Louis Armstrong

CTL-E-0341 · Person · 1901-1971

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Performed at the Sunset Cafe (1926), Dreamland Cafe, and Vendome Theatre; verify any residency claim against per-name sourcing.

The record

Also known as: Satchmo

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001, MUSIC-001, BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:person-louis-armstrong, CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-024, CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-person-015; source research type(s): Person, person.

Sources

Bo Lindstrom (2012); UChicago Library exhibition text (1996-97)
Louis Armstrong biography Various last.fm (artist biography)
Making Music Fun biography (https://makingmusicfun.net/public/assets/pdf/printit-biographies/louis-armstrong-printit-biography.pdf); Scribd biography summary
PicoBlog Armstrong biography (https://gregoden.s3.uk.io.cloud.ovh.net/louis-armstrong-biography-jazz-musician-satchmo.html)

Record CTL-E-0341 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources · CTL research: GLOBAL-001, MUSIC-001, BVM-005.
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