Louis Armstrong's New Orleans
Title | Louis Armstrong's New Orleans PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Brothers |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2007-03-27 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 039333001X |
Drawing on first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Louis Armstrong's early life and the social and musical forces in New Orleans that shaped him, their unique relationship, and their impact on American culture. Illustrations.
Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words
Title | Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Armstrong |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780195140460 |
Louis Armstrong has been the subject of countless biographies and music histories. Yet scant attention has been paid to the remarkable array of writings he left behind. Louis Armstrong: In His Own Words introduces readers to a little-known facet of this master trumpeter, bandleader, and entertainer. Based on extensive research through the Armstrong archives, this important volume includes some of his earliest letters, personal correspondence, autobiographical writings, magazine articles, and essays.
Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Title | Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas David Brothers |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 608 |
Release | 2014-02-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0393065820 |
The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career. Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago’s music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but two modern musical styles. Brothers wields his own tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone as Armstrong shucks and jives across the page. Through Brothers's expert ears and eyes we meet an Armstrong whose quickness and sureness, so evident in his performances, served him well in his encounters with racism while his music soared across the airwaves into homes all over America. Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism blends cultural history, musical scholarship, and personal accounts from Armstrong's contemporaries to reveal his enduring contributions to jazz and popular music at a time when he and his bandmates couldn’t count on food or even a friendly face on their travels across the country. Thomas Brothers combines an intimate knowledge of Armstrong's life with the boldness to examine his place in such a racially charged landscape. In vivid prose and with vibrant photographs, Brothers illuminates the life and work of the man many consider to be the greatest American musician of the twentieth century.
Satchmo
Title | Satchmo PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Giddins |
Publisher | Da Capo Press |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2009-03-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0786731451 |
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 has resulted in Satchmo, one of the most vivid and fascinating portraits ever drawn of perhaps the greatest figure in the history of American music. Available now at a new price, this text-only edition is the authoritative introduction to Armstrong's life and art for the curious newcomer, and offers fresh insight even for the serious student of Pops.
Pops
Title | Pops PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Teachout |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780151010899 |
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 author has crafted a sweeping new narrative biography of this towering figure.
Who Was Louis Armstrong?
Title | Who Was Louis Armstrong? PDF eBook |
Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2004-12-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1101639962 |
If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his amazing, improvisational trumpet playing. His seventy-year life spanned a critical time in American music as well as black history.
A Horn for Louis
Title | A Horn for Louis PDF eBook |
Author | Eric A. Kimmel |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2009-09-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0307530957 |
How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn? Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . . With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, A Horn for Louis is perfect for aspiring young musicians and nonfiction fans alike! History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!