“Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.”
Wise words from the Jazz trumpeter, singer and band leader, Louis Armstrong (1901-1971). He made such an indelible mark on the music world, that in 2001, the city of New Orleans named its airport after him, the Louis Armstrong Airport New Orleans. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his greatest hits today.
Growing up in poverty, at the age of nine, Louis Armstrong, and five other boys, were arrested for “being dangerous and suspicious characters”, and were sent to the Colored Waifs Home. It was there, three years later, that he began to play the cornet. It wasn’t long before he began making a living playing the trumpet, and quickly made a name for himself with the Bix Beiderbecke and Joe “King” Oliver bands. He soon became a star soloist in the popular Fletcher Henderson Band, before he began recording with his own bands, the Hot Five and the Hot Seven. After Swing established itself as the new fashion in the 1930s, Louis set up his world famous Big Band.
The virtuoso trumpeter became an international world star, and one of the very first pop phenomenon, even on a par with the infamous Charlie Chaplin. His legacy continues to inspire not only jazz musicians, but all sorts of people all around the world to this day. “Satchmo” remains an integral part of music history, and his music will resonate in our ears for a many years to come.
Louis Armstrong - Sein Leben und seine Musik
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 816878
Hal Leonard Discovery Jazz Series
for: Big band
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 673487
18 Songs arranged for piano with vocals
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), playback CD
Item no.: 630418
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360369
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359538
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359697
for: Organ
Item no.: 1360368
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359729
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360928
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359753
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1359399
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1360682
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362214
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362350
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1363167
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362203
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1366251
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364908
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1365068
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1364230
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1364852
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365668
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1364428
for: Easy Piano
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364814
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1364334
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1364333
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1366675
for: Posaune und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327831
for: Tenorsaxophon und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327679
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 1327665
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1327705
for: Sopransaxophon und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1317392
for: Horn und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327639
for: Oboe und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327655
for: Flöte und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327669
for: Baritonsaxophon und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327734
for: Trompete und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327696
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 496059