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高二下选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-Reading T LOUIS ARMSTRONG:THE GRANDFATHER OF JAZZ ???????? Some people are considered great, not just because of their achievements but also because of their personalities. One such person is Louis Armstrong, who is without a doubt the most influential (有影响的) jazz musician of all time. ??????? ?Born in New Orleans in 1901, Louis was so poor that he often went shopping in rubbish bins outside fancy restaurants. Although some boys in his situation might have turned to crime to get money for food and clothing, Louis never did. Instead he and several other boys sang on the streets of New Orleans to earn a few cents from passers-by. ?? At the age of 12, Louis was arrested by the police for firing a gun into the air at a New Years Eve party. He was sent to a school for problem boys where the music teacher taught him to play drums and the trumpet. When he left the school two years later, Louis found work wherever he could and in the evenings went to listen and learn at clubs where jazz musicians played. He was noticed by a well-known musician called Joe King Oliver who began to teach him about jazz and to find him jobs in bands. When Joe Oliver left New Orleans in 1917, Louis took over his job in one of the best bands in town. ??????? Over the next few years, Louis improved as a musician and in 1922 he began travelling to other cities in the United States where he introduced his particular style of jazz to enthusiastic audiences. In 1924, he began recording his music and from that time on musicians from everywhere would listen to him. Before long, he had become a very big jazz star, as popular as major rock stars are today. Louis loved entertaining people and toured all over the United States before travelling to Europe in 1932. ?????? ?As well as playing with his band and recording his music for almost 50 years, Louis Armstrong acted in over 50 movies and wrote two autobiographies. He was able to communicate with people from many differen