Louis Armstrong : master of modernism / Thomas Brothers.
The definitive account of Louis Armstrong--his life and legacy--during the most creative period of his career.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 594 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- "Welcome to Chicago"
- Oliver's band and the "blues age"
- Opposites attract : Louis and Miss Lil
- The call from Broadway
- "This is what really relates to us" : the Dreamland Cafe, the Vendome Theater, and the first Hot Five records
- Melody man at the Sunset Cafe
- "Some kind of a god"
- The white turn
- The Rosetta stone
- Sleepy time down south.