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  2. Death. Legacy. References. External links. Lil Hardin Armstrong. Lillian Hardin Armstrong (née Hardin; February 3, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader. She was the second wife of Louis Armstrong, with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s. [1]

  3. Jul 15, 2019 · Legacy and Death. Lil Hardin Armstrong turned away from music and began working as a clothing designer (Louis was a customer), a restaurant owner, and then music and French teacher. In the 1950s and 1960s, she occasionally performed and recorded. On July 6, 1971, Louis Armstrong died.

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  4. Feb 12, 2024 · Lil Hardin helped introduce America to jazz music. She was a dedicated jazz pianist, who established a reputation as "Hot Miss Lil," one of the few female band ensemble members of the 1920’s. She played on many of the first jazz recordings ever made and she wrote many of the early songs of the jazz era. Though she might be identified in the ...

  5. Feb 1, 2019 · She died there from a heart attack before completing her autobiography. On December 10, 2015 Jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern gave a lecture at the Library of Congress titled “Louis and Lil: A Couple Making Musical History” available here as a webcast.

  6. Jan 19, 2017 · She even performed sometimes as Mrs. Louis Armstrong, and When Louis died in July 1971, Lil went to New York to ride to the funeral in his family’s car. Seven weeks later, she was playing the...

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  8. Will died when Lil was seven. Dempsey later remarried to John Miller. During her early years, Hardin was taught hymns, spirituals, and classical music on the piano. She was drawn to popular music and later blues. Early education and mentors. Hardin first received piano instruction from her third-grade teacher, Violet White.

  9. Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971) was a pianist, composer, singer, and bandleader who helped introduce America to jazz music. In the 1920s she was known as “Hot Miss Lil.”. Today Lil Hardin Armstrong is noteworthy as one of the most prominent women in early jazz. Lil was one of the only female band members of her time, she played on many of ...

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