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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971) nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. 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)....

Giuseppa Marcella Bella (born in Catania, Sicily, June 18, 1952), known as Marcella Bella, is an Italian singer, sister of the Italian singer/songwriter Gianni Bella. Marcella started her singing career in 1965 at the Festival de Ariccia winning but disqualified, as she was underage. Her career took off in 1972 at the San Remo music festival with ‘Montagne verdi’ (written by her brother). Marcella's main success came in the 1970's and 80's where she was a frequent participant in numerous music festivals and her songs could be found not only the Italian hit charts but also seen on the European,...

Several records under this name were issued during the 1920s. .

You grow, you change. 5th Platoon's Neil Armstrong has classically played a very "behind the scenes" role. He is the man, behind the man, behind the man. Only having joined in a couple of team battles (among them, the 97 World ITF Team battle for the World championship title), his importance to the group was hidden to most. As the point of contact for the majority of the 5P's business and one of the acknowledged founders of the crew, he was and still is the glue that keeps the collective together - updating the the website, getting the interviews, getting...

Andrea Marcelli: born in Rome, in 01/22/1962. Graduated from the L. Refice Conservatory in Frosinone (Rome) in classical clarinet, jazz composition and arrangement (1986), also attended clinics with Tommy Campbell and Peter Erskine. Worked as featured drummer playing many shows also for RAI Television from 1982 to 1988 (Domenica In, Tandem, DOC, Blitz, La Musica c'e, Orecchiocchio, Il Piacere dell'estate, Vediamoci sul 2, etc.), he also composed and recorded 7 CDs of Library music for television and radio. Moved to USA in 1989 spending 8 years in Los Angeles and 4 in New York. Andrea is resident in Berlin since...