Word: satchmo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then there is Louis Armstrong. When Satchmo does an eye-rolling duet with Bing (Now You Has Jazz) or belts out a hot wedding march on his trumpet, High Society becomes really yare...
...Hill, modern architecture has squalled and tottered through its awkward, unruly, early years, but it has begun-if only begun-to mature. In Paris, architectural students eagerly follow the new work of younger U.S. architects with all the fervor that Left Bank jazz addicts reserve for Dizzy Gillespie and Satchmo Armstrong. Said a young French architect: "When we have a chance to see what your architects are doing, we have a picture of what the future can become. We have something to believe...
...sizzling swing concert in Britain 23 years ago, Trumpeter Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong recalls, he interrupted himself to roll his eyes toward a royal box and rasp: "This one's for you. Rex!" Rex, better known as King George V, was jolted but amused, despite the protocol that bars entertainers from referring to royalty in the audience-let alone addressing them directly. Last week, cavalier as ever about protocol, Satchmo did it again. Beaming at a $3.50 orchestra seat in London's cavernous Empress Hall, Armstrong growled: "Now we are going to jump one for one of our special...
...London, where he made his first success outside the U.S. 23 years ago, Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, trim, happy and 55, returned with his New Orleans-style trumpet. Louis had not been back since 1932, mostly because England and the U.S. mutually refused to admit foreign bands (TIME, March 26). This time he was welcomed on an exchange agreement. happily took his All-Stars into cavernous (capacity: 8,000) Empress Hall to play two shows a night for ten nights. The band was seated on a slowly revolving stage in the center of the arena, and for a full hour...
...Grace Kelly and Monaco's Prince Rainier III announced that they will be married twice (in civil and Roman Catholic ceremonies) during a four-day fete, slated for an April 18th opening gun in Monaco. Among all sorts of folks on the guest list: hot-trumpeting Bandleader Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, who announced that he and his cats will jive up one of the receptions...