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Born On The Fourth Of July: How Louis Armstrong Taught Us to Swing

Pops

This genius with a trumpet did not invent jazz, as some have said, but when he got through with it, America’s homegrown art form was changed almost beyond recognition.

Nat Hentoff

Published Jul. 4 2015 12:05AM EDT

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Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

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