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Masterpiece Line
Musican Bust
Americana
Louis Armstrong Bust
by Arkahdia Arts
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The great Satchmo had the most distinctive voice and delivery of all time. Armstrong was born in one of the poorest sections of New Orleans on Aug. 4, 1901. "He was a prodigy," . in New Orleans--along with Jelly Roll
Morton, Sidney Bechet and others--who were creating a distinctive and widely popular new band music out of blues and ragtime. Jazz became a household name. The early 1920s saw Armstrong's popularity explode as he left New Orleans for Chicago to play with "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, and then
moved on to New York, where he influenced the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with improvisation and a new musical vocabulary. His home in Queens, New York today serves as a museum to his work.
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Louis Armstrong Bust or Lamp BU1002
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"Louis Armstrong's station in the history of jazz is umimpeachable. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be any of us." Dizzy Gillespie, 1971.
Louis' "scat" singing transformed vocal tradition and musicians studied his recordings to hear
what a horn could do. It has been said that Armstrong used his horn like a singer's voice and used his voice like a musical instrument.
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Arkahdia Arts Studio,
a European immigrant now living in New York started a studio dedicated to casting these pieces of Art. By focusing the business on two goals;(1) to save pieces which have been produced in another medium in bygone times, and (2) to bring new artist's work to the public, the product lines have prospered, delighted and excited.
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