Question

How did Louis Armstrong get his start in jazz music?

Answer 1

He showed an early interest in music. A junk dealer for whom he worked as a grade-school student helped him buy a cornet, which he taught himself to play.

Answer 2

Though Armstrong was content to remain in New Orleans, in the summer of 1922, he received a call from King Oliver to come to Chicago and join his Creole Jazz Band on second cornet. ... He made his first recordings with Oliver on April 5, 1923; that day, he earned his first recorded solo on "Chimes Blues."