Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
- ISBN-10
- 0151010897
- ISBN-13
- 9780151010899
- Series
- Pops
- Category
- African American jazz musicians
- Pages
- 475
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Terry Teachout
Description
Draws on previously unavailable sources including hundreds of private recordings made throughout the second half of the jazz master's life to assess his artistic achievements and personal arenas, sharing authoritative coverage of such topics as Armstrong's decision to break up his band and his quarrel with Eisenhower.
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