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Complete one of the following:
If your first name starts with the letters A-M, listen to NPR Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson: Louis Armstrong Part 1 (Links to an external site.)
If your first name starts with the letters N-Z, read Keeping Time Chapter 18 What is Swing? Excerpts from Louis Armstrong’s Swing That MusicActions
Make your initial post by Friday February 18th 11:59pm (200 words minimum for full credit. 6 points.) Write two paragraphs. In the first paragraph, write three notable facts about Louis Armstrong. In your second paragraph, detail three contributions you think Louis Armstrong made to jazz history.
Then, reply to two of your peers by Sunday February 20 11:59pm (2 points per response). Offer additional information responding to their opinion in agreement or respectfully disagreeing, or asking a question that arose in your own study. ONE reply should be to someone who listened to or read the opposite assignment as you.
Three notable facts about him is that others considered him as the “Father of Jazz Music”, a leading trumpeter and one of jazz’s most influential artists, who helped turn the genre into a fine art. It’s difficult to overstate Louis