Music1919–1971
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist who was jazz's first great soloist and whose influence extends to every form of American popular music that followed.
Origin
New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre
Jazz
The Cultural Record
Discography
Hello, Dolly!1964
The Definitive Album by Louis Armstrong1970
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson1957
Armstrong Alumni Allstars2001
Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland1960
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Oscar Peterson
#3Jazz — Montreal, Quebec, Canada · 1947–2007
Montreal pianist who produced some of the most technically dazzling jazz piano performances ever recorded — Dizzy Gillespie called him the Maharaja of the keyboard.