【美国人物志】路易斯·阿姆斯特朗 (1/8)
提起爵士音乐，人们最先联想到的人，很可能是一位具有小丑般形象的，绰号叫做Uncle Satchmo（书包嘴大叔）的，活泼可爱的小人物。他是一位声音沙哑的歌手，手中常常拿着一支小号。他以新奥尔良爵士乐风格，在迪克西兰爵士乐配曲下，演奏结构简单、富有戏剧性的作品。这个人就是路易斯·阿姆斯特朗。他是爵士乐坛无人不知、无人不晓的大人物。每一本关于爵士乐的书，都会提及他的名字。他对于爵士乐的重要意义，就好像古典音乐的巴赫，摇滚乐的猫王。Hints:
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
Louisiana
the Mississippi River
Storyville
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201204/20120403011234203468.mp3Louis Armstrong played jazz, sang jazz and wrote jazz. He recorded hit songs for 50 years and his music is still heard today on television, radio and in movies. Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901. New Orleans is a port city at the mouth of the Mississippi River. It is a city where the customs of many different people mixed together. Louis Armstrong grew up in Storyville, one of the poorest areas of New Orleans. His father left the family shortly after he was born. His mother worked to support him and his sister. But Armstrong spent most of his time with his grandmother.
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