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Her teacher gave him a cornet in New Orleans. But his passion and genius pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life was a critical time in American music as well as black history. 

The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead.

Over 50 years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Now they are recording and playing live to crowds of adoring fans.

The greatest rock-and-roll band in the world.