"I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music."

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American trumpeter and vocalist who was a foundational figure in jazz. His influential recordings and performances helped shape 20th-century popular music.

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