Image Credit: Louis Armstrong (with Lil Hardin Armstrong; Lil was visiting Louis backstage), Courtesy Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University. Physical rights are retained by the Hogan Jazz Archive.
Lil Hardin Armstrong
1902 – 1971
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lil Hardin (1902-1971) attended Fisk University before moving to Chicago to become a jazz pianist in 1917. While working with King Oliver, she met and married Louis Armstrong, becoming his second wife. With her New Orleans Wanderers recordings in 1926, she was among the first women to lead a jazz recording session.
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