Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in August 4, 19201 in a poor family in New Orleans, Louisiana and died in july6, 1971. He was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. His father William Armstrong abandoned his family when Louis was an infant and married with another woman. At the same time, his mother left him and his sister to take care of their Grandma, so he ended up living with his uncle Issac. At five, he got united with his mother, he attented the Fisk Shool for Boys. Besides shool, he also worked to get money, he collected discarded food and sold it to restaurant, tried to keep his mom from prostitution, but he could not. At eleven years old, he droped out of shool, formed a quartet club with some boys, and started singing on the street to make money. Louis Armstrong began developing cornet playing and was taught by professor Peter Davis, he made Louis a leader of the band. At 13, he started on his musical career. On march19, 1819 he married Darsy Parker and adopted 3 years old boy. Louis nearly spent most of his time taking care of the litte boy. Unfortunately, his wife died after a short time of marriage, and his career seemed go thriving since then.