He played with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and other jazz greats of his day. Ultimately, he was to travel the world from Chicago to Paris and would transform jazz through his improvised singing (scatting) and masterful trumpet playing. But after a run-in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school's revered marching band. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe King Oliver. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. The glowing story of Satchmo-the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.
"Cline-Ransome traces Armstrong’s storied arc, from an impoverished New Orleans childhood to his apex as a giant of jazz.He was born black, poor, and lucky. Just a Lucky So and So is a joyful tribute to the virtuoso musician with the buoyant personality who introduced much of the world to jazz. By the time he returned to his neighborhood, the "King" himself became his mentor and invited Armstrong to play with him in Chicago. But after a run in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school's revered marching band. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe "King" Oliver. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in extraordinary music, from the funeral marches to the honky-tonks. Louis always focused on ways in which he was lucky. The world's behind me, and I don't concentrate on nothing but it."
Just a Lucky So and So illustrated by James Ransome
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