Born To Swing

Lil Amstrong is one of the unsung pioneers of jazz and was the wife of Louis Armstrong. This is an

excellent album and shows off the indisputable talents of Hot Miss Lil. Lil Hardin Armstrong (February 3,

1898-August 27, 1971) was a jazz pianist, the first major female jazz instrumentalist, who played with

the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band and Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands. She also wrote or

co-wrote many jazz songs and fronted several of her own bands in the 1920s and 1930s.