Questions:
1)Who was the first U.S. president to be photographed while in office?
2) Who was the Creole musician from New Orleans who was the self proclaimed "inventor" of jazz?
3) When Louis Armostrong moved from New Orleans to Chicago in 1922 he was going to play with who's band?
Answers:
1) Feb 14, 1849, James Polk became the first. The photographer was Mathew Brady, who is famous for his Civil War Pictures.
2) Jelly Roll Morton. Jelly Roll Morton was a pianist and composer, and was undoubtedly one of the most influential and original musicians in the beginnings of jazz music. His claim to being its inventor, however, is somewhat dubious.
3) King Oliver. Joe Oliver was nicknamed "King" because he was the King of jazz trumpet. That was until his protege, Louis Armstrong, came on the scene. Louis had got his start playing with King in New Orleans. King moved to Chicago and started his band there. This gave Louis the opportunity to develop his unique ability for improvisation. When Louis moved to Chicago to play with King's band, he was suddlent the better player and was eventually convinced of this by the band's pianist Lillian Hardin, whom Louis later married. She convined him to go solo.
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