Some of the information is Boop-Oop-a-Dooping full of SPOILERS. Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Louis Armstrong
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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), was an American trumpeter, arranger, vocalist and intermittent performer who was a standout amongst the most powerful figures in jazz music. Louis became one of the first jazz musicians to be featured on extended trumpet solos, adding his own style and personality. He began singing in his performances.
In 1922, King Oliver invited him to Chicago. With Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Louis could make enough money to live on. Lil Hardin Armstrong urged Louis to seek more prominent billing and develop his style apart from the influence of Oliver. She told him to play classical music in church concerts to broaden his skills. She pushed him into wearing more stylish attire. Lil's influence eventually undermined Armstrong's relationship with his mentor, especially concerning his salary and additional money that Oliver held back from Armstrong and other band members, Armstrong and Oliver split up in 1924, and by 1925 after extensive touring Louis returned to Chicago to expand his career.
His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and distinctive periods in the historical backdrop of jazz. In 2017, he was enlisted into the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. Louis Armstrong was as innovative with scatting,[1] however scat singing was already a well known manner of singing by African-Americans. Armstrong first scat sang in 1924 on "Everybody Loves My Baby."
It has been observed that early scat singing was often used by African-American women. Even Cab Calloway admitted that one of his most famous scat routines was first used by his sister Blanche Calloway, who like Gertrude Saunders appeared in the musical Shuffle Along.
Armstrong is referenced in the song "Where I Wanna Be" in Boop! the Betty Boop Musical.
The Boop-Boop-a-Doop Man
Because of Louis Armstrong's expressive "scat singing" style, he was sometimes referred to as the "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" man. A "Doo" and a "Boop" would sometimes be interpolated into his songs, but not very often. Armstrong actually originated a "Boop" long before Helen Kane, however he never lay claim to "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" but claimed that he was the "original" scatter.
Death
- Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971, a month before his 70th birthday. He was buried in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, in Queens, New York City.
Trivia
- He appears in the Betty Boop cartoon I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You.
- He taught Cab Calloway how to scat sing, and made scat singing famous.
- Wynton Marsalis stated, "Armstrong goes into two different times, and he uses the same 'Boop-a-Doo, Boop-a-Doo, Boop-a-Doo' arpeggio, then he uses all those chromatic notes and the sound of the blues, it's like everything is in there, but it's so natural."
- Not only did Armstrong's ex-wife Lil Hardin Armstrong scat-sing but she also spoke and sometimes sang in baby-talk.