Pops : a life of Louis Armstrong /
Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. Offstage he was witty, introspective and unexpectedly complex, a beloved colleague with an explosive temper whose larger-than-life personality was tougher and more sharp-edged than his wor...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
[2009]
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Bastards from the start : apprenticeship in New Orleans, 1901-1919
- All those tall buildings : leaving home, 1919-1924
- A flying cat : Harlem and Chicago, 1924-1927
- It's got to be art : with Earl Hines, 1928
- The way a trumpet should play : on the move, 1929-1930
- Don't let 'em cool off, boys : on the run, 1930-1932
- I didn't blow the horn : crisis, 1932-1935
- Always have a white man : with Joe Glaser, 1935-1938
- The people who criticize : losing touch, 1938-1947
- Keep the horn percolating : renewal, 1947-1954
- The nice taste we leave : ambassador Satch, 1954-1963
- I don't sigh for nothing : at the top, 1963-1971.