Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life
by Laurence Bergreen
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Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures. His musical innovation and exuberance made him a household name, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Now, drawing on a vast, previously unexplored archive of Armstrong's writings and recordings, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen presents an intimate, provocative, and definitive portrait of the legendary Pied Piper of American music.Tags
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Laurence Bergreen is a bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. His other books include Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504; Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu; and Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth. A graduate of Harvard, Bergreen lives in Manhattan.
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- People/Characters
- Louis Armstrong
- Epigraph*
- Mein ganzes Leben bestand aus Glück. Trotz all meiner Mißgeschicke habe ich nichts geplant.
- Dedication*
- Für Betsy, Nick und Sara
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- Genres
- Music, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 781.65 — Arts & recreation Music General principles and musical forms Traditions of music Jazz {equally instrumental and vocal}
- LCC
- ML419 .A75 .B47 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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- Languages
- English, Finnish, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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