Harlem+Renaissance

**Ain't Misbehavin**
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Fats Waller played a big role in the Harlem Renaissance. He was a black jazz musician that became popular in the 1920s. This helped the black society get noticed for their amazing talents at singing and playing instruments. He played the organ and the piano. He learned how to play these from his friend James P. Johnson, who he later worked with. They worked together to write a couple songs for his show "Keep Shufflin". Fats most popular song was "Ain't Misbehavin". He released this song in 1929. After the 1920s Fats become a hit on the radio and in nightclubs. Fats died unexpectedly of pneumonia in 1943.

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Louis Armstrong was one of the most important people during the Harlem Renaissances because Louis Armstrong had the most influence on Jazz. Louis Armstrong lived from 1901 to 1971. He lived in New Orleans most of his life where he first started to play coronet when he was twelve after being sent to a reform school for shooting a gun. His musician carrier started during the 1920’s but he was actually the most popular during the 1930’s. This song was not actually written by Louis but was made very popular by him in the 1930’s. The song was written in New Orleans but has never had an actual origin all though it was used as a traditional jazz funeral song. It is now related with the professional football team the New Orleans Saints. I chose to do a project on Louis Armstrong because I thought it would be cool to do a project on the guy who basically invented Jazz and is known as the greatest trumpet player of all time. Louis Armstrong Died peacfully in his bed on July 6th 1971 in his home in Queens New Orleans.

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