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Louis Armstrong's New Orleans / Thomas Brothers.
| Author/creator | Brothers, Thomas David |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton, ©2006. |
| Description | xii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Tuxedo Brass Band, 1921 -- The Saints -- Larenzo's soul -- Street hustler -- Jail -- Lessons with Oliver -- Ragtime and Buddy Bolden -- "Most of the musicians were Creoles" -- Musicians as men -- "Rough and beautiful" -- Movin' on up -- Melody that changed the world. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-365) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005030672 |
| ISBN | 0393061094 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML419.A75 B78 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |