Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism

by Thomas Brothers

Book Overview

Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago's music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393065820
• ISBN13: 9780393065824
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"