Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly-recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man.
Armstrong was born and brought up in New Orleans, a culturally diverse town with a unique musical mix of creole, ragtime, marching bands, and blues. Although from an early age he was able to play music professionally, he didn't travel far from New Orleans until 1922, when he went to Chicago to join his mentor, King Oliver. Oliver's band played primitive jazz, a hotter style of ragtime, with looser rhythms and more improvisation, and Armstrong's role was mostly backing. Slow to promote himself, he was eventually persuaded by his wife Lil Hardin to leave Oliver, and In 1924 he went to New York to join the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. At the time, there were a few other artists using the rhythmic innovations of the New Orleans style, but none did it with the energy and brilliance of Armstrong, and he quickly became a sensation among New York musicians. Back in Chicago in 1925, he made his first recordings with his own group, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and these became not only popular hits but also models for the first generation of jazz musicians, trumpeters or otherwise.
Other hits followed through the twenties and thirties, as well as troubles: crooked managers, lip injuries, mob entanglements, failed big-band ventures. As jazz styles changed, though, musical purists never lost any respect for him -- although they were sometimes irritated by his hammy onstage persona. Around the late forties, with the help of a good manager, Armstrong's business affairs finally stablilized, and he began to be seen as an elder statesman of American popular entertainment, appearing in Hollywood films, touring Asia and Europe, and dislodging The Beatles from the number-one position with Hello Dolly". Today many people may know him as a singer (a good one), but as Miles Davis said: “You can’t play nothing on modern trumpet that doesn’t come from him."
The 62-year-old Armstrong became the oldest act to top the US charts when "Hello Dolly" reached #1 in 1964. Four years later Satchmo also became the oldest artist to record a UK #1, when "What a Wonderful World" hit the top spot.
All the Time
Louis Armstrong Lyrics
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Time enough for life
To unfold
All the precious things
Love has in store
We have all the love in the world
If that's all we have
We need nothing more
Every step of the way
Will find us
With the cares of the world
Far behind us
We have all the time in the world
Just for love
Nothing more
Nothing less
Only love
Every step of the way
Will find us
With the cares of the world
Far behind us
Yes
We have all the time in the world
Just for love
Nothing more
Nothing less
Only love
Only love
Louis Armstrong's song, "All The Time in the World," is a beautiful love song with lyrics that speak to the depth and beauty of true love. The song begins with the line "We have all the time in the world," which sets the tone for the entire song. It immediately gives the listener a sense of peace and contentment, as if everything is as it should be. The lyrics go on to describe how love is a precious thing that unfolds over time, and how we have all the love in the world if that's all we have.
The line "Every step of the way will find us with the cares of the world far behind us" is particularly poignant, as it brings to mind the idea that true love is a refuge from the stresses and worries of everyday life. The song speaks to the idea that love, when it is pure and true, is all that we need to be happy. The repetition of the line "Just for love, nothing more, nothing less, only love" reinforces this idea.
Overall, "All The Time in the World" is a song that speaks to the power and beauty of love. It reminds us that in a world that can sometimes be chaotic and stressful, love is the one thing that can bring us back to a state of calm and contentment.
Line by Line Meaning
We have all the time in the world
We have an unlimited amount of time to enjoy life and everything it has to offer
Time enough for life
There's plenty of time to live and experience everything the world has to offer
To unfold
For everything to gradually reveal itself to us over time as we go through life
All the precious things
All the beautiful and valuable things that make life worth living
Love has in store
Everything that love has to offer us throughout our lives
We have all the love in the world
We possess all the love we need to live a happy and fulfilling life
If that's all we have
Even if we only have love, it is still enough to make life meaningful
You will find
You will discover that love is truly all you need
We need nothing more
Love is the only thing that truly matters in life
Every step of the way
Throughout our lives, every moment and every experience
Will find us
We will encounter every step and every experience that life has in store for us
With the cares of the world
Free from the troubles and struggles of everyday life
Far behind us
Leaving the worries behind and focusing solely on love and happiness
Just for love
Our time and existence revolve around love and nothing else
Nothing more
We desire nothing else but love in our lives
Nothing less
We won't settle for anything less than love and happiness
Only love
The only thing that truly matters in life and what everything should revolve around
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