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One of the greatest American jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), was born and raised in the "birthplace of jazz," New Orleans. His neighborhood was called the "Battlefield" because of gang wars. Louis's father abandoned his mother, Mayann, soon after he was born. Because of this he lived in his grandmother's home for the first few years of his life. Eventually, he was returned to his mother and his little sister Beatrice. When Louis turned seven, he worked for the Karnofsky family before and after school collecting used bottles and rags and delivering coal. The Karnofskys's helped him get an old, beaten up cornet after he became attracted to music when heard it all around him.

When Louis was in third grade, he dropped out of school and stopped working for the Karnofskys. He sang on the streets to get money and later formed a band. He led a vocal quartet on the street to get money to help his family. In 1913, police took him to a home for. There, Louis became a part of......

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