The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America

by Larry Tye

Book Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz--Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie--who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet.

This is the story of three revolutionary American musicians, the maestro jazzmen who orchestrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 035838043X
• ISBN13: 9780358380436
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"