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Louis Armstrong was a great American jazz musician who had a tremendous influence on the history of jazz. As a native of New Orleans, Armstrong helped to create a New Orleans style of jazz through his prodigious trumpet techniques, the spontaneity of his improvisations, and the joy that was exhibited through his vocal and instrumental performances. With John Oliver as his early mentor and his collaborations with artists such as Fletcher Henderson and Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong rose above the racism of the 1920's to create the jazz classics such as "Hot Seven" and "Louis Armstrong's Hot Five" to make him America's Ambassador of Jazz.

In viewing Louis Armstrong and the pride he had in his life, the people he came in contact with, and his music, one can more fully understand his character and goodness. The Reverend Sun Myung Moon explains this character and goodness in saying: "In the spirit world, this is your only pride: with your life, how much you loved people and gave them life. This is your pride. This is the reality". (See: Pride in the Spirit World, Position and Image in the Spirit World, The Spirit World, The Completed Testament Age and the Ideal Kingdom, NY: Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, 1999. ISBN 1-910-62197-7).

Louis Armstrong was a jazz star with his creative powers in performing on the trumpet and in his singing. His pride was in his background, his family, his music and jazz, and he gave all of these components life.

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 The influence of Armstrong on the development of jazz is virtually immeasurable. As a virtuoso trumpet player, he had a unique tone and an extraordinary talent for melodic [[improvisation]]. Through his playing, the [[trumpet]] emerged as a solo instrument in jazz. He was a masterful ensemble player in addition to his extraordinary skills as a soloist. With his innovations, he raised the bar musically for all who came after him.
-Armstrong had a significant impact invented jazz singing. He had an extremely distinctive gravelly voice, which he deployed with great dexterity as an improviser—bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, or wordless vocalizing, and according to some legends he invented it.
+Armstrong had a significant impact for jazz singing. He had an extremely distinctive gravelly voice, which he deployed with great dexterity as an improviser—bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, or wordless vocalizing, and according to some legends he invented it.
 Armstrong appeared in more than a dozen Hollywood [[film]]s (though few of particular note), usually playing a bandleader or musician. He was the first African American to host a nationally broadcast [[radio]] show in the 1930s. He also made assorted television appearances, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, including appearances on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''.
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 Many of Armstrong's recordings remain popular. More than three decades since his passing, a larger number of his recordings from all periods of his career are more widely available than at any time during his lifetime. His songs are broadcast and listened to every day throughout the world in films, television broadcasts, and radio. His 1923 recordings, with Joe Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band, continue to be listened to as documents of ensemble style New Orleans jazz, but more particularly as great jazz records in their own right. "Melancholy Blues," performed by Armstrong and his Hot Seven was included on the Voyager Golden Record sent into outer space to represent one of the greatest achievements of humanity. The main airport in New Orleans was named ''Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport'' in his honor.
+{{Unification aspects|Louis Armstrong was a great [[America]]n [[jazz]] [[music]]ian who had a tremendous influence on the history of jazz.  As a native of New Orleans, Armstrong helped to create a New Orleans style of jazz through his prodigious [[trumpet]] techniques, the spontaneity of his [[improvisation]]s, and the joy that was exhibited through his vocal and instrumental performances.  With [[John Oliver]] as his early mentor and his collaborations with artists such as [[Fletcher Henderson]] and [[Bessie Smith]], Louis Armstrong rose above the racism of the 1920's to create the jazz classics such as "Hot Seven" and "Louis Armstrong's Hot Five" to make him America's Ambassador of Jazz.
+In viewing Louis Armstrong and the pride he had in his life, the people he came in contact with, and his music, one can more fully understand his character and goodness.  The Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]] explains this character and goodness in saying: "In the spirit world, this is your only pride: with your life, how much you loved people and gave them life.  This is your pride.  This is the reality". (See: Pride in the Spirit World, Position and Image in the Spirit World, The Spirit World, ''The Completed Testament Age and the Ideal Kingdom'', NY: Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, 1999. ISBN 1-910-62197-7).
+Louis Armstrong was a jazz star with his creative powers in performing on the trumpet and in his singing. His pride was in his background, his family, his music and jazz, and he gave all of these components life.}}
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