Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
- ISBN-10
- 0393065820
- ISBN-13
- 9780393065824
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 594
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-02-03
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Authors
- Thomas Brothers, Thomas David Brothers
Description
Picking up where Louis Armstrong's New Orleans left off, this biographical account of the legendary jazz trumpet virtuoso highlights the historical role Armstrong played in the creation of modern music and also his encounters with racism.
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- 2015-02-23
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