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	Lil Hardin Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lil Hardin Armstrong (February 3, 1898 - August 27, 1971) was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader, and the second wife of Louis Armstrong with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s.
		Hardin was born as Lillian Hardin in Memphis, Tennessee.
		Armstrong was beginning to make a name for himself in their hometown, New Orleans, and regarded "Papa Joe" as his mentor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lil_Hardin_Armstrong (1365 words)

	Lillian Harden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hardin was a successful musician in her own right, but is best known for the important role she played in the musical development of her husband, Louis Armstrong.
		She first met Armstrong while playing in King Oliver's Band in the 1920s and was the one to recognize his talent and encourage him to strike out on his own.
		Hardin's marriage to Armstrong began to have difficulties during the late 1920s, and the couple separated in 1931.
	www.wwnorton.com /classical/composers/hardin.htm (276 words)

	phorum - Memories of Satchmo - Re: Hawaii Connections with Louis
		Armstrong later spoke in vague terms of Oliver as his mentor, but their playing styles were diametrically opposed, and it is doubtful that Oliver had much influence on Armstrong's approach to jazz.
		Armstrong was only second cornetist, but the few solos he was allowed to play on the influential recordings made by this group, especially "Froggie Moore," show a rhythmic spring beyond the somewhat stiffer two-beat rock of his fellow musicians.
		Armstrong grew up at a time in which show business was virtually the only escape from poverty for fls, a culture that lacked the romantic European notion of the artist who sacrifices all for his art.
	www.satchmo.net /phorum/read.php?f=6&i=34&t=22 (2562 words)

	Solid! -- Louis Armstrong Biography
		Working with Oliver allowed Armstrong to broaden his reputation, and soon he was recognized as one of the top horn players in the country.
		Armstrong spent a year with Henderson, and briefly worked with Clarence Williams before heading back to Chicago to join Erskine Tate.
		It was during this period that Armstrong defined the vocabulary that all jazz soloists would use from that point forward.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_armstrongl.php (474 words)

	Louis Armstrong - Jazz Musician - (1890-1971) - Culturebus.com
		Armstrong was greeted as a hero, but racism marred his return when a White radio announcer refused to mention Armstrong on the air and a free concert that Louis was going to give to the cities' African-American population was cancelled at the last minute.
		For the next nine years the Louis Armstrong Orchestra continued to tour and release records, but as the 1940s drew to a close the public's taste in Jazz began to shift away from the commercial sounds of the Swing era and big band Jazz.
		Armstrong's health began to fail him and he was hospitalized several times over the remaining three years of his life, but he continued playing and recording.
	www.culturebus.com /site/?page=profile&url_id=155&n=Armstrong,_Louis (1338 words)

	Louis Armstrong
		By virtue of the role he played in its evolution during the first quarter of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong is regarded as the most influential jazz musician in history.
		In the image of the Blue Five, OKeh began recording Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five in Chicago: Louis Armstrong (cornet and later trumpet, vocals), Kid Ory (trombone), Johnny Dodds (clarinet, occasional alto saxophone), Lillian Hardin Armstrong (piano, occasional vocals), and Johnny St. Cyr (banjo).
		Louis Armstrong demolished social barriers with the same offhanded grace that he brought to countless U.S. State Department-sponsored tours of foreign countries, especially Africa and Europe.
	louis-armstrong.net /bio.html (1113 words)

	Louis Armstrong :: TrumpetJazz.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Armstrong worked with Ory, and on riverboats with Fate Marable 1918-1921, solid experiences that helped him develop into a skilled professional by the summer of 1922, when Oliver asked him to join his band as second cornetist.
		During this time, Armstrong's playing caused a sensation; he was recognized as an innovator and the foremost "hot" soloist in jazz, much in demand accomp.
		This was a pivotal point in Armstrong's career, marking the start of his fronting a big band and focusing more on popular songs than on blues and original instrumentals.
	trumpetjazz.netfirms.com /Artists/Louis_Armstrong.html (1626 words)

	The Independent: Music: Features: West End Blues
		Verve mainly featured Armstrong in modern jazz settings, often accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, and produced the most intimate recordings of his vocals; you can hear the notes decay until all that's left is the sound of his breath vibrating.
		Armstrong didn't need an excessively sentimental lyric (not to mention a lame pop arrangement) to communicate his love of life; he did it with every note he sang or played.
		Armstrong's unusual song choices are just part of the larger paradox he presents to the jazz world: An instrumental virtuoso, he became more famous for his singing.
	www.indyweek.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:14608 (1762 words)

	Chicago Park District: Park District Re-Names Four Parks for Women
		Armstrong encouraged her husband to pursue a solo career that eventually brought the trumpeter worldwide fame.
		After their 1938 divorce, Lillian Hardin Armstrong lead two all-women bands, played piano on many recordings and composed numerous songs including "Just a Thrill," which was a hit for Ray Charles.
		The newly renamed Margaret Hie Ding Lin Park and the Lillian Hardin Armstrong Park are effective immediately because they were a part of the board's proposal in March to rename nine parks in honor of women.
	www.chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/news.detail/object_id/7429d687-9892-4294-aa30-f369fe41f062.cfm (887 words)

	LOUIS SATCHMO ARMSTRONG
		She was a prime force in getting Louis to leave Oliver's band, feeling as she did that the time had come for Armstrong to emerge as a Jazz personality in his own right.
		Between 1924 and 1925, Armstrong played solos, switching from cornet to trumpet, with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, which Louis J. Becker had opened up at 1658 Broadway on December 13, 1919.
		Armstrong was now at the pinnacle of his fame and artistry, with few equals.
	www.southernmusic.net /louisarmstrong.htm (634 words)

	Lillian Hardin Armstrong Biography / Biography of Lillian Hardin Armstrong Biography
		American musician Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971) ranks alongside Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson as one of the great early jazz pianists.
		Armstrong was born on February 3, 1898, in Memphis, Tennessee.
		She received piano and organ lessons as a child in Memphis and served as a pianist and organist in church and in her school.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-lillian-hardin-armstrong (251 words)

	JAZZ RHYTHM / Dave Radlauer - LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Even before 1920 Lil Hardin “Hot Miss Lil” as she was sometimes called, was the most sought after jazz pianist in Chicago, playing with the first New Orleans jazz band to perform there, Freddie Keppard’s Creolle Jazz Band.
		Lil Hardin Armstrong was without doubt a great jazz musician who made an indelible mark on early classic jazz.
		Lil Armstrong was a strong independent woman who really knew how to take care of herself, and may well have had “man friends” of her own as her marriage to Louis faded.
	www.jazzhot.bigstep.com /generic.html?pid=8 (1023 words)

	Lil Hardin-Armstrong
		While working at a music store in Chicago, she was invited to play with Sugar Johnny's Creole Orchestra, from there she went to Freddie Keppard's Original Creole Orchestra, and then led her own band at the Dreamland Cafe at 3520 South State Street in Chicago.
		Lil was Louis Armstrong's second wife and she is generally credited with persuading Louis to be more ambitious, and leave King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
		Lil was a major contributor to Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings.
	www.redhotjazz.com /lil.html (355 words)

	Jazz Roots: Artists
		LILLIAN HARDIN-ARMSTRONG (1898-1971) The leading pioneer for women in early jazz, Hardin, a Fisk University graduate, was a pianist and composer for most of the important jazz bands from New Orleans.
		Following her divorce from Armstrong in 1938, Hardin made a number of apperances in Broadway shows and worked as a Swing vocalist.
		Hardin returned to the Chicago nightclubs in the 1940s and continued to record into the 1960s.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~ASI/musi212/brandi/bartist.html (1731 words)

	Chicago Park District: Armstrong Park
		Fomerly known as Park No. 492 it was renamed Lillian Hardin Armstrong Park in 2004 as part of an effort by the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners to recognize the contributions of Chicago women.
		Armstrong (c, 1898 â“ 1971) was a jazz musician, composer and bandleader.
		She died in Chicago in 1971 during a tribute concert to Louis Armstrong, who had passed away the month before.
	www.chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/40395093-71D6-459D-8156-D0F240E38B59.cfm (148 words)

	MY HEART: LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG
		Lil Hardin was one of the most influential women in early jazz.
		At a time when women, especially fl women, were relegated to being singers or dancers in a chorus line, Lil had a serious career as a jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader.
		Lillian Hardin was born in 1898 in Memphis.
	www.riverwalk.org /proglist/showpromo/myheart.htm (525 words)

	Lesson 67 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Louis Armstrong is known). Among the great female jazz singers are Bessie Smith and
		Trumpet player Louis Armstrong was one of the great early (New Orleans) jazz performers.
		Lillian Hardin, Armstrong's wife and his piano player, wrote many of the tunes he recorded.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/music/enj9_lessons/Part_8/lesson67.htm (481 words)

	Louis Armstrong
		For the first time in the modern history of Louis Armstrong reissues, his 1920s recordings are finally being heard in their proper key, according to the input of such consulting musicologists as Wynton Marsalis, Dan Morgenstern, Randy Sandke, and others.
		For Louis Armstrong, who died in New York on July 6, 1971, the date of his birth on July 4, 1900, in New Orleans was a fact that he took with him throughout his life.
		Armstrong joined Oliver in Chicago in 1922, made his first recording with him in ’23, and married Oliver’s pianist Lillian Hardin in ’24 (his second of four wives), the same year he moved to New York to join Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra.
	www.louis-armstrong.net /press.html (2080 words)

	Famous Jazz Musicians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Louis Armstrong was from a very poor family in New Orleans.
		Lillian Hardin was one of the most famous women in early jazz.
		She and Armstrong were divorced in 1938 but they remained friends for a long time.
	www.msad54.k12.me.us /MSAD54Pages/skow/CurrProjects/1920s/1920ag/jazzmusic.html (462 words)

	Armstrong and Gershwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Louis Armstrong and his orchestra had many great hits including; Hello Dolly in 1963, and What a Wonderful World in 1968.
		In the last three years of his life Armstrong was hospitalized several times and on July 6th 1971 he died in Queens, New York.
		Louis Armstrong is held as one of the all time best jazz trumpeters; his ability to convey strong emotion through his instrument has made his music stand the test of time.
	www2.smumn.edu /stupages/~alandr04/armstrong_and_gershwin.htm (307 words)

	Lil Hardin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lillian Hardin Armstrong was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 3, 1898.
		She was the most prominent woman in the field of early jazz and was noted for her strong rhythmic style and before marrying Louis Armstrong, she was known as "
		Lil continued to cut records until 1963 and stayed active in music all her life.
	multirace.org /firstday/stamp84.htm (279 words)

	Rock & Roll Library - Louis Armstrong's home page.
		Daniel Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
		Armstrong’s first recordings with the band were made in 1923.
		Armstrong also made a number of individual recordings and explored acting, starring in over 30 films.
	www.rocklibrary.com /Library/Entity.aspx?id=cfcc2c86-3b2e-4d4a-948e-d49cb6cdc758 (468 words)

	Jazz Book Review - Just for a Thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, First Lady of Jazz by James L. Dickerson @ jazzreview.com
		For those new to her role in the early years of American jazz, she is one of the first major fl women to appear in jazz, and her contributions are as important as those of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.
		Lillian Hardin (1898 - 1971) became famous as a songwriter, pianist, and arranger.
		Lil Hardin Armstrong died of a heart attack while performing during a musical tribute to Louis Armstrong in 1971.
	www.jazzreview.com /bookdetails.cfm?ID=220 (244 words)

	Satchmo's Century - celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Armstrong - Brief Article American ...
		Armstrong died in 1971, but his legacy continues to enliven us: A host of publishers, arts organizations, radio programs, jazz festivals and record labels are celebrating his 100th birthday this year.
		Louis Armstrong, In His Own Words (Oxford University Press, 1999) takes readers beyond Armstrong's music and into his head, revealing his natural knack for storytelling.
		Louis Armstrong: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia/Legacy, 2000), a four-CD, 89-track box set, contains the groundbreaking quintet, septet and big-band sessions recorded between 1925 and 1929, with pianists Earl "Fatha" Hines and Lillian Hardin (Armstrong's second wife), clarinetist-saxophonist Johnny Dodds and trombonist Kid Ory.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1546/is_4_15/ai_65069615 (369 words)

	Lil Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At a time when women, especially fl women, were relegated to being singers or dancers in a chorus line, Lil Armstrong had a serious career as a jazz pianist.
		The next year, Louis Armstrong joined the band.
		She wasn't impressed with Louis on first sight.
	www.beautyinmusic.com /artist_pages/lil_armstrong.htm (76 words)

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