(1) Louis Armstrong defined jazz pithily as "what I play for a living".

(2) Louis Armstrong and Bunny Berigan may have been trumpet talents of a similar mettle but there the resemblance stopped.

(3) Louis Armstrong has a good claim to being the most influential popular singer of the century.

(4) Here, jazz legend Louis Armstrong bursts through a wall.

(5) Here it is(/louis armstrong.html), performed by Louis Armstrong.

(6) It was in Chicago that Louis Armstrong became famous.

(7) He heard Louis Armstrong and Joe "King" Oliver on their famous Chicago residency that year, but he also loved the sound of the first great white jazz soloist – the cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.

(8) This period produced musicians like Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington.

(9) Before Louis Armstrong, solos were brief or non-existent, and the urgent sound of an old New Orleans jazz band came from the polyphony of players winding their melodies around each other.

(10) A young virtuoso cornet player named Louis Armstrong was discovered in New Orleans by King Oliver.

(11) The only contemporary of Louis Armstrong who could hold a candle to the legendary trumpeter, cornetist Bix Beiderbecke had a smooth tone and constructed elegant and subdued solos.

(12) Louis Armstrong was the first important cornet player to appear in jazz.

(13) The Beatles have beaten jazz star Louis Armstrong and TV actress Lucille Ball to be named icons of the century by readers of US magazine Variety.

(14) Chipmunk - cheeked Louis Armstrong was one of the most famous band leaders of the big - band era.

(15) The event will pay tribute to the late trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

(16) Included in the crowd of listeners who followed them were black youngsters such as Louis Armstrong.

(17) He was also a prolific small group player, recording with Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and James Band as well as a composer and arranger.

(18) So that's the last music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his pupil, Suessmayr, and--not to leave you in a somber mood-- let's listen to Louis Armstrong as we go out. Okay?

(19) He was also a prolific small group player, recording with Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and James Band as well as a composer and arranger. And that's the latest BBC World News.

(20) After the Songbook series of the mid-50s, Ella continued to perform throughout the world with top-notch musicians such as Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Joe Pass.