Edward Molet, Louis Armstrong, Ellen Talley Kent Lauderdale Weekly Reflection Team Bravo "The federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in 1977 prohibits enterprises from obtaining business by paying bribes to foreign political figures and government officials" (Morley, Hadley, & Saulnier, p
Advice to enterprises is attend to red flags that emerge during self-audits for FCPA compliance, as the growing enforcement trend shows signs of strengthening. Prosecution rates for FCPA violations rose from 16 individuals in 2008 to 46 individuals in 2009" (Volkov, 2012)
In West End Blues, Armstrong's ability to build tension with long, upward moving phrases is obvious. These tones, according to Leonard Feather, were Armstrong's "purity of tone was perhaps his most admired asset" (Feather 85)
Armstrong was born in 1901 in New Orleans. He lived in poverty while he was growing up and only experienced jazz from "street corners, through open windows, and at funerals and parades" (Fordham 96)
Early in his career, it was his fellow musicians that leanred to appreciate what he was doing first. They could see he was on the verge of something new and exciting and his music was "revered by countless jazz musicians" (Gioia 56)
Armstrong's free-style solos were no small things and they did not simply inspire men in his circles. Shipton writes his influences were "extremely influential all over the world" (Shipton 1998 138)