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Louis Armstrong: "niger, illegitimus" -- and baptized Catholic
Deacon's Bench ^
| December 23, 2008
| Deacon Greg Kandra
Posted on 12/23/2008 9:32:29 AM PST by NYer
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To: NYer
A great man and a great musician. I want to cry when I think of how black culture has devolved from Armstrong, Basie, Ellington, Parker and Monk into 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Ludacris.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:21:35 AM PST
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(Wakka-ding-hoy - battle cry of the Plexus Rangers!)
To: bcsco
I’ve seen many pictures of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet and do not recall any showing poor tecnique.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:22:56 AM PST
by
HIDEK6
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
A great man and a great musician. I want to cry when I think of how black culture has devolved from Armstrong, Basie, Ellington, Parker and Monk into 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Ludacris.
It is sad. Truly sad.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:26:19 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(America didn't turn away from conservatism, they turned away from many who faked it. - Mark Sanford)
To: HIDEK6
Heh heh. Nice comeback on his part.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:40:47 AM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(No prisoners. No mercy. 2010 awaits.....)
To: sinanju
Shocking!!! Jazz musicians and marijauna...just shocking! :)
Freegards
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:40:57 AM PST
by
Ransomed
(Son of Ransomed Says Keep the Faith!)
To: mrclean5
“Today, hed be president”
Probably better than what we’re stuck with in a month.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:41:14 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
A great man and a great musician. I want to cry when I think of how black culture has devolved from Armstrong, Basie, Ellington, Parker and Monk into 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Ludacris.Sad but true and if any of them were around today probably couldn't get any radio play.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:43:51 AM PST
by
pepperhead
(Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
To: HIDEK6
They asked Niger Innis about that screenshot and he said, I think they thought I was a rap singer.LOL!
I think I need more sleep. I meant to slam MSNBC for that, not CNN.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:44:21 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(All hail the Obamasiah! Kneel before Obamohammad!)
To: HIDEK6
Ive seen many pictures of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet and do not recall any showing poor tecnique.I think it was as much perspective as anything, much to do with his facial structure. When sitting in an audience you were somewhat below stage level and it did appear his cheeks were puffed out at times. See the photo below, I think you'll get an idea what I mean...
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:53:31 AM PST
by
bcsco
(Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
To: HIDEK6
They asked Niger Innis about that screenshot and he said, I think they thought I was a rap singer.Niger Innis and has dad, Roy are class guys, the kind of examples we'd like to see black kids (or ANY kids) emulate.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:58:18 AM PST
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Military family member
“Armstrong kept his cheeks tight.”
Barney Frank can take a tip from Louie.
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posted on
12/23/2008 10:59:41 AM PST
by
duckman
(Jesus I trust in You. Mary take over)
To: VeniVidiVici
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posted on
12/23/2008 11:05:05 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Antoninus
A great man and a great musician. I want to cry when I think of how black culture has devolved from Armstrong, Basie, Ellington, Parker and Monk into 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Ludacris. Charlie Parker was a huge drug user, dying at 36. The coroner though he was in his 60s. I love Charlie Parker, but the Bird would have been right at home with 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Ludacris.
To: ichabod1
“He looked silly when he was blowing his horn, because he puffed his cheeks out” Me thinks you are remembering Dizzy Gillespie who did indeed have baloon cheeks and a horn that pointed up to boot. He was a very unorthodox horn player.
I don’t remember any of this being true about Louie though... (me being a trumpet player in my youth noticed such things..)
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posted on
12/23/2008 11:23:14 AM PST
by
fremont_steve
(Milpitas - a great place to be FROM!)
To: Military family member
Hmmm, I don’t see the comparison. Parker was self-destructive, but I don’t recall him advocating anything destructive, or law-breaking in his music, or publicly in any way.
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posted on
12/23/2008 3:31:38 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(Are the Good Times Really Over?)
To: NYer
finding next to nothing of value in this one.
To: mrclean5
Today, hed be presidentbecause "niger illegitimus" is about the only qualification of the one we currently have?
To: the invisib1e hand
“Today, hed be president
because “niger illegitimus” is about the only qualification of the one we currently have?”
exactly
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posted on
12/23/2008 4:39:03 PM PST
by
mrclean5
To: NYer
He and Bing Crosby were great friends according to TMC.
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posted on
12/23/2008 6:47:08 PM PST
by
tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: fremont_steve
No, I remember this clearly... I LOVED Louie Armstrong when I was a kid. He made me want to play the trumpet, which i did for several years. He was a showman. He moved a lot when he blew his horn, stuck his elbows out, broke all the rules for sedate classical trumpet players. He was awesome. I had no idea he was one of the fathers of Jazz until much later. I didn’t know who Dizzy Gillespie was until I was much older, and Louie was still goin, he was still goin, he was still going strong through the sixties at least.
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posted on
12/24/2008 7:38:03 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Reagan wouldÂ’ve fired them.)
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