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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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Jazz Musician
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Satchmo
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
Dipper
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