How Louis Armstrong Transformed the Twentieth Century | Mick Carlon | TEDxYouth@BarnstableHS

[@pianocovers5226]

I had him as a teacher 5 years ago, great guy!

[@lmcarlon]

Thanks, Barry! I hope that all is well, my friend.

[@Iamyinkadavies]

I couldn't agree with you more sir, thank you for this great lecture.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Thank you, Ms. Davies!

[@martintanksley3561]

Couldn't said it better myself.....

[@drglencoleman]

Great job, Mr. Carlon

[@drglencoleman]

@Michael Carlon I don't but i'm a social studies teacher in Bergen County NJ and am thinking about teaching African American history (getting out of Reconstruction to Civil Rights) via music. May do it via the life of Louis Armstrong. Solid Ted Talk. Mick was awesome. :)

[@dianakenney187]

Great talk -- jazz rhythms throughout!

[@sopadesopita]

how does this not have more views

[@PK-yh2vu]

8:20 yesterday i listen the what a wonderful world got addicted and started to know about him.

[@mickcarlon8147]

So fantastic to hear, P.K.! Dig deep into Louis' music and you will only bring joy into your life. Peace!

[@soulfinger8364]

"Do Yourself A Massive Favor... ...And Dive Into Louis Armstrong's Music!"

[@johnferguson4089]

A wonderful story, many thanks and thank you for letting me know how to pronounce Louis name properly. Louis Armstrong was an awesome person and an awesome musician, the likes of which we might never hear again.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Thanks, John! Peace--and be well.

[@Tk-ou9ec]

Good story buddy and I applaud you for getting his name CORRECT! So many people pronounce it as Louie! Where it’s actually pronounced as Lewis! FACT PEOPLE. DO RESEARCH.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Thanks, Tk! Peace--and be well.

[@TheNextStarFish]

Woah that’s my teacher

[@nel750]

That’s my teacher.

[@foyevision]

Very interesting!

[@marcocresci]

Thank you TED and Mr Carlon. Armstrong has been such a GREAT GENIUS that we are still discovering and appreciating his artistic legacy. As an educator and musician myself, I found that the offensive words about Seger Ellis have been hurting and out of tune. To not despise anyone is a Must for everyone, especially for teachers. A genius is a genius without taking anything away from anyone.

[@mickcarlon8147]

If my words about Mr. Ellis offended, I apologize. To my ears, though, Ellis sounds stilted and chained to his times--while Pops soars above his era like an eagle. But, again, I do apologize.

[@manicmusician7672]

he's my teacher

[@soilmanted]

As much as I love Louis Armstrong, his music, his personality, his outstanding entertainment abilities, and his attitude, and his free word of Dippermouth advertising for Swiss Kriss, generic name senna leaf tea, I have to say that I don't think he was single-handedly responsible for the changes that occurred in music, in the 20th century. As Mike Carlon said himself, the Dippermouth, his charming inventive improvisations, and recording devices which record such music, all came along at the same time. Satchel Mouth put his shoot down into the grooves, and the grooves got distributed far and wide. The mass distribution of the grooves, and the people who did the creation and the distributing, had something to do with the change in music that happened. Musicians all over the place heard, took notice, and communicated with each other. The groove-cutting machines that distributed Louis' sound into a spiral of narrow grooves, the people that engineered them the machines, the people that bought and sold the machines, have a great deal of the responsibility for changing music. The people that used the groove cutting machines to put Satch-mo's music into grooves, and the people that bought and sold the groovy-disks, have a great deal of the responsibility for changing music. The fact that musicians listened to what was in the groove on various disks, took particular notice of Satchmo's grooves, said to others "holy shoot listen to this" and then distributed Satchmo's grooves all over the place, have a great deal of the responsibility for changing music. Among these people was Pop's business manager, organized-crime connected Joe Green, who arranged for Pops to get good gigs that he would get properly paid for. There was also Pops' disabled brother, who Pops loved and felt a responsibility to. Pops' desire to spread his fame and accumulate wealth, and spread his music far and wide - stemmed from this.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Not quite sure what you're getting at, but Louis' long-time manager was Joe Glaser. In addition, Clarence was Pops' adopted SON.

[@soilmanted]

@@mickcarlon8147 Yes, Joe Glaser, not Joe Green. Not sure why I typed Green instead of Glaser but my fingers have been rebelling against me now and then, and I thinkk they must have been typing what they have in muscle-memory, rather than typing what I have in brain memory. I'm serious.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Be well, you (no doubt) good man. Pops, however, introduced modern rhythm (rather than oom-pa-pa) to popular music, thereby giving birth to swing...which gave birth to rhythm and blues...which gave birth to rock and roll. No Pops--no modern music with a relentless beat.

[@soilmanted]

@@mickcarlon8147 I believe that you are correct about that. But how did Pops do that? By travelling from performance venue to performance venue, by having his performances recorded by transferring the sound to grooves in a flat disk, which were then copied may times over and widely distributed (or both)?. Which method of getting his performances heard, got them heard by more people?

[@bobatkinson2862]

Agreed with every word except one in the conclusion. Louis Armstrong was not the giant of American music - leave out 'American' because he was far bigger than that.

[@mickcarlon8147]

I agree, good sir!

[@mickcarlon8147]

Nifty sneakers, sir!

[@joepiet]

Wat happened to Louis being raised by a Jewish family? And speaking fluent Yiddish?

[@mickcarlon8147]

The Karnofskys gave young Louis a job, and his first "horn," and offered him food and comfort--but they did not "raise" him. Louis always said that Mrs. Karnofsky's singing taught him how to sing with heart and soul. And although Louis always wore a Star of David to show his deep love of the Jewish people, he did NOT speak "fluent Yiddish."

[@amuzikman]

Some inaccurate information, but the story is compellingly told.

[@lmcarlon]

All information from Armstrong himself.

[@robertfine2049]

It's my understanding that for most of his life Satch wore a Jewish star around his neck in honor of the Jewish family, who, he said, "raised him up" from the time he helped the man, Mr. Karnovsky, sell coal off a wagon in New Orleans. Mr. Karnovsky got little Louis his first horn, after seeing Louis' interest in it in a music store window every time they hauled coal on their daily route.@@lmcarlon

[@2random628]

I don't have my glasses on.. is this ted talk given by a talking tree?

[@mickcarlon8147]

Ha! Yup.