The wonderful world: cousin Luis

Abstract

"Louis Armstrong, ili Satchmo, Satch ili Pops, kako su ga još zvali, bio je i do današnjih dana je ostao najveći jazz muzičar. Pod uslovom da vrhunska umetnost dopušta takva poređenja nama iz prizemlja. Da mi cenimo posebne, tvdeći da je taj najveći, onaj do njega i tako dalje. Iako sam toga svestan, opet bih se do praga svađe isterivao i preganjao da Louieu pripada mesto naročite figure u ukupnoj istoriji muzike. Karijera mu je trajala pet decenija. Ako bi ga jednom rečju trebalo predstaviti, najmanje bi se pogrešilo, kada bi se reklo da je bio ikona. Muzike, čitavog sveta, Amerike, svejedno. O Louisu/ Louiju se zna onoliko, a između svih tih hiljada detalja je donekle skriven taj da je na lančiću oko vrata nosio Davidovu zvezdu. Tu nešto ne štima, kazalo bi se kad se zna da se izjašnjavao kao baptista, a da je bio kršten u katoličkoj crkvi. Kako onda Magen David? Ovaj rad govori upravo o tome..."

"Louis Armstrong, or Satchmo, Satch or Pops, as he was also called, was and remains the greatest jazz musician to this day. Provided that high art allows such comparisons to us from the ground floor. Let us appreciate the special ones, claiming that this one is the greatest, the one next to it and so on. Although I am aware of this, I would still argue and chase Louie as a special figure in the overall history of music. His career spanned five decades. If we had to describe him in one word, it would be the least wrong to say that he was an icon. Music, the whole world, America, whatever. There is so much known about Louis, and among all those thousands of details, the fact that he wore a Star of David on a chain around his neck is somewhat hidden. Something is not right here when it is known that he declared himself a Baptist, but was baptized in a Catholic church. Why then Magen David? This paper is about that..."