Louis Armstrong : an extravagant life / Laurence Bergreen.
Louis Armstrong : an extravagant life / Laurence Bergreen.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Broadway Books, c1997.
Call Numbers
T0363519
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
564 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Broadway Books, c1997.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures.".
"The musical talents of Satchmo - as Armstrong became universally known - were prodigious and groundbreaking. After learning to blow his horn in the bordellos and honky-tonks of Storyville, New Orleans's bustling red-light district, he honed his sound on a Mississippi riverboat and later became a featured solo trumpeter in the nightclub bands of Ch...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Louis Armstrong : an extravagant life / Laurence Bergreen.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Discography: p. 499-518.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-522) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 781.65092/A736/1.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1997.
Related resource (online)
Other version (online)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
T0363519
Record Identifier
74VvPpMdwgPy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPpMdwgPy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0767901568 (pbk.)
9780553067682 (hc)
0553067680 (hc)
9780767901567 (pbk.)
DDC
781.65092
MMS ID
991005466279702626
