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| Genre/Form: | Pictorial works Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Brower, Steven, 1969- Satchmo. New York : Abrams, 2009 (OCoLC)639597462 |
| Named Person: | Louis Armstrong; Louis Armstrong; Louis Armstrong |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven Brower |
| ISBN: | 9780810995284 081099528X |
| OCLC Number: | 235030907 |
| Description: | 256 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | A Louis Armstrong timeline -- Introduction -- Red beans and rice : the early years, 1901-1921 -- Hear me talkin' to ya : 1920s -- Hobo, you can't ride that train : 1930s -- Swing that music : 1940s -- High society : 1950s -- What a wonderful world : 1960s and beyond -- I hope Gabriel likes my music -- A Louis Armstrong glossary. |
| Responsibility: | Steven Brower. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
The quintessential American artist Louis Armstrong was born in 1901 in New Orleans and died in 1971 in New York City, where he had lived for many years in a modest house in Queens. The house is now a museum in his honour. This work tells the story of Armstrong's life through his writings, scrapbooks and artworks.
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