Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life - Hardcover

Bergreen, Laurence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553067680 ISBN 13: 9780553067682

Verlag: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997

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Book by Laurence Bergreen

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A definitive portrait of American musical icon Louis Armstrong describes his poverty-stricken youth, his struggle to become a successful jazz musician, his private life, and his dramatic influence on American music and culture. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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ong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures.  His musical innovation and exuberance made him a household name, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told.  Now, drawing on a vast, previously unexplored archive of Armstrong's writings and recordings, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen presents an intimate, provocative, and definitive portrait of the legendary Pied Piper of American music.

The musical talents of Satchmo--as Armstrong became universally known--were prodigious and groundbreaking.  After learning to blow his horn in the bordellos and honky-tonks of Storyville, New Orleans's bustling red-light district, he honed his sound on a Mississippi riverboat and later became a featured solo trumpeter in the nightclub bands of Chicago and New York, where his stunning musicianship, gravelly voice, and irrepressible personality captivated audiences and critics alike.  Countless record

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• Verlag: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553067680
• ISBN 13: 9780553067682
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 564