Satchmo : : the Genius of Louis Armstrong
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The entertainer as artist -- The artist as entertainer.
"Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong has been called the most influential musician of the twentieth century: His magnificent career as a trumpet player, singer, bandleader, and actor made him a legend in his own time; his influence on jazz and popular music is impossible to overstate. Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" (Esquire). Together this auspicious pairing has resulted in Satchmo, one of the most vivid and insightful portraits ever drawn of the great man and superlative artist. Giddins was the first writer to have access to Armstrong's unpublished writings, and he uses them to deftly recount Louis's colorful - and sometimes controversial - life. The result is an intimate biography, uniquely balanced in its treatment of his music and his life. Also available in an illustrated edition, this is a vital introduction to the man and his genius."--Jacket.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Da Capo Press, 2001.
Year Published: 2001
Description: xx, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0306810131
9780306810138
SUBJECTS
Armstrong, Louis, -- 1901-1971.
Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.