Both Uses of
Louis Armstrong
in
Notes of a Native Son
- He had been born in New Orleans and had been a quite young man there during the time that Louis Armstrong, a boy, was running errands for the dives and honky-tonks of what was always presented to me as one of the most wicked of cities—to this day, whenever I think of New Orleans, I also helplessly think of Sodom and Gomorrah.†
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- My father never mentioned Louis Armstrong, except to forbid us to play his records; but there was a picture of him on our wall for a long time.†
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Definition:
famous U.S. jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and singer (1900-1971)