Born: August 4, 1901, New Orleans, LA

Died: July 6, 1971, New York, NY

“It seems that the imperious bird known as God” the Argentine writer Julio Cortazar begins a strange and wonderful account of a 1952 Paris concert by Louis Armstrong, “breathed life into the first man to animate him and give him soul. If Louis instead of the little bird had been there for that breath, man would have turned out much better.” When Armstrong takes the stage, Cortazar wr...