LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans on a small street called Jane Alley,
sometimes called James Alley. He grew up in a very poor family and in one of the city's
slums. As a child he was quite observant and one night in 1912 he was arrested and
later taken to a reformatory.

Mr. Peter Davis was the teacher of the small band, where he taught to play all kinds of
instruments. Louis learned to play the tambourine first, then the bugle and finally the
drums. At fourteen he left the reformatory and found a job selling coal.

Buddy Martin, his friend gave him the opportunity to play in a band because his boss
was looking for a cornetista, but Louis did not have a bosina and neither money to buy
one, he went store by store and all the horns were expensive, until he found one that
had dents and the vendor sold it for $ 10.
Joe Oliver had left New Orleans in 1918, and was now in Chicago making good waves.
In 1922 he invited Louis to play in his Creole jazz band. In 1924, Joe and Louis
separated as friends. I moved to New York City where I record with many bands and
blues singers and in 1949 Loius became the first jazz musician to appear on the cover
of Time magazine.

In 1960, he toured África as part of a four-month trip sponsored by the US Department

of State. USA. Louis Armstrong continued to give performances around the world.

On July 6, 1971, the great Satchmo died peacefully in his sleep.

My favorite chapter is the third chapter, because it is when Louis Armstrong leaves the
reformatory and begins a new stage in his life.
The book is really fantastic, it shows the life of a boy who knew how to get ahead
despite the difficulties he had as a child, until he became a jazz legend.