Louis Armstrong: a Biography
by Collier, James Lincoln
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0330286072
- ISBN 13
- 9780330286077
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Synopsis
Louis Armstrong. "Satchmo." To millions of fans, he was just a great entertainer. But to jazz aficionados, he was one of the most important musicians of our times--not only a key figure in the history of jazz but a formative influence on all of 20th-century popular music. Set against thebackdrop of New Orleans, Chicago, and New York during the "jazz age", Collier re-creates the saga of an old-fashioned black man making it in a white world. He chronicles Armstrong's rise as a musician, his scrapes with the law, his relationships with four wives, and his frequent feuds with fellowmusicians Earl Hines and Zutty Singleton. He also sheds new light on Armstrong's endless need for approval, his streak of jealousy, and perhaps most important, what some consider his betrayal of his gift as he opted for commercial success and stardom...
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- Bookseller
- Klondyke (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 301368-KB7
- Title
- Louis Armstrong: a Biography
- Author
- Collier, James Lincoln
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330286072
- ISBN 13
- 9780330286077
- Publisher
- London/Sydney : Pan Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 385
- Keywords
- Jazz, Blues, Jazz & Blues
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music, Theatre and Cinema;
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