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Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971

LC control no.no 93032305
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LC classificationML420.A755 Biography
Personal name headingArmstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971
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Variant(s)Armstrong, Lillian, 1898-1971
Hardin Armstrong, Lil, 1898-1971
Hardin Armstrong, Lillian, 1898-1971
Hardin, Lilian, 1898-1971
Hardin, Lil, 1898-1971
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date18980203
Death date19710827
Place of birthMemphis (Tenn.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
AffiliationKing Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Red Onion Jazz Babies Hot Five
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Jazz singers Pianists
Found inOCLC 6776155: Lil Hardin Armstrong and her orchestra, 1961 (hdg.: Armstrong, Lil Hardin)
OCLC database, 10/27/93 (hdgs.: Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1902-1971; Armstrong, Lil Hardin; Armstrong, Lil; usage: Lil Hardin Armstrong; Lil Armstrong)
LC database, 10/27/93 (MLC hdg.: Armstrong, Lil; usage: Lil Hardin Armstrong)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band [SR] p1996: insert (Lillian Hardin, piano)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Armstrong (née Hardin), Lil(lian); b. Feb. 3, 1898, Memphis, d. Aug. 27, 1971, Chicago; pianist, singer, composer)
Feather, L. Biog. ency. of jazz, 1999 (Armstrong, Lil (Lillian Hardin); b. Feb. 3, 1898, Memphis, Tenn., d. Aug. 27, 1971, Chicago, Ill.; piano, composer, vocals)
Black Women in America, Second Edition, accessed November 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Armstrong, Lillian "Lil" Hardin; Lillian Beatrice Hardin; songwriter, jazz musician, jazz singer, pianist; born 03 February 1898 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States; joined Sugar Johnny's Creole Orchestra; joined King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band as the pianist and arranger (1921); married Armstrong (1924); member of the Red Onion Jazz Babies; made a record under the name the New Orleans Wanderers (1926); graduated with a teachers certificate from the Chicago College of Music (1928); received a postgraduate degree from the New York College of Music (1929); appeared on recordings with Johnny Dodds, and was the pianist and bandleader for the Hot Shots; formed Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra (1936); appeared at Metro Jazz in Paris and performed with the band in the short film Sous-sol (1952-1953); appeared on the album Chicago-The Living Legends, produced by Riverside Records (1961); died 27 August 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, United States)