Combining approaches from autobiography theory, literary criticism, intermedia studies, cultural history, and musicology, daniel stein. His books have been translated into fifteen languages worldwide. Born in 1901 to the sixteenyearold daughter of a slave, he came of age among the prostitutes, pimps, and ragandbone. Louis armstrong isbn 9780767901567 pdf epub laurence. Louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this centurys towering cultural figures.
Laurence bergreen is a prizewinning biographer and historian. If you have tid bits about louis armstrong s life that would be useful in writing the biography, email us. Magellans terrifying circumnavigation of the globe, was a new york times notable book for 2003 and. Louis armstrong ebook by david stricklin rakuten kobo. He was raised by his mother mayann in a neighborhood so dangerous it was called the battlefield. Louis armstrong 1 august 4, 1901 july 6, 1971, 2 nicknamed satchmo 3 or pops, was an american jazz trumpeter and singer from new orleans, louisiana coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive cornet and trumpet player, armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the musics focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. Wynton marsaliss way of saying, in 1985, that louis was simply the greatest jazz trumpeter ever and, with charlie parker and duke ellington, the most influential jazzman of the classic era. Exceptionally narrated and written with a discerning eye for detail, marco polo is as riveting as the life it describes. Louis armstrong is one of the most writtenabout musicians in history. Buy louis armstrongs album titled louis and the good book to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Pops a life of louis armstrong also available in format docx and mobi. Louis armstrong was born in new orleans, louisiana on august 4, 1901. His life is full of sex, prostitutes he married one who continued to walk the street after marriage, drugs, infidelity.
Richly illustrated and enhanced with maps that are as legible as they are relevant. He learned to play the cornet in the band of the waifs home in new orleans, and after playing with kid orys orchestra he made several trips 191821 with a mississippi riverboat band. If you love louis, join us on facebook and well keep you updated on armstrongs progress. Louis armstrong louis and the good book 1995, cassette. Louis and the good book is a 1958 jazz and spirituals album by louis armstrong. Armstrong outlasted their dismissal, and many later came to value his distinctive, resilient, subtle style. If you have tid bits about louis armstrongs life that would be useful in writing the. His books have been translated into over 20 languages worldwide. An early job working for the jewish karnofsky family allowed armstrong. An extravagant life txt read information about the author laurence bergreen is an awardwinning biographer, historian, and chronicler of exploration. Music is my life is the first comprehensive analysis of louis armstrongs autobiographical writings including his books, essays, and letters and their relation to his musical and visual performances. Pdf this essay argues that the life and music of louis armstrong challenged mainstream american values and attacked racial hierarchy. Louis armstrong the complete guide this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. This acclaimed book by laurence bergreen is available at in several formats for your ereader.
Born in 1901 to the sixteenyearold daughter of a slave, he came of age among the prostitutes, pimps, and ragandbone merchants of new orleans. He married four times and enjoyed countless romantic involvements in and around his. Combining approaches from autobiography theory, literary criticism, intermedia studies, cultural history, and musicology, daniel stein reconstructs armstrongs performances of his life story. Louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this centurys towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never, isbn 9780767901567. The author of a terrific irving berlin biography as. Download pops a life of louis armstrong ebook for free in pdf and epub format. He has written for many national publications including esquire, newsweek, and the. If youd like to read a specific louis armstrong book which were missing on read print. An extravagant life by laurence bergreen broadway books.
Bergreen has written books on historical subjects, such as voyage to mars. In the early 1960s, the german masterprinters association requested that a new typeface be designed and produced in identical form on both linotype and monotype machines as well as for hand composition so that text and technical composition would match. Were not finished writing the louis armstrong biography yet. In the 21st century, he is likely best remembered for his warm, emphatic, unmistakable. Despite the challenges in the early days of his life, armstrong rarely viewed his. If i had to choose between the two, ultimately, i wouldnt. Magellans terrifying circumnavigation of the globe, was a new york times notable book for 2003 and a bestseller.
About louis armstrong louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this centurys towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. In one way or another, most of the major biographies of louis armstrong have approached the story of this protean genius from a musical perspective. A book ofthemonth club selection and a new york times notable book, it has been optioned by miramax. I read biography of the greats to learn their wisdom and to be inspired, which unfortunately i didnt have those with louis armstrong. Louis armstrong musician music database radio swiss jazz. The life story of this great instrumentalist, bandleader, and entertainer illustrates much of the black entertainers impact on american culture and illuminates how popular culture often intersects with politics and economics. He was a singer since his childhood, a master of the trumpet, and even a dancer in musicals. This threecd reissue has a few improvements as well. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Listen free to louis armstrong louis and the good book nobody knows the trouble ive seen, shadrack and more. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz.
His eyes open, but his look is the look of a rock that has done what it came to do, collects and remembers itself eternally. If you love louis, join us on facebook and well keep you updated on armstrong s progress. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, armstrong was also an. Louis armstrong daniel louis armstrong, known as satchmo and pops, 19011971, american jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, b. Naked into the world his world blazed forth, it patterned the blank of.
Armstrong knew some shady figures, including his manager joe glaser, who fleeced the trumpeter for millions, and gangster dutch schuitz, whose feud with al capone over rights to louis forced the musician into exile for fear of his life. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. An extravagant life laurence bergreen 1997 isbn 0736641033. Louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this centurys towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. I would say that the genius of this nation at its best is indeed walt whitman and louis armstrong. Louis armstrong books, biography, quotes read print. Master of modernism is the most recent, winning the 2014 irving lowens book award from the. Laurence bergreen author of over the edge of the world. On june 25, 2019, the new york times magazine listed louis armstrong among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 universal fire. Louis armstrong was such a colossal figure in american music that it is a daunting task to take his measure.
Louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this centurys towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never. Jazz fans, of course, have long been fascinated by naughty tales of. In 1997, bantam doubleday dell published louis armstrong. Laurence bergreen paints both a comprehensive and factual summary of the life of louis armstrong. Ive read several other books by bergreen, and this one is also wellwritten, organized well, and interesting. Louis armstrong became one of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century. List of books and articles about louis armstrong online. Oct 23, 2007 in this lively blend of history, biography, and travelogue, acclaimed author laurence bergreen separates myth from history, creating the most authoritative account yet of polos remarkable adventures. Now laurence bergreens remarkable book brings to life the passionate, courageous, and charismatic figure who forever changed the face of american music. He only had a fifthgrade education, dropping out of school early to go to work. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the pops a life of louis armstrong, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. His musical innovation and exuberance made him a household name, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Louis armstrong by laurence bergreen overdrive rakuten. Autobiographies armstrong became the first black jazz musician to publish an autobiography with his swing that music in 1936.
Naked into the world his world blazed forth, it patterned the blank of darkness with clean lightlines. Jun 16, 1997 louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this centurys towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Around 1922, he followed his mentor, joe king oliver, to chicago to play in the creole jazz band in chicago, he spent time with other. Music is my life is the first comprehensive analysis of louis armstrong s autobiographical writings including his books, essays, and letters and their relation to his musical and visual performances. He devoted his life to bringing joy to people through his music.
Bergreen writes with genuine love and respect for armstrongs art. My world with louis armstrong 3 left but himself, empty except of himself. Laurence bergreen is an american historian and author. Although such a project had the potential to become trite, the effort comes off very well indeed.
Louis and the good book by louis armstrong 8437012830479. Now laurence bergreen s remarkable book brings to life the passionate, courageous, and charismatic figure who forever changed the face of american music. David stricklins superb new biography explores the life of one of them, louis armstrong. The author of a terrific irving berlin biography as thousands cheer, laurence bergreen produces a similarly astute character analysis of the renowned trumpet. Louis armstrong digitalpublicationdate 20031229 00. From venice to xanadu, a groundbreaking biography of the iconic traveler. Orleans, and which was a winner at that years whitbread book awards. Pops a life of louis armstrong download pdfepub ebook. An extravagant life, a biography drawing on unpublished manuscripts and interviews with armstrong. Now, drawing on a vast, previously unexplored archive of armstrong s writings and recordings, acclaimed biographer laurence bergreen presents an intimate. Laurence bergreen from the author of the magellan biography, over the edge of the world, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer christopher columbuss 1492 voyage across the atlantic ocean in search of a trading route to china, and his unexpected landfall in the americas, is a watershed event in world history.
Winnipeg free press laurence bergreen s new book, refreshingly, is fluid in style in its style and comprehensive in its research. Get all the lyrics to songs on louis and the good book and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Laurence bergreen is an awardwinning biographer, historian, and chronicler of exploration. A musical autobiography was recorded as an oral memoir with overdubbed background piano by billy kyle combined with recreations of many of his memorable recordings, as well as a few of the originals. Louis armstrong louis and the good book 1992, cd discogs. Louis armstrong louis and the good book lyrics and. Louis daniel armstrong august 4, 1901 july 6, 1971, nicknamed satchmo, satch, and pops, was an american trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.
Perhaps jazz books are now being written with a similar readership in mind. For background on nicknames, see laurence bergreen 1997. He left an undying testimony to the human condition in the america of his time. Bergreen writes with genuine love and respect for armstrongs artthis is.
This book is a solidly written account of james agees life from his youngest days to his infamously early death of a heart attack in the 1950s. Walter cunz at stempel responded by commissioning jan tschichold to design the most faithful version of claude garamond. Louis armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this cen. Louis armstrong armstrong in 1953 born louis daniel armstrong 1 19010804 august 4, 1901 new orleans, louisiana, u. An extravagant life kindle edition by laurence bergreen author. The world of a seductive genius, published by simon.
Winnipeg free press laurence bergreens new book, refreshingly, is fluid in style in its style and comprehensive in its research. Now, drawing on a vast, previously unexplored archive of armstrongs writings and recordings, acclaimed biographer laurence bergreen presents an intimate. The artist bought his first typewriter in 1922 and wrote on it just about every night. Seemingly each passing year brings a new book on armstrong, ranging from general biographies to academic studies to works aimed at children. Part explorer, part entrepreneur, part wannabearistocrat, columbus initiated the most important period in western history as a.
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