Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life by Laurence Bergreen
Description : Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told.Born in 1901 to the sixteen-year-old daughter of a slave, he came of age among the prostitutes, pimps, and rag-and-bone merchant...more..
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Louis Armstrong: Jazz Play-Along Volume 100 by Louis Armstrong
Description : For use with all Bb, Eb, C, and bass clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier ...more..
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The Louis Armstrong Collection: Artist Transcriptions - Trumpet by Louis Armstrong
Description : (Artist Transcriptions). The All Music Guide regards trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong as "the most important musician in (jazz's) history." This great songbook features note-for-note transcriptions of this legend's trumpet playing on 16 songs he's famous for: Basin Street Blues * Cornet Chop Suey ...more..
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Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz) by Brian Harker
Description : For jazz historians, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings mark the first revolution in the history of a music riven by upheaval. Yet few traces of this revolution can be found in the historical record of the late 1920s, when the discs were made. Even black newspapers covered Armstrong...more..
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Louis Armstrong and the Jazz Age (Cornerstones of Freedom: Second) by Dan Elish
Description : The Cornerstones of Freedom series introduces the people, places, and events that helped make the United States what it is today. Don't miss a single exciting story!...more..
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Louis Armstrong: The Soundtrack of the American Experience by David Stricklin
Description : In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture. Vast numbers of black American musicians deserve credit for this remarkable turn of ...more..
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Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout
Description : Louis Armstrong is widely known as the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century. He was a phenomenally gifted and imaginative artist, and an entertainer so irresistibly magnetic that he knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts four decades after he cut his first rec...more..
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When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein
Description : In a CRACKITY-SNAPPITY-POPPITY-POP bubblegum dream, a young girl learns to scat from the master himself, Louis Armstrong! Written in prose and scat with wild and wonderful illustrations by R. Gregory Christie, this joyful tribute is downright contagious. CHEW-ITEE CHEW-ITEE CHEW-ITEE CHOP, CRACKITY ...more..
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Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods
Description : A boy, a dog, and New Orleans' most famous hurricaneSaint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists, and his best friend is a stray dog named Shadow. At first Saint is sure that Hurricane Katrina...more..
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Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong by Gary Giddins
Description : 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 o...more..
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