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Louis Armstrong was born on Aug. 4, 1901 the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a genus trumpet musician, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio recordings made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven group of musicians. Armstrong also became an enduring figure in popular music, due to his distinctively phrased bass singing and engaging personality, which were on display in a series of vocal recordings and film roles. Armstrong had a difficult childhood. William Armstrong, his father, was a factory worker who abandoned the family soon after the boy's birth. Armstrong was brought up by his mother, Mary (Albert) Armstrong, and his motherly grandmother. He showed an early interest in music, and a junk dealer for whom he worked as a grade-school student helped him buy a cornet, which he taught himself to play. He dropped out of school at 11 to join an informal group, but on December 31, 1912, he fired a gun......

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