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He began playing in the bands on [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] riverboats, but migrating to [[Chicago]] to join “King” Oliver’s Jazz Band was the turning point in his career that soon found him moving to [[New York]] to play with the Fletcher enderson orchestra, the top [[African American]] band of that era.

He began playing in the bands on [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] riverboats, but migrating to [[Chicago]] to join “King” Oliver’s Jazz Band was the turning point in his career that soon found him moving to [[New York]] to play with the Fletcher enderson orchestra, the top [[African American]] band of that era.

* Armstrong earned the nickname "Satchmo" from his peers. The name was short for "satchelmouth", a reference to the way he puffed his cheeks when he played his trumpet. [http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/black-history-little-known-facts ]

Armstrong earned the nickname "Satchmo" from his peers. The name was short for "satchelmouth", a reference to the way he puffed his cheeks when he played his trumpet. [http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/black-history-little-known-facts ] He was also known as "Pops," in reference to his being the father of jazz.

==Later Career==

==Later Career==