1920s Louis Armstrong
with jack teagarden (left) , barney bigard (right), armstrong plays trumpet in helsinki, finland, october 1949
after separating lil, armstrong started play @ sunset café al capone s associate joe glaser in carroll dickerson orchestra, earl hines on piano, renamed louis armstrong , stompers, though hines music director , glaser managed orchestra. hines , armstrong became fast friends , successful collaborators.
armstrong returned new york, in 1929, played in pit orchestra of successful musical hot chocolates, all-black revue written andy razaf , pianist/composer fats waller. made cameo appearance vocalist, regularly stealing show rendition of ain t misbehavin , version of song becoming biggest selling record date.
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