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I stopped just short of mentioning that.Fun fact: Louis Armstrong's nickname "Satchmo" was derived from his boyhood moniker, "Satchel mouth." Because his mouth, with its ever-present smile, was kind of big. You know, like his talent and his heart.
It's unfortunate that much of my generation remembers him primarily as sort of an avuncular, jovial, almost cabaret-style singer/entertainer, not really realizing how important he was in the evolution of jazz trumpet.
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* see what I did there, with the Satchmo emoji?