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Satchmo : the wonderful world and art of Louis Armstrong
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Satchmo : the wonderful world and art of Louis Armstrong

Author: Steven Brower
Publisher: New York : Abrams, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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"--Publisher's description.
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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.
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