Lil Hardin Armstrong

Lil Hardin Armstrong

Artist

Lillian Hardin is known as a jazz composer, singer, and pianist: born in 1898, she lived in Memphis, Tennessee with her grandmother, a former slave. After graduating from Fisk University in Nashville, she moved to Chicago, and began a career in music. She was married to jazz musician Louis Armstrong from 1924-1938, during which time she was part of his Hot Five group, and they collaborated on many works.