Bibliograph

Louis Armstrong, an extravagant life, Laurence Bergreen

Type

Label

Louis Armstrong, an extravagant life, Laurence Bergreen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes discography (pages 499-518)Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-522) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Louis Armstrong

Nature of contents

discographiesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Laurence Bergreen

Sub title

an extravagant life

Summary

Louis Armstrong 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

Table Of Contents

Overture -- Perdido Street blues -- Mahogany Hall stomp -- Ain't misbehavin' -- Coal cart blues -- Hotter than that -- Lazy river -- Chicago breakdown -- Dippermouth blues -- T.N.T. -- Big butter and egg man -- S.O.L. blues -- Song of the vipers -- Public melody number one -- What did I do to be so black and blue? -- High society -- Didn't he ramble?

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