Louis Armstrong's New Orleans (Paperback, New Ed)

In the early twentieth century, New Orleans was a place of colliding identities and histories, and Louis Armstrong was a gifted young man of psychological nimbleness. A dark-skinned, impoverished child, he grew up under low expectations, Jim Crow legislation, and vigilante terrorism. Yet he also grew up at the center of African American vernacular traditions from the Deep South, learning the ecstatic music of the Sanctified Church, blues played by street musicians, and the plantation tradition of ragging a tune. Louis Armstrong's New Orleans interweaves a searching account of early twentieth-century New Orleans with a narrative of the first twenty-one years of Armstrong's life. Drawing on a stunning body of first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Armstrong's early life and the social and musical forces that shaped him. The city and the musician are both extraordinary, their relationship unique, and their impact on American culture incalculable.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	April 2007
Authors:	Thomas Brothers
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33001-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Promotions
LSN:	0-393-33001-X
Barcode:	9780393330014

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