Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musicians, is considered great not only becaus

Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musicians, is considered great not only because of his     61       (achieve) but also because of his personalities.

     62         (bear) in a poor family in New Orleans in 1901, instead of       63     (commit) crimes to get money like some boys in his situation, Louis would sing on the streets in order to earn a few cents from      64        (passer-by). However, at the age of 12, Louis was arrested because of firing a gun into the air at a New Year's Eve party. In a school of problem boys, he was taught to play drums and the trumpet,     65      enabled him to find work related with music after he left the school. A well-known musician Joe “King” Oliver noticed Louis and began to teach him about jazz. When Oliver left New Orleans in 1917Louis took     66     his job in one of the best bands in town.

After becoming famous, Louis would introduce his particular style of jazz to enthusiastic audiences while     67       (travel) around the United States as well as Europe. Apart from being a famous jazz musician, he was also an unofficial goodwill ambassador who spoke     68    (public) about the rights of black people in America. Despite the fact     69      he became rich and famous, Louis Armstrong continued to live a simple live in a working-class neighbourhood. He continued playing and recording until July 6th, 1971, when he died in his sleep at his home in New York. He is still remembered as the most    70      (distinguish) musician in the early history of jazz.

答案

61.achievements

62.Born

63.committing

64.passers-by

65.which

66.over

67. traveling

68. publicly

69.that

70. distinguished

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