"
this entity surface form: "jazz legend Louis Armstrong"
subject surface form: "Hello, Dolly! (song)"