Full name: Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong

Author: Gary Giddins Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780306810138 0306810131

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 of perhaps the greatest figure in the history of American music. Available now at a new price, this text-only edition is the authoritative introduction to Armstrong's life and art for the curious newcomer, and offers fresh insight even for the serious student of Pops. Similar books: Ascension by Eric Nisenson Coltrane by Ben Ratliff Thelonious Monk by Robin Kelley Miles Davis by Ian Carr Satchmo by Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong by Laurence Bergreen Miles by Miles Davis So What by John Szwed Pops by Terry Teachout Chasin' the Trane by J. C. Thomas Let it Blurt by Jim DeRogatis John Coltrane by Lewis Porter Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus Footprints by Michelle Mercer Jazz by Geoffrey C. Ward Metallica: Back to the Front by Matt Taylor The Jazz Standards by Ted Gioia The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers The Loser by Thomas Bernhard On Playing the Flute by Johann Joachim Quantz