Louis : The Louis Armstrong Story, 1900-1971 Paperback / softback
by John Chilton, Max Jones
Paperback / softback
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As trumpet player and singer, Louis Armstrong is the single most important figure in jazz history, and one of the most influential musicians--in any category--in this century.
He was also, as this book relates, a wonderful character: actor, clown, raconteur, a tough kid when he came to Chicago from New Orleans who mellowed into one of the music's true statesmen.
This biography includes not only a gripping narrative written by two of the most reliable jazz historians, but also a chronology, film list, and selection of photos.
He was the most beloved of jazz musicians, a hero to everyone from Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett to Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.
His basically happy life is here memorably told, with a new preface by Dan Morgenstern who describes Armstrong's central place in world music.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:302 pages
- Publisher:Hachette Books
- Publication Date:22/03/1988
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- ISBN:9780306803246
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:302 pages
- Publisher:Hachette Books
- Publication Date:22/03/1988
- Category:
- ISBN:9780306803246