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The definitive account of Louis Armstrong--his life and legacy--during the most creative period of his career.;Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago's music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but two modern musical styles. Brothers wields his own tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone as Armstrong shucks and jives across the page. Through Brothers's expert ears and eyes we meet an Armstrong whose quickness and sureness, so evident in his performances, served him well in his encounters with r

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Author

Armstrong, Louis;Brothers, Thomas David

Publisher

WW Norton & Co; W. W. Norton & Company; W. W. Norton

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393350807

Category

music

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Biography

Rating

3.79 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14