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==Early life==
==Early life==
Armstrong was born into [[poverty]] in a rundown [[New Orleans]] neighborhood on August 4, 1901. His father, a factory worker named William Armstrong, abandoned the family soon after Louis' birth; his upbringing was done by his mother and maternal grandmother. He took an interest in music at an early age, and acquired a [[cornet]] by the time he reached the age of 11. He had also dropped out of school by then, and his dream of entering an informal jazz group was interupted by a trip to reform school after he had fired a gun during the New Year's celebration of 1912. But the school turned out to be a blessing in disguise; among the curriculum he was able to study music, play both the cornet and the bugle, and become leader of the school's marching band.
Armstrong was born into [[poverty]] in a rundown [[New Orleans]] neighborhood on August 4, 1901. His father, a factory worker named William Armstrong, abandoned the family soon after Louis' birth; his upbringing was done by his mother and maternal grandmother. He took an interest in music at an early age, and acquired a [[cornet]] by the time he reached the age of 11. He had also dropped out of school by then, and his dream of entering an informal jazz group was interrupted by a trip to reform school after he had fired a gun during the New Year's celebration of 1912. But the school turned out to be a blessing in disguise; among the curriculum he was able to study music, play both the cornet and the bugle, and become leader of the school's marching band.
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.