| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
New Orleans -- Sex and race -- Growing up -- The Waifs' Home -- Jazz is born in New Orleans -- The apprentice -- The professional -- Chicago -- The Creole Jazz Band -- New York -- Fletcher Henderson -- The blues accompanist -- The entertainer -- The Hot Fives -- The fork in the road -- Troubles and turmoil -- The first big-band records -- Europe -- Becoming a star -- Going commercial -- The All Stars -- The apotheosis of Louis Armstrong -- The last gig -- The All Star recordings -- The nature of genius |
| Summary |
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 the backdrop 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 fellow musicians 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. A unique biography, knowledgeable, insightful, and packed with information, it ends with Armstrong's death in 1971 as one of the best-known figures in American entertainment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Discography: pages 369-371 |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
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| SUBJECT |
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 fast |
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Armstrong, Louis 1901-1971 gnd |
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Armstrong, Louis. swd |
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Chamber.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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Jazz musicians
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Biografie
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
83011378 |
| ISBN |
1423736532 |
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9781423736530 |
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9780195037272 |
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0195037278 |
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0195033779 |
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9780195033779 |
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9786610439317 |
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6610439311 |
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