Louis Armstrong in His Own Words

  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • File Size : 46,5 Mb
  • Release : 30 September 2023
  • ISBN : 019514046X
  • Page : 318 pages
  • Rating : 4/5 (21 users)

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This unparalleled collection of Louis Armstrong's candid writings reveals a side of the artist not many people knew. Here are Armstrong's own thoughts on his life and career: from poverty in New Orleans to playing in the famous cafes, cabarets, and saloons of Storyville; from his big break in 1922 with the King Oliver band to his storming of New York; from his breaking of color barriers in Hollywood to the infamous King of the Zulus incident in 1949; and finally, to his last days in Queens, New York. Providing a balanced portrait of his life as a musician, entertainer, civil rights activist, and cultural icon, these writings reveal Armstrong's candid, often controversial, opinions about racism, marijuana, bebop, and other jazz artists such as Jerry Roll Morton and Coleman Hawkins. ... Publisher description.

Louis Armstrong in His Own Words

Louis Armstrong  in His Own Words
Author: Louis Armstrong
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Category: African American musicians

This unparalleled collection of Louis Armstrong's candid writings reveals a side of the artist not many people knew. Here are Armstrong's own thoughts on his life and career: from poverty

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Louis Armstrong Master of Modernism

Louis Armstrong  Master of Modernism
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Category: African American musicians

Picking up where Louis Armstrong's New Orleans left off, this biographical account of the legendary jazz trumpet virtuoso highlights the historical role Armstrong played in the creation of modern music

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Creating the Jazz Solo

Creating the Jazz Solo
Author: Vic Hobson
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Category: African American musicians

Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong tried to explain how singing with a barbershop quartet on the streets of New Orleans was foundational to his musicianship. Until now, there has been

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong
Author: Scott Allen Nollen
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Category: African American musicians

Louis Armstrong was not only a virtuoso musician, singer, composer and actor, but also a dedicated writer who typed hundreds of letters and reminiscences, carrying a typewriter with him on

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Louis Armstrong s New Orleans

Louis Armstrong s New Orleans
Author: Thomas Brothers,Thomas David Brothers
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Category: African American musicians

A rags-to-riches narrative of the eminent jazz artist's early life describes how his childhood was marked by such challenges as poverty, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism but how his

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Swing That Music
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The first autobiography of a jazz musician, Louis Armstrong's Swing That Music is a milestone in jazz literature. Armstrong wrote most of the biographical material, which is of a different

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Pops

Pops
Author: Terry Teachout
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Category: African American musicians

Certain to be the definitive word on Louis Armstrong, "Pops" paints a gripping portrait of the man, his world, and his music. Drawing on a cache of new sources, the

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Heart Full of Rhythm

Heart Full of Rhythm
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Category: African American musicians

Nearly 50 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the 20th century's most iconic figures. Popular fans still appreciate his later hits such as "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a

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Satchmo

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Category: African American musicians

Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" (Esquire). Louis Armstrong has been called the most influential jazz musician of the century. Together this auspicious pairing

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Satchmo

Satchmo
Author: Steven Brower
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Category: African American musicians

Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong is a biography in the form of an art book. It tells the story of Armstrong's life through his writings, scrapbooks,

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Epistrophies

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Author: Brent Hayes Edwards
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Category: African American musicians

Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies

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The Louis Armstrong Companion

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Author: Joshua Berrett
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Category: African American musicians

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Hear Me Talkin to Ya

Hear Me Talkin  to Ya
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In this marvelous oral history, the words of such legends as Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Billy Holiday trace the birth, growth, and changes in

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Just for a Thrill

Just for a Thrill
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Louis Armstrong s Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings

Louis Armstrong s Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Author: Brian Harker
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In Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Brian Harker strikes a unique balance between 1920s views of jazz and those of today. For the first time Armstrong's technical

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